Los Angeles Jazz InstitutePresents

27 ConCerts, rare films, & speCial presentations

May 21-24, 2015Tickets 562-200-5477

www.lajazzinstitute.orgSheraton Gateway Hotel Los Angeles

6101 West Century BoulevardLos Angeles, California 90045

musiC for lighthousekeepingAn All Star Tribute to Howard Rumsey

Celebrating Howard Rumsey’s Legacy and the music and musicians that created West Coast JazzGuest of Honor: Howard Rumsey

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Dates:May 21-24, 2015Pre Festival Event May 20 at Balboa Pavilion, Balboa, CA

Place:The Sheraton Gateway Hotel6101 West Century Blvd.Los Angeles, CA 90045The special rate for festival attendees is $108 per night. There is also a 10% discount on food purchased in the hotel restaurants during the event.You can reserve your rooms by calling: 1-800-325-3535 or to register online

CLICKHERE!The cutoff to make reservations at this special rate is April 26, 2015.

The Sheraton has a free shuttle to and from LAX.Hotel stay not included in registration fee.

How to purchase tickets: There are three ticket choices to attend the festivalPLATINUM$450 VIP Registration ($425 for members) includes priority reserved seatingGOLD$425 ($400 for members) includes reserved seating.INDIVIDUAL EVENT TICKETSIndividual tickets range from $10-$25.See order form on inside back page.

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Festival Details

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music for lighthousekeepingMusic for Lighthousekeeping is a long-overdue tribute to Howard Rumsey and his incredible legacy. No one has done more for the west coast jazz scene and this event is designed to showcase the music and the musicians that Howard was responsible for bringing to the forefront.

For four full days and nights the sounds of West Coast Jazz past and present will echo through the halls of the Sheraton Gateway in an unprecedented schedule of concerts and events. There will be many concerts featuring original Lighthouse All-Stars music as well as concerts presenting music of famous Lighthouse Alumni. There will also be concerts and events celebrating the original Stan Kenton Orchestra and Howard Rumsey’s Concerts By the Sea.

Howard will be in attendance as our very special Guest of Honor and I hope you will plan to join us to help give Howard the tribute he deserves.Sincerely,Ken Poston, Festival Director

inter-Collegiate Jazz festivalLong before jazz was included in University music curriculums, Howard was championing and encouraging young jazz musicians by giving them a spotlight every Easter week at The Lighthouse. The list of musicians that took part in the Easter Week festivities include such luminaries as Les McCann, Mike Wofford, Charlie Shoemake, Charlie Haden, Pete Christlieb, Ray Manzarek, Daryl Dragon, Lanny Morgan, Steve Huffsteter, Pinky Winters, Barry Zweig, Jim Keltner and many more.

Many alumni of the Easter Week festivals will be on hand to participate in the various concerts as well as specific concerts honoring Howard’s role as a pioneer of Jazz Education.

In celebration of the Easter Week Collegiate festivals we’re having a mini Inter-Collegiate Festival of our own. Thursday-Saturday we will feature two University groups each day at the pool who will be critiqued by a panel of judges. The winning band will be invited back to perform on a Sunday Night Showcase.

Pre-Festival Party(extra event not included with registration)

Wednesday, May 20 • 12 noon • $75Balboa Pavilion, Balboa Beach400 Main Street, Newport Beach, CA

BalBoa BandwagonLunch and Concert All Star Big BandMusic from Stan Kenton’s first Summer at Balboa Beach

After stints with Vido Musso and Johnny Scat Davis, Howard Rumsey came to prominence as one of the original members of Stan Kenton’s Orchestra that premiered at Balboa Beach in the summer of 1941. This concert features an all star big band playing music from the original Kenton book.

We kick off the festival by taking Howard back to the place it all began. The event includes lunch at the Pavilion and the special concert.

Rendezvous Ballroom, Balboa Beach, CA, Summer 1941

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Thursday, May 21 • 9:30-10:30am • $10Gateway Ballroom1FILM

Sunset EyesRare films from the L.A. Jazz Institute Archive featuring Howard Rumsey, Stan Kenton, Teddy Edwards, Sonny Criss, Hampton Hawes, Shorty Rogers, Jimmy Giuffre, Milt Bernhart, Art Pepper, Frank Patchen, Shelly Manne, Maynard Ferguson and more.

Thursday, May 2111am-12:45pm • FREEPool

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“Follow the Boys” Universal Pictures, 1944

Thursday, May 211-2pm • $25Grand Ballroom 2CONCERT

Martians CoMe BaCk!Music of Shorty Rogers Giants featuring Ron StoutShorty Rogers joined the Lighthouse All-Stars in 1951 and was a key figure in the early success of group. In 1953 he left the Lighthouse and took Jimmy Giuffre and Shelly Manne with him to establish Shorty Rogers and his Giants as a working Quintet. They debuted at The Haig followed by a long engagement at Zardi’s Jazzland.

This concert features the music of Shorty’s Giants including Martians Go Home, Trickleydidlier, My Heart Stood Still and other west coast classics.

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Thursday, May 212:15-3pm • $10Gateway Ballroom1PRESENTATION

Rodney Evans Bacon and the Art of the LighthousePresented by Ken PostonIn the early 1950s, Howard Rumsey started displaying modern art in the Lighthouse, and for several years the paintings of contemporary artists including Rodney Evans Bacon were a regular part of the club’s decor.

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3CONCERT Thursday, May 21 • 3:15-4:15pm • $25Grand Ballroom

TangenTs in JazzMusic of Jimmy Giuffre featuring Ken Peplowski

Jimmy Giuffre left the All-Stars in 1953 and became a member of Shorty Rogers and His Giants. In 1954 he began recording under his own name eventually forming the important Jimmy Giuffre 3.

Tangents in Jazz features Ken Peplowski in a program of rarely heard Giuffre compositions and arrangements.

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Thursday, May 21 • 5:15-6:30pmLighthouse Cafe30 Pier Avenue, Hermosa Beach, CA4CONCERT

Big BoyThe Lighthouse All-Stars Volume 1

The Shorty Rogers-Jimmy Giuffre-Shelly Manne erafeaturing Ron Stout, Ken Peplowski, Mike Fahn,

Jeff Hamilton and more.

Dinner and Concert $50Extra Event not included in Registration. Seating is very limited.

Concert takes place at the legendary Lighthouse Cafe in Hermosa Beach. Featuring classics from the first

Lighthouse All-Stars group performed on the same stage where it all began. Includes such classics as Out of

Somewhere, Swing Shift, Viva Zapata, Morgan Davis, Luau, Sunset Eyes, Big Boy and more.

Thursday, May 218-9pm • $25Grand Ballroom

Thursday, May 219:30-10:30pm • $25Grand Ballroom

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Hawes Claws The Music of Hampton Hawes featuring Toshiko AkiyoshiHampton Hawes was a Lighthouse regular prior to the official formation of The All-Stars. He continued to perform at the Lighthouse in the early 1950s and was a welcome guest at many Sunday sessions.

Jazz legend Toshiko Akiyoshi presents a special concert of the Music of Hampton Hawes.

Shelly Manne’s West Coast Sound featuring Peter ErskineShelly Manne was another one of the key contributors to the original Lighthouse All-Stars. While still with the All-Stars he recorded an important album as a leader titled The West Coast Sound. Not long after leaving the Lighthouse with Shorty he recorded The West Coast Sound Volume 2. Both albums were landmarks of west coast jazz featuring arrangements by Shorty Rogers, Jimmy Giuffre, Bill Russo, Marty Paich and Bob Cooper.

Peter Erskine leads an all star ensemble playing music from each of the West Coast Sound sessions.

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Friday, May 22 • 9-10am • $10Gateway Ballroom

7CONCERT Friday, May 22 • 10:30-11:30am • $25Grand Ballroom

Friday, May 2211:45am-1:30pm • FREEPool

Inter-Collegiate Jazz FestivalDay 2

Friday, May 221:45-2:45pm • $10Gateway Ballroom

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Coop! The Music of Bob Cooper

featuring Ken Peplowski

Jazz InventionRare films from the L.A. Jazz Institute Archive featuring Howard Rumsey, Bob Cooper, Bud Shank, Max Roach, Conte Candoli, Rolf Ericson, Claude Williamson, Stu Williamson and more.

Bob Cooper was the longest tenured Lighthouse All Star (except for Howard

Rumsey) and the most prolific contributor to the All-Stars library. Bob Cooper’s original

Lighthouse music will be heard throughout the festival but this concert features Ken Peplowski exploring Coop’s non-Lighthouse

Compositions and Arrangements.

Live at the LighthousePresented by Ken Poston

Unissued recordings from the Los Angeles Jazz Institute Archive

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Friday, May 22 • 3-4pm • $25Grand Ballroom

The Bud Shank-Bob Cooper-

Claude Williamson-Max Roach era

featuring Bobby Shew

Pete ChristliebScott WhitfieldLanny Morgan

and more When Shorty Rogers, Jimmy Giuffre

and Shelly Manne all left the All-Stars in 1953 a new group debuted in September of 1953. Bob Cooper

replaced Giuffre, Claude Williamson became the permanent pianist,

Max Roach replaced Shelly Manne and Rolf Ericson replaced Shorty

Rogers. Bud Shank was added as well. Bob Cooper wrote much of the

new music for this era of the band including such Lighthouse classics as Witch Doctor, Who’s Sleepy, Jazz

Invention, and Mad at the World.

Witch Doctor the Lighthouse All-StArS Volume 2

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Friday, May 224:30-5:30pm • $25Grand Ballroom

Bud Shank &the Sax Section featuring Don Shelton Roger Neumann Doug WebbBob EffordAdam Schroeder

arrangements by Bob FlorenceBud Shank became a legitimate jazz star during his tenure with the Lighthouse All-Stars which enabled him to launch a solo career that elevated him to the top of the music world for over 50 years.

This concert celebrating Bud Shank features Don Shelton and an all star saxophone section performing the Bob Florence arrangements from Bud Shank and the Sax Section

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11CONCERT Friday, May 227-8pm • $25Grand Ballroom

12CONCERT Friday, May 22 • 8:15-9:15pm • $25Grand Ballroom

13CONCERT Friday, May 229:30-10:30pm • $25Grand Ballroom

Hermosa Summer The Flute-Oboe Music featuring Holly Hoffman and Gene Cipriano with the Mike Wofford Trio

A popular feature during the Bud Shank-Bob Cooper years at the Lighthouse were the flute-oboe duets that the two performed regularly.

Hermosa Summer features Holly Hoffman and Gene Cipriano in a concert of the original flute-oboe arrangements.

brown and roach Incorporated Music of the Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet featuring Bobby ShewWhen Shelly Manne left the Lighthouse All-Stars he was replaced by Max Roach who debuted in September of 1953. Max worked for six months at the Lighthouse and left in 1954 to form his own group which included young trumpet sensation Clifford Brown. The Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet started at The California Club in the spring of 1954 and quickly became the talk of the jazz world.

In the Solo Spotlight The OctetArrangements by Bill Holman, Marty Paich, and Bob Cooperspotlighting Bob Efford, Mike Fahn, Carl Saunders, Kim Richmond, Doug Webb, Christian Jacob and moreFor the fifth Lighthouse All-Stars album for Contemporary Records, Howard decided to augment the regular group with two extra horns and commission new compositions and arrangements to showcase the various members of the group.

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Saturday, May 23 • 9-10am • $10Gateway Ballroom

Mambo Las VegasRare Films from the L.A. Jazz Institute Archive featuring Howard Rumsey, Sonny Clark, Frank Rosolino, Bob Cooper, Stan Levey, Richie Kamuca, Vic Feldman, Buddy Collette, and Vince Guaraldi.

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Saturday, May 23 • 10:30-11:30am • $10Gateway Ballroom

Inter-Collegiate Festival AlumniModerator: Kirk Silsbee

Panelists: Pete Christlieb, Mike Wofford, Charlie Shoemake, Steve Huffsteter, Lanny Morgan, Don Rader

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USC Combo 1957 including Charles Lloyd & Charlie Shoemake

Saturday, May 23 • 1:45-2:45pm • $25Grand Ballroom

Howard rumsey’s Class reunioninter-Collegiate Festival alumniLanny Morgan, Pete Christlieb, Don Rader, Steve Huffsteter, Mike Wofford, Charlie Shoemake, Barry Zweig and moreAn All Star gathering of musicians who were student participants in the Easter Week Intercollegiate Jazz Festival.

Saturday, May 233-4pm • $25Grand Ballroom

Les McCann & Lee Hartley’s All-Star BandLes McCann was a member of the Los Angeles City College group at the 1958 Inter Collegiate Festival. Before long Les McCann Ltd. was a major force on the Los Angeles jazz scene.

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UCLA Trio 1961 featured Ray Manzarek

Howard Rumsey & Pete Christlieb

LA State College 1958 Marvin Jenkins and Gabe Baltazar

Saturday, May 23 • 4:30-5:30pm • $25Grand Ballroom

portrait of a count

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Celebrating Conte Candoli featuring Chuck Findley

and Bobby Shew

Saturday, May 23 7-8pm • $25Grand Ballroom

Evening in ParisThe Lighthouse All-Stars Volume 3 The Vic Feldman-Bob Cooper-Frank Rosolino-Stan Levey erafeaturing Charlie Shoemake and Andy MartinIn 1957 Howard settled on a two horn front line of tenor and trombone for the All-Stars and added the new arrival from Great Britain, Victor Feldman. New charts were written by Bob Cooper, Victor Feldman and Dick Shreve to showcase the new sound of the Lighthouse All-Stars.

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Saturday, May 238:15-9:15pm • $25Grand Ballroom

Love Me or LeveyStan Levey’s Drummin’ the Blues & Stan Levey Plays the Compositions of Holman, Cooper and Giuffre Stan Levey was the Lighthouse All-Stars drummer from 1954 through the end of the decade. Besides his work with the All-Stars, he was in demand for many west coast sessions and made several recordings as a leader. This concert features music from two different Stan Levey sessions. Stan Levey Plays from 1954 and Drummin the Blues from 1957.

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Saturday, May 23 9:30-10:30pm • $25Grand Ballroom

Frank Speaking All Star Tribute to Frank Rosolino featuring Andy Martin, Scott Whitfield, and Bob McChesneyFrank Rosolino was the featured trombone player in the Lighthouse All-Stars beginning in 1954 and continuing to the end of the decade.

This concert features three of the greatest trombone players in the world playing music associated with Frank Rosolino.

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Sunday, May 248:30-9:30am • $10Gateway Ballroom

Sunday MoodRare Films from the L.A. Jazz Institute Archive featuring Howard Rumsey, Art Pepper, Conte Candoli, Bobby Bryant, Forest Westbrook, Gabe Baltazar, Dizzy Gillespie and more.

21CONCERTSunday, May 24 • 10am-1:30pm • $100Grand Ballroom

Sunday Jazz A La LighthouseCelebrating the Sunday Marathon Concerts

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Optional Sunday Brunch (not included in full registration) $100 concerts with Brunch • $75 concerts onlyNOTE: Brunch requires advance reservation

Don Menza, Pete Christlieb, Doug Webb, Bruce Babad, Roger Neumann, Bobby Shew, Kim Richmond, Bill Cunliffe, Chuck Findley, Carl Saunders, Bob Summers, Andy Martin, Bill Watrous, Scott Whitfield, Tom Ranier, Peter Erskine, Matt Witek, Danny Janklow, Paul Kreibich, Luther Hughes, Erik Hughes, Katie Thiroux, Edwin Livingston, Charlie Ferguson, and more.

In the early 1950s Howard Rumsey instituted the legendary

Sunday Concerts that started at 2 in the afternoon and ran until 2 in the morning. Local and National jazz luminaries showed up each week to jam with the All-Stars. To celebrate the Sunday concerts we’re featuring a who’s who of the current west coast jazz scene.

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Gerry Mulligan (far left) sitting in (1952)

3PRESENTATION Sunday, May 24 • 1:45-2:45pm • $10Gateway BallroomJazz Images from The LighthouseRare photos from the lens of Ray Avery, William Claxton, Cecil Charles, Howard Lucraft, Stan Levey, Dave Pell and more. PLUS

Memorablia from the Howard Rumsey ArchivesPresented by Ken Poston & Cynthia Sesso

Sunday, May 24 • 3-4pm • $25Grand Ballroom

Jazz Rolls RoyceThe Lighthouse All-Stars Big Band

In 1957 the Lighthouse All-Stars were hired to perform as part of UCLA’s Homecoming festivities. For the special occasion, Howard decided to have Bob Cooper write a program of original music for an augmented Lighthouse All-Stars Big Band. This concert features an all star big band performing the rarely heard Jazz Rolls Royce.

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Sunday, May 24 • 4:30-5:30pm • $25Grand Ballroom

Jazz ImpressIons Celebrating Vince Guaraldi featuring Larry Vuckovich

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The Lighthouse All-Stars working group recorded for the final time in 1956. Although the group continued on into the 1960s there were several outstanding editions of the All-Stars that were not documented on record. Vince Guaraldi came into the group after Victor Feldman and stayed for several months. Even though he was only in Southern California for a short time his presence had a major impact on the scene.

Pianist Larry Vuckovich was Vince Guaraldi’s only student and played in Vince’s two-piano quintet, Powder Keg. This program will include many Vince Guaraldi classics performed by a stellar group of musicians that includes guitarist Josh Workman, who captures the excitement of Vince’s collaborations with Brazilian guitarist Bola Sete.

Sunday, May 247-7:45pm • $10Grand Ballroom

Inter-Collegiate Winner!24CONCERT

Sunday, May 24 8-9pm • $25Grand Ballroom25CONCERT

Sunday, May 24 9:30-10:30pm • $25Grand Ballroom

Remembering Concerts by the SeaAll Star Big Band featuring Bob Florence Alumni playing music from Bob Florence at Concerts by the SeaDirected by Kim RichmondHoward left the Lighthouse in the early 1970s and opened Concerts by the Sea. It immediately became one of the important venues for jazz in southern california and featured the best from around the world on a nightly basis. Many albums were recorded live at Concerts by the Sea. One of the most heralded introduced The Bob Florence Limited Edition. Kim Richmond and an all star band of Bob Florence Alumni close out the festival with music from Bob Florence at Concerts by the Sea.

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Bijou the Poodle The Lighthouse All-Stars Volume 4The Art Pepper-Conte Candoli-Terry Trotter era

featuring Don Shelton, Bobby Shew, and Terry Trotter

Another of the undocumented Lighthouse All-Stars groups was the short lived line up that featured Art Pepper and Conte Candoli on the front line. This concert features several pieces written for the group by Art Pepper and includes original member Terry Trotter.

Wednesday • May 20 Pre-Festival Party-Balboa Bandwagon $75.00_____

Thursday • May 21

Film 1 Sunset Eyes $10.00_____

Concert 1 Inter-Collegiate 1 FREE_____

Concert 2 Martians Go Home $25.00_____

Presentation 1 Art of the Lighthouse $10.00_____

Concert 3 Tangents in Jazz $25.00_____

Concert 4 Lighthouse Party /Big Boy $50.00_____

Concert 5 Hawes Claws $25.00_____

Concert 6 Shelly Manne West Coast Sound $25.00_____

Friday • May 22

Film 2 Jazz Invention $10.00_____

Concert 7 Coop $25.00_____

Concert 8 Inter-Collegiate 2 FREE_____

Presentation 2 Live at the Lighthouse $10.00_____

Concert 9 Witch Doctor $25.00_____

Concert 10 Shank/Sax Section $25.00_____

Concert 11 Flute/Oboe $25.00_____

Concert 12 Brown-Roach $25.00_____

Concert 13 In the Solo Spotlight $25.00_____

Saturday • May 23Film 3 Mambo Las Vegas $10.00_____

Panel 1 Easter Week Alumni $10.00_____

Concert 14 Inter-Collegiate 3 FREE_____

Concert 15 Class Reunion $25.00_____

Concert 16 Les McCann $25.00_____

Concert 17 Portrait of a Count $25.00_____

Concert 18 Evening in Paris $25.00_____

Concert 19 Love Me or Levey $25.00_____

Concert 20 Frank Speaking $25.00_____

Sunday • May 24Film 4 Sunday Mood $10.00_____

Concerts 21 with Sunday Brunch $100.00____

Concerts 21 Concert only $75.00_____

Presentation 3 Images from the Lighthouse $10.00_____

Concert 22 Jazz Rolls Royce $25.00_____

Concert 23 Jazz Impressions $25.00_____

Concert 24 Inter-Collegiate Winner $10.00_____

Concert 25 Bijou the Poodle $25.00_____

Concert 26 Concerts by the Sea $25.00_____

Platinum Registration $450.00_____Gold Registration $425.00_____Service Fee $3.00_____

GRAND TOTAL $_______________

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