DESCRIPTION:
2015 Next Generation Jazz Orchestra
Director: Mr. Paul Contos

Featuring Artists-in-Residence Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra members Wynton Marsalis and Ted Nash

Recorded at the 58th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival, September 20, 2015

1. Introduction by Tim Jackson 0:00
2. Three Brahmin (composed & arranged by Chase Morrin) 02:10
3. The More I See You (composed by Harry Warren and Mack Gordon; arranged by Lance Bryant) 12:36
4. Only You (composed by Morgan Ames; arranged by Bob Florence) 18:16
5. Against the Current (composed & arranged by Matt Wong) 23:30
6. Una Muy Bonita (composed by Ornette Coleman; arranged by Ted Nash) 30:22
7. The Shepherd (Who Watches Over The Night Flock) (composed & arranged by Duke Ellington) 39:42
8. Blues for Stew’s Shoes (composed & arranged by Alan Baylock) 48:48

WOODWINDS
Eric Nakanishi, alto / Northgate High School, Pleasant Hill, CA
Immanuel Wilkins, alto** / Upper Darby High School, Drexel Hill, PA
Tim Murphy, tenor / Montclair High School, Montclair, NJ
Morgan Guerin, tenor / Westlake High School, Atlanta, GA
Kaelen Ghandhi, baritone / Carlmont High School, Belmont, CA

TROMBONES
Andrew Munoz / Esperanza High School, Yorba Linda, CA
Abdulrahman Amer / LaGuardia High School, New York, NY
Nicholas Lee** / Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Jasim Perales / Oakland School for the Arts, Oakland, CA
Ethan Noel Santos (bass) Buchanan High School, Fresno, CA

TRUMPETS
Jonah Moss (lead) / Northgate High School, Walnut Creek, CA
Carlos Ramos (asst. lead) / Downey High School, Downey, CA
Anthony Hervey** / Dillard Center for the Arts, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Evan Abounassar / Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Jeremy Alvarez / Upland High School, Upland, CA

RHYTHM
Chris Fishman, piano** / Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Kanoa Mendenhall, bass / SFJAZZ High School All-Stars Orchestra, San Francisco, CA
Joseph Bell, guitar** / Princeton High School, Princeton, NJ
Timothy Angulo, drums / Berkeley High School, Berkeley, CA
Jared Silverstein, drums / Hillsborough High School, Hillsborough, NJ
Claire Dickson, vocals / Homeschool, Medford, MA

** 2-year NGJO member

For more info about how to apply to the 2016 Next Generation Jazz Orchestra, go to http://www.montereyjazzfestival.org/NGJO