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TCJS Presents Doug Haining’s “Cannonball Collective” at the Artists Quarter, April 22nd

Written by Andrea Canter, Contributing Editor

Tuesday, 17 April 2012

Doug Haining©Andrea Canter

The Twin Cities Jazz Society’s 2011-2012 Jazz From J to Z season will close on a soulful note on April 22nd when Doug Haining brings his Cannonball Collective to the Artists Quarter. The concert, featuring the works of the great Cannonball Adderley, begins at 7 pm with an opening set from high school ensemble, Take Five.

Saxophonist/clarinetist Doug Haining is well known throughout the metro area for his band, the Twin Cities Seven, which has performed at many area jazz festivals and clubs. A graduate of the music program at St. Olaf College, where he studied classical clarinet, Haining has performed professionally for nearly 40 years. His resume includes performing with Steve Allen, Don Rickles, Bob Hope and more, and with the orchestras for such touring shows as West Side Story, Cats, and A Chorus Line. In addition to his long tenure with the Wolverines Classic Jazz Orchestra, he has played short stints with Red Wolfe’s Ellington Echoes and the Hall Brothers. More recently Doug has been a member of the BellaGala Big Band. His founded the Twin Cities Seven in 1999, for which he writes compositions and arrangements. The Doug Haining Quintet released Last Man Swinging in 2011. In his spare time, Doug teaches privately and co-leads the Edina High School Jazz Ensemble.

Cannonball Adderley

On April 22nd, Haining will present his quintet's salute to the great alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley. Considered one of the early leaders of what became known as hard bop, Adderley burst onto the New York jazz scene in 1955 after sitting in on a gig with bassist Oscar Pettiford. Soon he was leading his own bands with younger brother, cornetist Nat Adderley, and in 1957 joined Miles Davis and eventually formed a 2-sax frontline with young John Coltrane. Dubbed “the new Bird,” Cannonball also drew inspiration from Benny Carter, Louis Jordan and and Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson. He was equally effective on soulful ballads as on hard-driving, fast-paced bop, incorporating elements of blues and gospel into his swinging, accessible style.

The Cannonball Collective includes Haining on sax, Zack Lozier on trumpet, Tanner Taylor on piano, Keith Boyles on bass, and Mac Santiago on drums.

Take Five

Take Five

Led by saxophonist Will Fraser, Take Five is a quintet with its core from Orono High School. “We play jazz standards in a variety of styles,” says Will, “and we would call ourselves a pretty straight-ahead group.” Their opening set on April 22nd will include, of course, the Desmond/Brubeck standard “Take Five," as well as “likely ‘Blue Monk’ or ‘Tenor Madness,’ a ballad like ‘Misty’ or ‘In A Sentimental Mood,’ a Latin tune like ‘Black Orpheus’ or ‘Blue Bossa,’ maybe a funked-up version of ‘Mr. PC,’ and a more open tune like ‘The Saga of Harrison Crabfeathers.’ We might not have time for all of that, but that’s the flavor of it!” The band includes Fraser (18) on alto and soprano saxophones, Ben Hacker (17) on tenor sax and clarinet, Drew Casey (16) on piano, Trevor Aarsvold (17) on bass, and Ben Ophoven-Baldwin (17) on drums. Fraser, Hacker and Casey all attend Orono High School; Aarsvold attends Bloomington Jefferson, and Ophoven-Baldwin attends Roseville Area High School.

Doug Haining’s Cannonball Collective performs on April 22nd, 7 pm at the Artists Quarter, 408 St Peter Street in downtown St. Paul, in the lower level of the Hamm Building. Parking on-street (no charge) or in the Macy’s Ramp on Wabasha (free on Sundays). Tickets for this season finale will be $10; $8 seniors and TCJS members; $5 students with school ID. No tickets or reservations available in advance; arrive early for best seating. Doors at 6:30 pm. Visit www.artistsquarter.com

This article first published in the April issue of TCJS Jazz Notes.

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