OVERVIEW
Santa
Clara Swing is a self-directed after-school jazz band activity
at Santa Clara High School. It was formed in March of 2005
as a natural outgrowth of the highly successful Straw Hat Jazz Band
activity at Buchser Middle School, a feeder school, also in
Santa Clara. (Current
Schedule)
The
Faculty Advisor to the band is Drew Erickson, Music
Director at the school. Ray Buhler, the organizer and
leader of the South Bay Stompers
coaches the band on early jazz. Steve Tyler, music
faculty member at De Anza College is the coach for early swing.
Rowena Reyes is the "band mother" and Bob
Hamilton acts as a facilitator. Ricky Hall, a Senior,
is the Music Director for the band.
The
basic band consists of 15 -17 members as required to fit the
standard instrumentation for big band swing. If the stage
is small, the band can reduce to 10 pieces to play swing.
Many audiences want to hear traditional jazz as well. For
this part of the repertoire the band reduces to eight pieces,
in two units, Blue and Gold, the colors of the school.
Santa
Clara Swing Band
BAND
PERSONEL
| Blue
Unit |
Gold
Unit |
- Ricky
Hall-leader and trumpet
- Scott
Williams-soprano sax
- Jessica
Magallanes-trombone
- Jessica
Olave-tenor sax
- Akilah
Blackman-tuba
- James
Martin-banjo
- Elvedin
Beslagic-drums
- Megan
Richofsky-piano
|
- Emma
Hoag-leader and trombone
- Caitlin
Bell-clarinet
- Joanna
Brockhouse-trumpet
- Oliver
Yeh-tenor sax
- James
Martin—string bass
- Shaya
Deaton-baritone sax
- Casey
Vivit-drums
- Megan
Richofsky-piano
|
CD
For Sale
The
group has made a CD for sale. The kids hope these sales do
a lot toward funding their trip to Sacramento.
This
CD can be purchased by sending an email to: JoJazzQueen@aol.com
for price and instructions.
The
band has selected an even mix of early jazz and early swing
for its first CD, as follows:
-
Livery
Stable Blues (4:37) Lopez/Nunez (Blue
Unit) 
(144 KB)
-
My
Gal Sal (2:52) R.Nichols (Gold Unit)
-
Coney
Island Washboard {2:11) Dumond/Adams (Blue Unit)
-
Basin
Street Blues (4:04) S. Wlliams (Gold Unit)
(131
KB)
-
Muskrat
Ramble (2:03) KidOry
-
Tin
Roof Blues (2:15) Nork
-
When
My Sugar Walks Down The Street (3:38) Gene Austin
-
Sugar
Foot Stomp (3:04) J.Oliver .
-
Charleston
(l :33) Cecil Mack/Jimmy Johnson (10 Piece Unit)
-
Caravan
(2:50) D. Ellington (15 Piece Unit)
-
Moonglow
(3:41) Hudson/DeLange
(112
KB)
-
The
Queen Bee (3:24) Nestico
-
Ja-Da
(3:18) Carleton
-
In
The Mood (3:07) J. Garland
-
Boogie
Woogie Bugle Boy (2:40) Raye/Prince
(215
KB)
-
Satin
Doll (3:32) D. Ellington
This
CD was recorded for the most part on November 20, 2005. Bob
Hamilton was the Sound Engineer and Roddy Magallanes was the
Recording/Production Engineer.
This
CD can be purchased by sending an email to: JoJazzQueen@aol.com
for price and instructions.
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