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York College Blue Notes & Summer Jazz Program
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   York College Blue Notes & Summer Jazz Program: General Info
Member Since11/28/2006
Band Websiteyork.cuny.edu
Band MembersFACULTY
Tom Zlabinger, director/bass
Yoichi Uzeki, piano
George Gray, drums
Cassandra Douglas, assistant/clarinet

CURRENT BLUE NOTES
Robert DeLacruz Valdez, clarinet
Natalia Leston, alto
Joe Small, alto
Hayong Lau, tenor
Devon Lawrence, tenor
Sarbh Singh, tenor
Michael Moxey, alto/bari
Greg Ceus, trumpet
Bancroft Sparkes, Jr., trumpet
Imani Tucker, trumpet
Bobby Wanees, trumpet
Brian Wilson, trumpet
Nicole Wong, trumpet
Alejondro Esponasa, trombone
Denzel McKenzie, trombone
Shawn Rhoades, trombone
Raul Valenzia, valve trombone
Juan Bowers, piano
Quincy Newell, piano
Charis-Faith Slue, piano
Solomon Cohen, bass
Darien Dawes, bass
Malik McLaurine, bass
Steven Bartashev, drums

BLUE NOTE/SJP ALUMNI
Melanie Chery, voice
Chiamaka Onyejiukwa, voice
David Barnes, alto
Nalini Bholanauth, alto
Ashley Chambers, alto
Robbie Fogel, alto/clarinet
Cherisse Fraser, alto/flute
Darlene Mottley, alto
Kaila Squires, alto
Red Tirona, alto
Hannah Amoako, clarinet/bass clarinet
Shauna Irving, clarinet/bass clarinet
Gabby Bermudez, tenor
Chris Celiz, tenor
Jonathan Leon, tenor
Jon Vazcones, tenor
Vaughn Watson, tenor
Chirrard Cameau, bari
Sequoia King, bari/soprano
Kunal Singh, bari
Eddie Castro, trumpet
Tianfu Chen, trumpet
David Ditrapani, trumpet
Ian Dummet, trumpet
Brian Ganan, trumpet
DaQuan McCray, trumpet
Luis Velasquez, trumpet
Katy Chery, trombone
Rocio Gosende-Suarez, trombone
Jorge Palencia, trombone
Malcolm Skinner, trombone
Justin Tokke, trombone
Jaques Toney, trombone/slide-trumpet
Gabriel Bonanno, guitar/banjo
Jennifer Bellisario, piano
Ariel Flores, piano
Shamar Olivas, piano
Jade Wang, piano
Paul Wilson, piano
Rob Anderson, bass
Toni Foster, bass/violin
Ayush Prasad, bass
Andrew Garcia, drums
Cinque Kemp, drums
Rory Levin, drums
Rene Reyes Marcos, drums
Trina McCandless, percussion
Jonathan "Kermit" Milard, percussion
InfluencesLouis Armstrong, Count Basie, Ray Charles, John Coltrane, The Commodores, Chick Corea, Miles Davis, Earth, Wind, & Fire, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, Eddie Harris, Kool & The Gang, Charles Mingus, Sonny Rollins, Rose Royce, Booker T. & the MG's, Stevie Wonder, and Joe Zawinul
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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Nov 29 2008 1:00P
NO REHEARSAL Jamaica, New York
Dec 6 2008 1:00P
NO REHEARSAL Jamaica, New York
Dec 20 2008 7:30P
Fall Concert @ York PAC Jamaica, New York
Jan 24 2009 1:00P
First Rehearsal of ’09 Jamaica, New York
Feb 14 2009 1:00P
St. Bonaventure Jamaica, New York
Feb 22 2009 10:00A
Mingus High School Competition (tentative) NYC, New York
Feb 28 2009 1:00P
private event Long Island, New York
Mar 28 2009 12:00P
Essentially Ellington Regional Festival (tentative) Greenwich, Connecticut
Apr 4 2009 1:00P
YorkJam: a celebration of NYC public high school jazz ensembles (tentative) Jamaica, New York
May 9 2009 7:30P
Spring Concert @ York PAC Jamaica, New York
Jun 21 2009 12:00P
Make Music NY (tentative) Jamaica, New York
Jun 29 2009 9:00A
First Day of SJP ’09 (tentative) Jamaica

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   About York College Blue Notes & Summer Jazz Program
The York College Blue Notes are a high school big band in residence at York College. Members of the Blue Notes are New York City public high school musicians who are alumni of the York College Summer Jazz Program sponsored by College Now.

In addition to performances at York College, the Blue Notes have performed at the Afrikan Poetry Theatre, the Festival of New Trumpet Music, the Jamaica Arts & Music Festival (JAMS), the Louis Armstrong House, Minton's Playhouse, the St. Albans Jazz Festival, and the Vision Festival. The Blue Notes have been on the same bill with such musicians as pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi, trumpeter Roy Campbell, saxophonist Lou Donaldson, the hip-hop/violin group Nuttin' But Stringz, bassist William Parker, tubist Bob Stewart, and trumpeter Ray Vega.

To date, the Blue Notes have included students from Bayside High School, Forest Hills High School, Frank Sinatra High School, Gateway High School, John Bowne High School, LaGuardia High School, Midwood High School, Newcomers High School, Newtown High School, Queens High School for the Sciences, Talent Unlimited High School, Townsend Harris High School, University Heights High School, and William Bryant High School.

Summer Jazz Program '07 Concert
York College Performing Arts Center
August 7, 2007


For the entire concert, click here.

Special thanks to Justin Tokke for the uploads!

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York College Blue Notes & Summer Jazz Program's Friends Comments
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Bitter Sweet is Life to Me





Mar 22 2008 4:34 PM

wow a weekend without the Blue Notes....feels weird!
Make Music New York - June 21





Mar 17 2008 4:25 PM

Sign up!

Kunal Singh & The Jazz Experience





Mar 5 2008 6:41 PM

A week without Notes is a week without random battles. Man... You guys are sounding better each time. Keep rockin.
KL
Bitter Sweet is Life to Me





Dec 26 2007 6:09 AM

Happy Holiday to all the Blue Notes!!!
Bitter Sweet is Life to Me





Dec 2 2007 10:16 PM

image approved lol
Rich Wetzel and his Groovin Higher Jazz Orchestra





Nov 27 2007 6:29 PM

Very cool to see all the great things you are all doing for jazz, music education. Great stuff, keep it up!

Sincerely,

Rich Wetzel
Bach Stradivarious Trumpet Recording Artist and Clinician
Rich Wetzel's Groovin Higher Jazz Orchestra
Trust





Oct 17 2007 11:19 AM

AYANNA CLARKE





May 22 2007 7:59 PM

Heyyyy THanks for the add! I see you guys have a bunch of things coming up for June! Very cool!

If you're down for it - check me out this weekend @ The Groove, Sunday 27 May; 8 PM. Click on the pic to see the info!





love,
Ayanna =)
Adriana





Apr 30 2007 1:46 AM

We killed it today!.. lol.... wait we actually killled something... yay.. Luryn loved it.. and she wont stop talkin about Hannah soloin to her... she has an old soull... yay!!!!
DELETE ME





Apr 1 2007 12:46 AM

Blue Notes = awesomnessasitude.... we killed it so much i think we resurrected sumthing :P
Wizdum's blind soul





Mar 30 2007 3:33 AM

BLUE NOTE Sunday Night 8:30- food inovled maybe doughnuts $35 James Moody and company
anyone in?
My goal is near, MY life has just begun





Mar 8 2007 9:32 PM

the performance was great today at bryant high school
DELETE ME





Jan 28 2007 12:28 AM

o snap im in the blue notes top! this is a historical moment...ill eat some cake...
Flogging The Horses





Jan 5 2007 5:23 AM

Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting this is what i meant...
Flogging The Horses





Jan 5 2007 5:19 AM

yo... the notes are metal. ..m/
w/W..wwWww (
Adriana





Dec 17 2006 1:40 PM

Oh hell yeah I agee with Hannah..... Reneeeeee... that switch was so sexy last night!!!!
Christopher (BMG)





Dec 12 2006 1:29 AM

Wow I love our rendition of Birdland
Adriana





Dec 11 2006 9:13 PM

ATTENTION all of the jazz community... Toni and I are in a Band at a restaurant at the JAzz Standard... and this sunday come see us... for this is our last performance for a month... yes a month... soo you have to make reservattions at the Jazz Standard...2125762232 and located at 116 East 27th street... New York, New York 10016... the music is great the food is great... trust me its worth your time... oh yea... make reservations early... the place tends to fill up quickly... okay 1
Q_Q #_# T_T





Dec 10 2006 5:36 AM

You know what? Only cool people can play cool music. And jazz is cool.
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Dec 7 2006 4:11 AM

The blue notes sound good! keep it up guys.
Adriana





Dec 4 2006 2:52 AM

Oh yeah york College Blue Notes... rep them all dai evri dai... lol..
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