The California Alliance for Jazz invites you to attend the Instrumental Jazz New Music Reading Session coming up soon at CASMEC. This session provides a great opportunity for jazz band directors to hear new offerings by reputable jazz publishers. I will direct a live big band performing a variety of accessible charts that are suitable for secondary school programming. We hope you’ll join us!
Target Audience
Jazz Bands
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Clinician Info
Jeff Jarvis
California Alliance for Jazz
Jeff Jarvis is a multi-faceted music industry professional who maintains an ambitious international itinerary as an S.E. Shires trumpet artist and guest conductor. His solo recordings as a jazz trumpeter have received frequent airplay. Published by Belwin Jazz, UNC Jazz Press, iJazz and Kendor Music Publishing, Jarvis frequently composes for big bands of all levels. Jeff serves as Director of Jazz Studies for the Bob Cole Conservatory at California State University Long Beach and has served as President of the California Alliance for Jazz and Vice-President of the International Association for Jazz Education. Jeff Jarvis was an owner of Kendor Music, Inc. from 1985-2015 and was recognized by the Global Music Awards, an international arts organization that honored Jarvis in 2019 for “Lifetime Contributions to Jazz and Jazz Education”.