Tommy Peterson © Andrea Canter

The February 3^rd program will start off with the JazzMN Big Band’s renditions of Buddy Greco's “Rotten Kid,” David Raksin's “Laura” (arranged by Bob Florence); and Bill Holman’s “Malaga.” Holman will be the featured guest artist when the Big Band closes its season in March. Patty Peterson will join the band to sing Webster and Burke’s “Black Coffee” and the Rogers and Hart classic, “This Can't Be Love.”

The second half of the program features Tom Peterson on Cole Porter's “Begin The Beguine,” Victor Young's “Beautiful Love,” along with “Soundsketch.” Family matriarch and pianist Jeanne Arland Peterson will be featured on “Give Me the Simple Life,” and Patty Peterson returns in a medley, “We'll Be Together Again.” The JazzMN Big Band close out the show with Thelonious Monk’s “Rhythm-a-ning.”

Patty Peterson

Guest Artists

Tom Peterson was a long-time member of Doc Severinson’s Tonight Show Orchestra. The Twin Cities native keeps busy as a studio and recording musician based in Los Angeles, and as a member of Bob Florence’s Limited Edition Big Band. Florence appeared with the Jazz MN Big Band last year and highly recommended Tom, who occasionally comes home to play with the Peterson Family musicians.

Patty Peterson has won numerous awards for performance and recording. She has appeared on stage or on recording with the likes of David Sanborn, Hiram Bullock, Steve Miller, Donny Osmond, The Jets, Ben Sidran and Sergio Mendes. Multi-talented, in addition to her career as a vocalist Patty has been an actress, print ad model, and popular radio personality. In addition to fronting her own ensemble, Patty is currently a member of the vocal quartet, The Girls.

Jeanne Arland Peterson spent 22 years performing on WCCO radio as well as around town on club stages and in recording studios. She was the organist for the Minnesota Twins from 1969-71, and built a resume that included work with with Perry Como, Bob Hope, Dianne Carroll, Sonny Stitt, Roy Eldridge, Bud Shank, and George Benson. Along with Judy Garland, Jeanne is one of only two women in the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame, and two Minnesota governors—Rudy Perpich and Arne Carlson—declared days in her honor. Pianist and head of Minnesota’s First Family of Music, Jeanne can still burn up the keyboard.

Meet the JazzMN Big Band

Each a star in his or her own right, the members of Jazz MN Big Band have diverse credentials and impeccable musicianship, ample evidence that great jazz is indeed “Made in Minnesota”:

Doug Snapp © Andrea Canter

• Director Dr. Doug Snapp has a doctorate from the University of Northern Colorado, where he led the college jazz ensembles to several Downbeat Awards. In addition to playing trumpet and directing the JazzMN Big Band, Snapp is a Professor of Jazz Studies and Trumpet at Minnesota State University, Mankato, and plays principal trumpet in the Mankato Symphony.

• Terry Burns (bass) is the Director of the Bass Department at Musictech, St. Paul and has been a professional bassist for 30 years. In addition to his first-call status in the Twin Cities, Burns has played with diverse artists including Linda Rondstadt, Jane Monheit, Freddy Hubbard, Stanley Turrentine, David “Fathead” Newman, and Billy Higgins.

• Wade Clark (bass trombone), a graduate of the Berklee College of Music in Boston, freelanced in San Francisco before coming to Minnesota where he currently keeps busy as a freelance arranger, orchestrator, and copyist. His credits include working in the bands of Buddy Rich and Nelson Riddle, backing Sammy Davis, Jr., the Moody Blues, and San Francisco Ballet.

• Mike Cramer (guitar). A graduate of the University of Northern Iowa, Mike has been active on the Midwest blues scene, and also is a first-call guitarist for area vocalists, including Tresa Sauer and Connie Olson.

• Ethan Freier (trombone) graduated from Indiana University with a Masters Degree in Jazz Studies and a Performance Certificate in Trombone. In the Twin Cities, he works as a freelance trombonist performing Latin, jazz, classical, Broadway, rock and pop in pit orchestras, recording sessions, nightclubs, corporate events, weddings and shows that feature touring artists. Many of Freier's arrangements are performed by the groups Synergy and Latin Sounds Orchestra. Ethan is also a teacher at Northfield Middle School and Hamline University.

• Jeff Gottwig (trumpet) is director of bands at Farmington High School, MN, where he conducts the Jazz, Concert and Marching Band groups. A native of the Pacific Northwest, in the Twin Cities Jeff has worked with many of the areas top groups including the Minnesota Orchestra, The Cedar Avenue Big Band, The Wolverines, and The Minnesota State Fair Orchestra. As a sideman he has performed with Harry Connick Jr., Thad Jones, Steve Allen, Jon Faddis, The Manhattan Transfer and Janet Jackson. Jeff attended the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, graduating with honors in music education and is soon to receive his Masters in Music Education from the University of St. Thomas.

  

  Dave Graff © Andrea Canter

• Dave Graf (trombone) has worked in Dixieland, straight ahead jazz, salsa, big bands, and pit orchestras, and has backed legends such as Natalie Cole, Tony Bennett, Sammy Davis, Jr., Harry Connick, Julie Andrews and Rosemary Clooney. Her performs with Percy Hughes’ Ellington Echoes in addition to the JazzMN Big Band.

• Bob Hallgrimson (trumpet) performs regularly with the Cedar Avenue Big Band and various Latin bands in the Twin Cities. His credits include work with Burt Bacharach, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Natalie Cole, Woody Herman, the Temptations, and Rosemary Clooney.

• Dave Jensen (trumpet) is best know for his work with the Hornheads, the Twin Cities ensemble that recorded with Prince and the New Power Generation, and has toured all over the world. His previous work included a stint with the Artie Shaw Orchestra. Also a Berklee grad, he performs with local pit orchestras and teaches at Musictech.

• Kathy Jensen (baritone saxophone), married to Dave, is also a member of the Hornheads. She has performed with Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Frank Sinatra, Natalie Cole, and Moore By Four, and with a variety of musical and theatrical productions around the Twin Cities.

• Dave Karr (tenor saxophone) has been composing and producing music for radio and TV since 1970. He has performed with numerous bands, symphony orchestras, Broadway shows, and recording sessions. Around town Dave performs frequently with his own quartet and backing other musicians at the Dakota, Artists Quarter and other venues.

• Mary Louise Knutson (piano) has worked with Dizzy Gillespie, Dianne Reeves, Bobby McFerrin, Von Freeman, and top local vocalists and instrumental ensembles, as well as leading her own groups. An acclaimed composer, Knutson has won two Billboard magazine awards for her compositions. Her 2001 debut CD (Call Me When You Get There) hit the Top 50 Charts in the US and Canada.

• Dale Mendenhall (tenor saxophone) has performed with the Minnesota Orchestra, Guthrie, and other local theaters. His credits include Natalie Cole, Aretha Franklin, Tony Bennett, Ben Sidran, David Letterman, and Jay Leno. With over 30 years of music experience, he currently works with such diverse ensembles as the Hornheads, Stud Brothers, and the Minnesota Klezmer Band.


Jeanne Arland Peterson with RIcky © Andrea Canter

• David Milne (alto saxophone) is Associate Professor of Music at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, where he has taught jazz history, improvisation and Woodwind Performance since 1990; he also directs the UWRF Jazz Ensemble. Dave has also taught at The Eastman School of Music, Indiana University, and the MacPhail Center for Music. A native of Rochester, NY, Dave earned a BA in Music and Communications and a M. M. in Woodwind Performance/Jazz Studies at Indiana University, and a DMA in Performance and Literature/Saxophone at the Eastman School of Music. Locally he is a regular performer with the Pete Whitman X-Tet, Jazz Ax, and the new Out to Lunch Quintet.

• Michael B. Nelson (trombone) is the leader, arranger, and trombonist for the Hornheads. His career includes a McKnight Composers Fellowship, touring, composing and arranging for Prince, and performances with Doc Severinsen, Chaka Khan, Lenny Kravitz, Ben Sidran, Sammy Davis, Jr., and many others. He is also a member of the local trombone ensemble, Locally Damaging Winds.

• Joe Pulice (drums) toured with Woody Herman and his Thundering Herd during Woody's 50th Anniversary Tour, and has won two Minnesota Jazz Music Awards -- for Best Jazz Vibist and as a member of world-renowned drummer Eric Kamau Gravatt's group, "Kamanari." He has also worked with Stan Getz, Slide Hampton, David Liebman, Jack McDuff, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, and Harry Connick, Jr.

• Tim Sullivan (trumpet) has performed and/or recorded locally with Doug Haining’s Twin Cities Seven, and vocalist Charmin Michelle.

• Pete Whitman (alto saxophone) has performed with Randy Brecker, Jack McDuff, and the Woody Herman Orchestra, and currently leads his own groups, Departure Point and the Tentet. An accomplished tenor and flute player, composer, and arranger, Whitman heads the Woodwind and Brass Department at McNally Smith College in St. Paul.

For information on the JazzMN Big Band and season calendar, see www.jazzmn.org. All concerts this season will be presented at 7:30 pm at the Hopkins High School Performing Arts Center, 2400 Lindbergh Drive, Hopkins, Minnesota, off Highway 169, one half-mile west on Cedar Lake Road, with free adjacent parking. Tickets are $24.00 and $22.00 in advance; $26.00 and 24.00 at the door; students $16.00 reserved in advance, $10.00 “Rush” at the door. For questions: 612-242-4791. Reservations at Ticket Works at 651-209-6689 or visit www.ticketworks.com

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