 Eric Miyashiro "CHASE Revisited”, a Tribute Concert and Trumpet Summit will be Wednesday, August 1 at the Minnesota Music Café, 499 Payne Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota. The Minnesota Music Café is a 21+ club. The concert will start at 9:00 p.m. with doors open at 7:00. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door on the day of the concert. Tickets are available online at www.ticketweb.com or by phone at 866-468-3401. Purchased tickets will be at “will call” on day of show at the Minnesota Music Café, 651-776-4699.
 Bill Chase
This concert is dedicated to the memory of Bill Chase, Walter Clark, John Emma, Wally Yohn, Angel South , Jerry Van Blair, and Carl Haefeli.
Meet The Players:Special guest, Eric Miyashiro was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1963. In his senior year in High School he was selected to be in the McDonalds All American High School Band. Soon after that Eric played lead trumpet with Buddy Rich. After studying at Berklee College of Music in Boston, he went on to play lead trumpet in such bands as Woody Herman, Maynard Ferguson, Mel Lewis and Ray Charles. In 1990 Eric moved to Tokyo, Japan, where he lives today. As a Yamaha Performing Artist, he stays busy traveling around the world as a studio musician, clinician, soloist and bandleader. Mr. Miyashiro has two bands: EM Big Band and Z Force. He has recorded three solo CD’s, "Kick Up" (2000), "City of Brass" (2003), and "Times Square" (2006), all available at www.Seeleymusic.com. See: www.bluebirdland.com/em/index.html
Dartanyan Brown was born into a musical family where his father and mother both studied and performed music from religious to conservatory to jazz. Dartanyan now performs with his son, Jaimeo, a drummer and his vocalist daughter Marisha whenever they come home from their adopted home in the New York City area. Dartanyan holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and News Editorial Journalism (1975) from Drake University. In addition to his performing career, Dartanyan has provided guidance to hundreds of educators on how to integrate Jazz studies and music technology into the K-12 educational sphere. He is currently part of the music faculty at the Marin Academy in the San Francisco area. See: www.dartanyan.com
Chase alumni trumpeters:
Joe Morrissey started playing trumpet at age 10. Joe attended Drake University in Des Moines majoring in music education. During this time he studied trumpet with Bob Weast. In 1973, Joe was asked to join the jazz-rock group, CHASE. During this time he recorded the album "CHASE Pure Music". He left CHASE in 1974. Joe then located to the Twin Cities where he began free lancing, recording, giving clinics and concerts and private trumpet lessons. During this time he toured with the Mel Lewis Orchestra. He became first trumpet and assistant conductor of the pit orchestra for the Chanhassen Dinner Theatre in the Twin Cities. He played in the orchestra for twenty four years and was Musical Director for the last twelve of those years. Joe currently plays in a 70's soul and R&B group called "Soul Tight Committee."
 Jim Oatts
 Jay Sollenberger
Alan Ware was born in 1937 in Wichita, Kansas. In 1955 Alan joined the Army after which he enrolled at The Berklee School of Music in Boston. In 1969, he joined Bill Chase's new band, which was still in rehearsal. The band toured the Midwest extensively until the first album produced a hit in April of 1971. Alan left the band as a regular in 1973. Alan played gigs in Las Vegas until 1981 when he was elected Business Gent for the Musicians Union of Las Vegas, Local 369. He was elected secretary/treasurer two years later and held that office until 1991. Alan worked for a major car rental corporation in various departments until retirement in April of 2007.
"CHASE Revisited”, a Tribute Concert and Trumpet Summit
- Wednesday, August 1 at 9:00 p.m. with doors open at 7:00
- Minnesota Music Café, 499 Payne Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota.
- Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door on the day of the concert.
- Tickets are available online at www.ticketweb.com or by phone at 866-468-3401 or 651-776-4699.
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