GET JAZZED AT SUMMER CAMP
The 28th Annual Iowa Lakes Community
College University of Okoboji Reggie Schive
Summer Jazz Camp will be held on the Estherville
campus and surrounding communities June 15-19.
The camp will be five fun-filled, exciting and
educationally packed days with some of the
finest jazz educators in the country. The
headliners and staff of the University of
Okoboji Summer Jazz Camp truly believe in what
they do and strive to teach and share with
students their years of knowledge and
experience.
Headliners include Tony and Joey Gulizia, Roger
Neumann, Andy Hall, Kirk Garrison and Scott
Hesse who are coming in from Los Angeles to
Chicago.
Students (grades 7 through college - and older)
will have the opportunity to study in private
lessons, combos and big bands, improvisation,
theory and software, as well as listen to their
jazz mastery during master classes and evening
concerts.
Iowa Lakes Community College Music Department in
Estherville will be hosting the main part of the
camp. This location provides students with
air-conditioning in rehearsal rooms, dorm rooms
and the student center. The students' week-long
study culminates in two performances on
Thursday.
There will be a different concert four evenings
featuring the headliners playing music from the
Big Band sound to Contemporary, Latin to Blues.
Come and enjoy one or all of them! Monday
night’s concert (June 16) will hosted by VFW in
Estherville; Tuesday night (June 17) is at Lakes
Art Center, Okoboji; Wednesday night (June 18)
is at The Inn, Okoboji; and Thursday (June 19)
there are two concerts on the Estherville Campus
of Iowa Lakes Community College. The first
concert is the Campers’ Combo Concert at 3:30
p.m. and the second is the Campers’ Big Band
Concert at 6:30 p.m. Following the Campers’
Concert, the Headliners will be performing at
Little Swan Lake Winery, Estherville.
For more information visit the college Web site:
www.iowalakes.edu/music,
then click on “jazz camp” link or call:
712.330.3647. Register online or call to receive
registration by mail.
Headliner Biographies
Andy Hall
Andy Hall is a professional bassist on both the
acoustic and electric bass. Versatility is the
key to his success playing with a wide variety
of groups and in many different styles. His
favorite style of music, "Jazz" is the style of
choice. He finds this style the most
challenging, yet the most musically rewarding.
Jazz improvising pushes the players to their
highest level of musical communication.
Hall is a graduate of the University of Nebraska
at Lincoln, with a Bachelor of Science in Music
Education. He is currently the jazz bass
instructor at The University of Nebraska Omaha.
For the past twenty-five years, Hall has played
bass with the nationally known jazz vocalist,
Marilyn Maye. In addition to performing, he
spends a great deal of time teaching at jazz
workshops, jazz camps, artist-in-residence
programs and acts as an adjudicator for jazz
festivals. Hall has performed concerts and
taught workshops in Japan, Germany and Denmark.
Andy has currently recorded with Marilyn Maye,
The Nebraska Jazz Orchestra, The Headliners and
The Jazz Factory. He performs each year with a
host of players. His past performance credits
include Jay McShann; Clifford Jordan; Chuck
Berry; The Four Lads, The Four Freshman; Mose
Allison; ED Shaughnessy; Russell Malone; Doc
Severinson; Freddie Hubbard; Ritchie Cole; Bob
Mintzer; The Count Basie Orchestra; Rosemary
Clooney; Peter Nero; Don Menza; Pete Christlieb;
Bobby Shew; and many numerous others.
Joey Gulizia
Joey has been performing since the
age of ten, and continues to perform as a
professional musician. He has proven diversity
by working in many musical situations such as a
featured artist with the Omaha Symphony,
Nebraska Jazz Orchestra, Nebraska Brass, and
countless other musical groups including his
own. He has entertained on many cruise ships and
has performed in Japan, Europe and the
Caribbean.
Since 1979, Joey has done hundreds of week-long
residencies in schools sponsored by the Nebraska
Arts Council. He has been involved teaching
music at the Nebraska Scholars institute since
1982 and works as a jazz clinician in schools
and universities throughout the Midwest.
Joey started working the very first jazz camp
and has only missed 1 – the summer his wife has
his baby daughter. Joey is always amazing with
all the new percussion information he has to
teach us every day. He’s so inventive and
talented.
Joey began studying music at the age of six and
plays many instruments. He specializes in the
field of percussion and has acquired a
collection of instruments from around-the-world.
He also performs as a soloist using soprano sax
and a MIDI wind controller. Joey can be heard on
many CD's, commercials, and soundtracks.
Kirk Garrison
Kirk Garrison, jazz trumpet artist, composer &
arranger .Kirk is a professional musician
residing in the Chicago area. He attended
Mankato State University in his home state of
Minnesota from 1978-1983.
During a nine year United States Air Force Band
career he developed his unique abilities as a
lead trumpet player, creative jazz soloist and
writer. One of the peaks of his military career
was an assignment as musical director for a
select band deployed to the Middle East during
operation Desert Storm. Kirk left the Air Force
in 1992 to complete his Master of Music degree
in Jazz Studies at DePaul University (June
1995).
While at DePaul he received many music awards
and academic honors, including Downbeat
Magazine's Outstanding Jazz Soloist (1995), and
Outstanding Combo Awards (1994).
Currently an artist/clinician for The Music
Group, he maintains a vigorous schedule as a
performer, private teacher and soloist/clinician
at national and international music camps and
jazz festivals. In addition, he is an adjunct
professor at DePaul University in Chicago,
Concordia University in River Forest, Illinois,
and at South Suburban College in South Holland,
Illinois.
Kirk performs and records with several notable
jazz ensembles throughout the country. Recent
performance credits include, The Munich
Philharmonic Orchestra Brass (Blechschaden), the
Chicago Jazz Festival, The Chicago Blues
Festival, and with the Ravinia Festival
Orchestra. His compositions and arrangements are
used in an array of contemporary performing
mediums throughout the music industry.
Commissions include: DePaul University, Rob
Parton's Jazz Tech Big Band, The Chicago String
Ensemble under the direction of Allan Lewis, the
Millar Brass Ensemble at Northwestern
University, and dozens of other professional
organizations.
Howard Reich, jazz critic for the Chicago
Tribune wrote, "The spectacular trumpet solo
that Kirk Garrison offered... reminded listeners
why the Jazz Members Big Band stands among the
best repertory units in the country." Cadence
Magazine's jazz critic Jack Bowers wrote "Kirk
Garrison's marvelous trumpet work ... so moving
it brought tears to my eyes." His trumpet
artistry was described as "cool work” by John
Von Rhein, music critic of the Chicago
Tribune. John Killoch of Mainly Big Bands
(UK) wrote in a review, "This guy nails the
section with a big, accurate lead sound and when
he flexes his chops ... the sound is again right
down the middle, in tune, big and so high.
Musical is a good way to put it. An object
lesson to anyone who aspires to be a top lead
trumpeter."
Recent recordings include: Angel Melendez & the
911 Mambo Orchestra - a 2005 Grammy nominee, Rob
Parton & the JazzTech Big Band-Two Different
Days, Clark Terry with the Chicago Jazz
Orchestra Plays Porgy & Bess, Tracking - Kimo
Williams, Midnight Rhapsody - Bradley Young, A
Miracle – Frank Mantooth Jazz Orchestra,
Unfinished Business, Play It Again Sammy, That
Toddlin' Town - the Bill O'Connell Big Band, Big
Band Basie with Clark Terry and Frank Wess,
Three Steps Ahead and Something to Live For -
the DePaul Jazz Ensemble I, Party, Party, Party
- Brian O'Hearn and the Model Citizens Big Band,
Live and Screamin' - the Metropolitan Jazz
Orchestra, Frames - the Pat Fleming Quartet,
Charles Vernon with the DePaul University Jazz
Ensemble and Ebony Concerto by John Bruce Yeh.
Kirk has played on dozens of other recordings,
and on scores of local and national
advertisements for radio and television.
Performance credits include: Louie Bellson, Jim
Belushi, Michael Bolton, Kenny Burrell, Nell
Carter, Ron Carter, Pete Christlieb, Vinnie
Colaiutta, Larry Combs, Kurt Elling, Jon Faddis,
Aretha Franklin, Steve and Edie Gorme, Marvin
Hamlisch, Ben E. King, Little Anthony, Herbie
Hancock, Bob Hope, Rodney Jones, Pat LaBarbera,
Russell Malone, Kevin Mahogany, Johnny Mathis,
Brother Jack McDuff, Jim McNeeley, Bob Mintzer,
Rita Moreno, Dianne Schuur, Ed Shaughnessy,
Bobby Shew, Bobby Short, Frank Sinatra, Jr.,
Byron Stripling, Clark Terry, Frank Wess, Barry
White, Joe Williams, Vanessa Williams, Nancy
Wilson, Phil Wilson, Stevie Wonder, The Four
Freshman, The Temptations, and The Ravinia
Orchestra.
Roger Neumann
Neumann, who plays the tenor, soprano and
bari saxophones, flute and clarinet, was honored
as the jazz composer and arranger of the year at
the 20th Annual Jazz Tribute and Awards in Los
Angeles along with internationally acclaimed
jazz pianist, Herbie Hancock, John Levy, Annie
Ross, and many more. Neumann said he is honored
to be recognized by the Los Angeles Jazz
Society.
Besides being a busy arranger, composer and
performer, Neumann has produced two CD’s
entitled, “Introducing Roger Neumann’s Rather
Large Band,” “Instant Heat!” and “This
is my Lucky Day”, featuring the vocal
talents of his wife, Madeline Vergari.
As an arranger and composer, Neumann has written
for Buddy Rich, Count Basie, Ray Charles, The
Raelettes, Ray Brown, The Beach Boys, Jerry
Garcia, Ann Jillian and many more. He has
written arrangements and compositions for the
T.V. series, “The Young and the
Restless,” “Moonlighting,” “Hollywood
Housewives,” and “My Favorite Martian.”
He has also composed arrangements for several
“Ice Capades” Christmas specials.
Roger became involved with the jazz camp for 20
years ago.
Neumann has performed on his sax with Woody
Herman, Lee Castle/Jimmy Dorsey Band, The Beach
Boys, Ray Anthony, Les Brown, and Bob Crosby to
name a few. His music has been featured on the
sound-tracks of several Showtime movies
including, “Atlantis,” “Three Men
and a Little Lady,” and “Mumford.” He
has appeared in the movies, “LaBamba,” “My
Favorite Year,” and “For the Boys.”
Scott Hesse
Scott Hesse grew up in Sioux City,
Iowa, where he began playing the guitar at age
fourteen. A year and a half later he was
performing on weekends in his father's territory
big band throughout the Midwest. In High School,
Scott won over twenty awards at various jazz
competitions, and upon graduating; he was
honored with the Louis Armstrong Jazz Award.
Scott attended college at Eastern Illinois
University where he studied for three years with
New Orleans piano great Henry Butler. During his
time in Illinois, Scott performed in several
combos and, in 1991 and 1993; he was the
recipient of the outstanding soloist award at
the Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival.
In 1994, Scott moved to New York City to attend
the Manhattan School of Music where he continued
his music education with renowned jazz guitarist
Rodney Jones. In New York, Scott has performed
at many of the top jazz venues. He has also
shared the stage with many jazz artists
including Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Diane
Schuur, Dave Liebman, Bob Mintzer, Benny Powell,
Harold Mabern, Mark Egan, Akira Tana, Grady
Tate, Ryan Kisor, Mark Turner, Marcus Printup,
Myron Walden, Stefon Harris, Mike LeDonne,
Regina Carter, Andy Bey, Phillip Harper,
Teodross Avery and David Amram.
Recently, Scott was invited to take part in the
prestigious Steans Institute for Young Artists.
As one of the twenty-three up-and-coming young
jazz artists hand picked from around the world,
Scott participated in the Jazz at Ravinia
Festival 2001. During the week-long festival,
Scott played with such jazz luminaries as James
Moody, Danilo Perez, Rufus Reid, Dr. David
Baker, and Nathan Davis.
Scott has two independently-produced recordings:
Intuition (1998) and The Flame Within
the Fire (2000).
Scott was first involved with the camp as a
camper for several years and now as an
instructor. We’re always happy to have Scott on
board!
Tony Gulizia
Born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska,
Tony Gulizia started his music career early, at
the age of 8, working with his father, and,
later, with Joey, his brother. Tony studied
music at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. It
was there the Gulizia Brothers were
formed. In 1979, the talented musical duo
began working, in conjunction with the Nebraska
Arts Council, in the Artists in Schools program.
By 1990, their involvement in music programs for
youth had escalated to leadership in the
Mid-America Arts Alliance, involving themselves
increasingly in Artist in Schools programs
spanning a 7-state region.
Tony worked the very first jazz camp and hasn’t
missed a one! All 27! He’s always a favorite
with the students and the audiences. He’s an
incredible teacher, a great player and a
marvelous crooner. (plus a good schmoozer!)
In 21 years, the Gulizia Brothers have
completed well over 250 residencies, and have
worked with well over 100,000 students, grade
levels K through 12, as well as with college and
university students. In 1992, Tony, his wife,
Liane, and their three sons moved to Edwards,
Colorado. Tony and Liane both work as music
educators with the Eagle County School District.
Tony, a superbly talented musician and composer,
maintains a busy schedule, performing virtually
every day of the week in Beaver Creek. In 1997,
Tony and Joey received the Governor’s Award
for Excellence in Education. His passion is
his music—and, of course, working with young
people. He is accompanist for the Eagle Valley
Children’s Chorale, which is directed, of
course, by Liane Gulizia. Tony has a great love
for music. “Viva la musica!!!” says he.
