Lafayette jazz kids know Frank Sumares as the consummate jazz piano teacher, king of improvisation and “Unca Funk.” But Sumares is also a professor in the Jazz Studies Program at San Jose State University and professor emeritus at Hayward’s Chabot College, where he was the director of jazz studies and instrumental music for more [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Jazz Workshop Faculty’
August 4, 2009
Jeff Cressman Bio
Trombonist and sound engineer Jeff Cressman is probably most famous to kids as a sideman for Carlos Santana’s sold-out “Supernatural” tour and every other Santana tour from 2000 to 2009. Their parents likely know the Berkeley native from his many gigs with Tito Puente, Poncho Sanchez, Israel “Cachao” Lopez, Pete Escovedo and [...]
August 4, 2009
Dave Martell Bio
Trombonist Dave Martell isn’t just famous here at home, the Bay Area native has performed with Earl Hines, Woody Herman, Cab Calloway, Natalie Cole, The Temptations, Johnny Mathis, Lou Rawls and Burt Bacharach. His discography includes recordings with Ray Brown’s Great Big Band, Dave Eshelman’s Jazz Garden Big Band, and the Black Market Jazz Orchestra. [...]
August 4, 2009
Douglas Yates Bio
Alto sax man Douglas Yates is a longtime sideman whose resume includes performances with such luminaries as Stan Getz, Gary Burton, the Mingus Big Band, Cab Calloway, Carla Bley and the Phil Woods Little Big Band. His recordings with the Either/Orchestra include “Across the Omniverse” and “Calculus of Pleasure, where he was featured on [...]
July 12, 2009
Anthony Coleman Bio
Trumpeter Anthony Coleman has been a favorite with Lafayette Summer Music kids since his very first summer, when he arrived as a “teaching fellow,” after his second year at the University of the Pacific’s prestigious Brubeck Institute. It wasn’t just his infectious enthusiasm and incredible musicality that drew such raves from the Lafayette camp [...]
July 12, 2009
Mimi Fox Bio
Internationally recognized jazz guitarist and recording artist Mimi Fox has reaped so many honors over her career, one scarcely knows where to start. Downbeat Magazine’s international critics polls accorded her its highest honors six years running, and she has performed with some of the leading jazz musicians of her day, including Charlie Byrd, Branford [...]
July 12, 2009
Colin Wenhardt Bio
Colin Wenhardt isn’t just an extraordinary tenor saxman and Lafayette jazz camper favorite – they particularly love his whimsical music choices. “Cats and Kittens,” anyone? Wenhardt has spent the last 34 years playing every sax, from sopranino to bari, as well as piccolo, flute and alto flute, clarinet and bass clarinet in [...]
June 27, 2009
Ellen Rowe Bio
Award-winning pianist, composer, arranger … and mountain climber, Ellen Rowe bring an eclectic mix of interests to the Lafayette Summer Music Workshop. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music, Rowe has composed, performed and recorded with the legendary Village Vanguard Orchestra, the BBC Jazz Orchestra, the U.S. Navy Commodores and the Berlin Radio [...]
June 27, 2009
Wayne Wallace Bio
Legendary trombonist, arranger and composer Wayne Wallace is one of those artists with a resume so long, one scarcely knows where to start. Born in San Francisco, trained at San Francisco State and La Escuela Nacional in Havana, Cuba, Wallace has taught jazz trombone, improvisation and composition at his alma mater as well as [...]
June 27, 2009
Matt Morrish Bio
Tenor saxophonist Matt Morrish is a longtime fixture on the Bay Area music scene. A Lafayette native, Morrish spent most of the 1990s in New Orleans, playing in clubs, aboard riverboats, in parades and casinos, and studying with jazz greats Ellis Marsalis and Ed Peterson. A chance meeting with Afro-Cuban jazz artist Juan [...]
