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region's top blues, rhythm and blues and country musicians including The Texas
All-Star Big Band
Make plans for the The 12th Annual Johnny Nicholas Texas All-Star Big Band Bash Reserve This Date: November 14, 2009 Ticket Sales: October 5, 2009 Lady Bird Johnson Park, Pioneer Pavillion Hall Hwy 16 South, Fredericksburg, Texas For more info call
830-997-1000 Don't Forget the Preview
Party at The Hill Top Cafe
Fredericksburg Youth Music Mentoring and Performing Arts Foundation For more information about previous events click HERE PRESS COVERAGE: "BASH" BRINGING OUT STARS 'Bash'
Packs 'Em in At The Park to the memory of Stephen Bruton and will include a very special tribute to Stephen's Music
JIMMIE VAUGHN - Growing up in Oak Cliff, just south of downtown Dallas, Texas, Jimmie Vaughan was weaned on classic Top 40 radio, vintage blues, early rock’n’roll and the deepest rhythm and blues and coolest jazz of the day. After receiving a guitar at the age of 13 it was obvious that he was a natural talent. He also began tutoring his younger brother, Stevie, who would cite Jimmie as his biggest inspiration and influence throughout his own career. Starting his first band at age 15, The Swinging Pendulums, he later joined The Chessman, and then The Texas Storm. By the mid 1970’s he founded The Fabulous Thunderbirds with Kim Wilson. He has recorded eight albums with The Fabulous Thunderbirds, opened for Eric Clapton at London’s Royal Albert Hall, won a Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental Performance, and made guest appearances on such albums as B.B. King and Eric Clapton’s Riding With The King, Bob Dylan’s Under the Red Sky, Willie Nelson’s Milk Dow Blues, Carlos Santana’s Havana Mood and Don Henley’s Inside Job.
Piccolo's unique writing refuses to be defined. He cleverly fuses the simplicity of blues, the freedom of jazz, and the rhythm of reggae, all on a solid traditional R&B foundation always keeping the music fresh, exciting and designed for commercial appeal. Watching Piccolo on stage is like experiencing a gentle, but exhilarating roller coaster ride. Fans easily float from the swinging style of Buddy Johnson, the emotion packed slow sax instrumentals of Lester Young and Jimmy Forest. The groove never stops as Piccolo moves from the rollicking honkers of Red Prysock, to the steamy guitar licks referencing the Kings, Earl and BB; and to the acclaimed clever lyrics and uncategorized "gotta-move" rhythmic arrangements of his own compositions. As Piccolo says, “I just try to play good music that will move your soul” 
 TOMMY MC LAIN - Internationally known recording artist best
known for his "SWAMP POP" version of "SWEET DREAMS" selling over 10
million copies with a deserving GOLD RECORD, and received another GOLD RECORD for writing
"IF YOU DON'T LOVE ME(LEAVE ME ALONE)" for FREDDY FENDER. Tommy's discography
includes over 150 songs penned and recorded from the beginning of his career through
today. Tommy has accomplished a lifetime of achievements and awards.TOMMY McLAIN started playing the guitar that his mother and father bought for him when he was 5 years old and has advanced through the years to play several instruments including: piano, keyboards, drums, guitar, bass, fiddle, even can make the ole bagpipes sizzle! TOMMY McLAIN has toured the world over with numerous musical acts: The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, Tommy James & The Shondells, Steffenwolf, ZZ Top, Paul Revere & the Raiders, Percy Sledge, plus many more and has performed with just about every band, musicians in Louisiana.ba
JOEL GUZMAN & SARAH FOX Grammy
winners Joel Guzman and Sarah Fox return to the Big Band Bash with guitarist Andrew
Hardin. Fusing their traditional and urban sensibilities, the trio reached deep into the
ocean of Texas folk and Mexican Roots music creating a sound as seamless as water. Flawlessly blending Fox's
vocal power and Andrew's heavenly guitar with Guzman's innovative accordion playing, which
has been called brilliant and genius, their music crosses the borders of cumbia, blues and
rock.
 .FLOYD DOMINO - PIANO Grammy-winner Floyd
Domino’s stellar boogie-woogie and swing has been heard on dozens of #1 radio hits.
With a recording resume from George Strait to Herb Ellis to Waylon Jennings to Asleep at
the Wheel to Merle Haggard to Willie Nelson to Townes Van Zandt and beyond, Floyd’s
piano has been heard all over the world and even beamed up to the space shuttle. NASA
beamed George Strait’s Ace in the Hole to the space shuttle Columbia in a wake-up
call that featured Floyd’s sparkling boogie-woogie piano solo. Currently,
Floyd’s piano is heard every weekday on over 100 radio stations on the Jim Hightower
talk radio show, broadcast live from Austin. Floyd also plays or records with Texas
favorites Don Walser, Monte Warden, the Texas Playboys, Asleep at the Wheel and many
others. Floyd, a dedicated father and family man, has released 5 children’s
albums on his own label, Golliber, that have gotten rave reviews from the
national press.
 AL GOMEZ
- TRUMPET1995 Grammy Nomination (R&B), "The Last Real Texas Blues Band" Current Magazine (San Antonio), Ninth Annual Music Awards Best Latin Salsa Group: Henry Brun & The Latin Playerz Notre Dame Jazz Festival, Outstanding Musician Award 1994-95 Texas Minority Graduate Fellowship 1991-94 Music Scholarship, SWTSU, Jazz & Orchestra Ensembles 1992 Music Achievement Award; Wichita, Kansas Jazz Festival (IAJE) 1985 Music Achievement Award; UT Austin Jazz Festival Performance Experience: Current, Dick’s Last Resort, San Antonio, Texas • 1996 European Tour with Doug Sahm and the Last Real Texas Blues Band; including the Moulin Blues Festival (Ospel, Holland) • 1995-96 Corpus Christi Jazz Festival • 1996 JAZZ’ Alive (San Antonio Jazz Festival) with The Jazz Vatos • 1996 Eureka Springs, Arkansas, Jazz Festival with The Jazz Vatos • 1995 March-August: U.S. Tour with The Last Real Blues Band and the Texas Tornadoes • 1994 European tour with SWTSU Mysterium (composer ensemble) • 1994 World Premier, "Rio Bravo Ballet," by Alice Gomez • 1993-96 Pura Vida Awards Orchestra
THE TEXAS ALL STAR BIG BAND  TERRY HALE - ACOUSTIC, ELECTRIC
BASS: Terry has performed everywhere from New York’s Madison Square Garden to the
Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, on television shows from Austin City Limits to the
BBC. As an original founding member of the
“Ace in the Hole Band”, Terry has been supplying the “bottom end” for
MCA recording artist George Strait for the last thirty years and as such has appeared on
numerous gold and multi-platinum selling albums, two major motion pictures, “Pure
Country” 1992 (Warner Bros.) and “The Soldier” 1980 (James Glickenhous
Films). He has also performed on many
television and radio commercials, videos and countless syndicated radio broadcasts. He has performed live on “The Tonight
Show” with Johnny Carson as well as with Jay Leno, multiple music awards shows,
“pay-per-view” telecasts and two HBO specials.
 KAZ KAZANOFF - TENOR SAXOPHONESaxophonist Mark ‘Kaz’ Kazanoff is well-known to Rhythm and Blues and Jazz fans around the world. He has produced and contributed horn arrangements, saxophone and harmonica solos, and original songs to more than 80 record albums over the last fifteen years, but still thinks of himself as a live musician. Albums he has played on or produced, have won, or been nominated for, Grammy and W.C. Handy Awards. Kaz performs often at major international music festivals such as the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage and Monterrey Jazz Festivals. He received his D.M.A. Doctoral Degree in Music Composition in 1998 from the University of Texas at Austin, lives and teaches in the Austin area.
 DANNY
LEVIN - FIDDLEDanny grew up in the suburbs of Philly and studied cello with Philadelphia Orchestra cellist Francis de Pasquale from 1959-1967, and by the age of 15, was an accomplished chamber musician. He joined up with the swing band Asleep at the Wheel in 1971. By 1972, he had picked up the fiddle and was listening to and playing country music and string jazz, and by 1978, he had won his first Grammy. Danny is now producing and writing advertising commercials with such artists as Johnny Nicholas, Ethel & Methel, Don Walser, Sean Colvin, Leon Raush of the Texas Playboys, Charlie Sexton, Johnny Cash, Sara Hickman and the Leann Rimes "Don’t Mess with Texas" TV commercial.
BARITONE & TENOR SAX John Mills is one of central Texas’ most in-demand saxophonists and arrangers, covering a complete spectrum of musical styles—jazz, R&B, salsa, classical, rock ’n roll, country, alternative, folk, gospel and more—in concert and in the recording studio. Over his long professional career he has performed, arranged and composed on hundreds of CDs, film/TV soundtracks, and jingles. He holds a Doctorate Degree (DMA) in Composition from UT-Austin, is Director of Jazz Studies and Coordinator of Music Theory at Southwest Texas State Univ. and co-owner of Austin Media Music.
 DAN TOROSIAN:
Dan grew up in New York, moved to Boston in 1976, and switched from trumpet to saxophone
in 1982. He played with dozens of jazz and
R&B bands, then moved to Austin in 1990. He
has played sax, clarinet, flute, and keyboards in many bands, most notably with Rotel and
the Hot Tomatoes, Marcia Ball, Irma Thomas (New Orleans), Alejandro Escovedo, Ted Roddy,
and Tish Hinojosa, also working extensively as an arranger.
He will receive his Master’s degree in Music Composition from Southwest Texas
State University in December, 2002, having composed and arranged for vocal and
instrumental chamber groups, orchestra, and big band
 KEITH WINKING -
TRUMPETKeith is a professor at Texas State University where he teaches trumpet and directs the Texas State Jazz Orchestra, and is a member of the SouthWest BrassWorks. Dr. Winking received his undergraduate degree in Music Education from Quincy University, his M.M. in Trumpet Performance from Texas State, and his D.M.A. in Trumpet Performance from the University of Texas at Austin. His teachers have included Raymond Crisara, Vince Cichowicz, Leon Rapier and Don "Jake" Jacoby. He has served as a visiting lecturer to scores of universities and conservatories including the Crane School of Music and the Moscow and St. Petersburg Conservatories. Dr.Winking has presented solo and ensemble concerts and clinics throughout the United States, Canada, Sweden, Japan, Switzerland and Russia. He is a freelance trumpet player performing with many local and national groups including the Austin Symphony, the Austin Jazz Orchestra, James Brown, the Manhattan Transfer and the Austin Sinfonietta. He has extensive recording experience and has recorded national jingles for McDonalds and American Express. He has also taped numerous TV shows including PBS's "Lonesome Pines," TNN's "Texas Connection," PBS's "Austin City Limits" and a taping for the BBC entitled "Rhythms of the World." He has presented papers at the International Trumpet and New York Brass Conferences and also published articles in The International Trumpet Guild Journal, School Band and Orchestra Magazine and the International Jazz Educators Journal. Dr. Winking is voting member of the National Association of the Recording Arts and Sciences (Grammy's) and a clinician for the Selmer Company.
 RANDY ZIMMERMAN - TROMBONE Randy played first trombone at North Texas State University's One O'Clock Jazz Band and traveled to the Soviet Union and Portugal with them before moving to New York, then connecting with the Klaus Lenz Fusion Band and touring Germany. One of the main CO2 composers for 18 years, he is also a sought-after arranger for salsa and big bands. He is at home in brass quintets, big bands, jazz combos, chamber music, polkas, Dixieland, salsa, etc. His efforts as bandleader include the steaming Jazz PR--original arrangements of Latin classics and jazz standards, for three trombones and Puerto Rican rhythm section (their CD, "La Brisa Del Sur" on CreOP Muse); Jazz Nomads-- septet featuring great Blakey arrangements, music by Kenny Dorham and McCoy Tyner, as well as originals; Southern Reconstruction Brass B and--trombone, tuba, 2 trumpets, 2 drummers in a funky and quirky little street band that really cooks.
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