UCLA Jazz Combos and Ensembles Concert 1
Tonight’s concert will feature the following groups:
Charley Harrison Combo
Salim Washington Combo
UCLA Jazz Orchestra, directed by Charley Harrison
Directors
Charley Harrison
See BioDirector, UCLA Jazz Orchestra; Director, Jazz Combo
Charley Harrison, composer, arranger, orchestrator, conductor, and guitarist, has been the Director of the UCLA Jazz Orchestra since 2004. He also became the Inaugural Conductor and Artistic Director of the Hollywood Jazz Orchestra in 2023.
His compositions and arrangements have been performed by some of the biggest names in jazz including: Kenny Burrell, Clark Terry, Marcus Miller, Freddy Cole, Kurt Elling, Cedar Walton, Joe Williams, The Count Basie Orchestra, and The Audio Network. Harrison’s 2006 CD, Keeping My Composure, received critical acclaim, and appeared on the JazzWeek radio charts for 13 consecutive weeks. Charley has previously served as conductor of the Los Angeles Jazz Orchestra, as well as Associated Artistic Director of the Chicago Jazz Orchestra.
Prior to joining the UCLA Faculty, Harrison worked as a composer and orchestrator on several film projects after spending 10 years working as a composer/producer in Chicago’s advertising community, where he created music for such clients as McDonald’s and The Chicago White Sox.
M.M., Composition, Northwestern University; B.M., Arranging and Orchestration, Northwestern University; Berklee College of Music
Salim Washington
See BioSalim Washington is a composer and multi instrumentalist, playing tenor sax, flute, oboe and bass clarinet. He has played and recorded with many of the luminaries of the art form, and has been featured in festivals and other venues throughout the United States, Europe, Africa, and Latin America.
Washington has combined a life in music with a life of the mind, and is a scholar of black music and culture, having written several articles and co-written with Farah Jasmine Griffin Clawing at the Limits of Cool, a book about the collaboration between Miles Davis and John Coltrane. He currently serves as professor of Global Jazz Studies and Music at UCLA.
He works to combine his artistry and pedagogy with his political conviction that we must work to improve our society with greater justice for all.
Program
Charley Harrison Combo
Program:
- Agua de Beber comp. Antonio Carlos Jobim
- Freight Trane comp. Tommy Flanagan
- Sunny comp. Bobby Hebb
Personnel:
Kaia Kim-Weigandt, Voice
Ethan Alvarado, Trumpet
Sam Wolf, Tenor Saxophone
Aidan Doyle, Trombone
Miles Quale, Violin
Gavin Lacanlale, Guitar
Tyler Kuan, Piano
Salim Washington Combo
Program:
Hedgehog, by Joshua Wong
Hum, by Elliott Gorham
Uh Oh, by Salim Washington
Lwandle’s Lullaby, by Salim Washington
Into the Stratosphere, by Joshua Wong
Personnel:
Robert Gomez, Tenor Saxophone and Oboe
Salim Washington, Tenor Saxophone
Adam Zilberman, Baritone Saxophone
Ruby Lim-Moreno, Trombone
Elliot Gorham, Guitar
Henry Baskin, Guitar
Micah Johnson, Bass
Joshua Wong, Piano
Ben Kenvin, Drums
Jazz Orchestra, directed by Charley Harrison
Program:
- Heads Up Comp./Arr. Tom Garling
- Ahmad’s Blues Comp. Ahmad Jamal Arr. Tom Garling
- 317 East 32nd Street Comp. Lennie Tristano Arr. Adam Zilberman
- Gellar’s Cellar Comp./Arr. Ernie Wilkins
- Peg Comp. Donald Fagen Arr. Tom Garling
Personnel:
Nathan Palmer, Alto Saxophone
Jordan Casciato, Alto Saxophone/Soprano Saxophone
Hayden Ghosh, Tenor Saxophone
Melak Makonnen, Tenor Saxophone
Adam Zilberman, Baritone Saxophone
Ethan Alvarado, Trumpet
Santiago Santos Carrillo, Trumpet
Jason Bernhard, Trombone
Sam Black, Trombone
Ryan Heisinger,Trombone
Carlos Castaneda, Bass Trombone
Stellan Swanlund, Piano
Matt Wilson, Bass
Henry Fairbanks, Drums