JazzTrax 2012 continues today Booker To Jones
with the last of three weekends of Ballroom Appearance:
music. The following is the lineup Friday Evening, October 19
through Sunday: No one can forget the '60s and
Booker T
Sax and The City starring the M.G.'s 1962
Paul Taylor, Vincent Ingala,breakout fromthe
Marion Meadows Memphis scene.
Ballroom Performance: He wrote the Clas-
" Friday Evening, October 19sic Instrumental
In 2012 what formerly was the "Green Onions"
All Star Saxophone Band "Gentle- while still inj
men of the N!,ght, evolved to Sax high- school. As
and the City. Young Vincent In- a multi-instrumentalist (includ-
gala just this Fall joining Paul and
Marion.
Paul Taylor
Born in Den-
ver but Ion
in his UNLV col-
lege town of Las
Vegas. Big
came when
Lorber hired Paul
on Sax for a gig al
the 1993 Catalina
Island JazzTrax Festival.
Vincent Ingala
Saxo
is his trade, An
amazing Multi-
Instrumentalist
and at just 20
years of age has
already appeared
on the Dave Koz
Cruise. This is
his JazzTraxFestival debut.
Marion Meadows
He has a gigan-
tic artistic stretch.
Includes profes-
sional cycling and
art on the digital
eanvas. His llth
and most recent
release is 2009's
"Secrets?'
~ng organ, oboe, ~axophone and
trombone and vocals,) songwrit-
er, record producer and arranger
and front man of the M.G.'s. This
year's 2012 54th Grammy Awards
saw Booker T. winning his 4th
Grammy for Best Pop Instrumen-
tal Album for "The. Road from
Memphis."
The Sax Pack starring Jeff
Kashiwa, Steve Cole, Marcus
Anderson
Ballroom Performance:
Saturday Afternoon, October
20
Jeff Kashiwa
In
a decade.
left the Rips to
pursue his own
solocareer,
onceagain his
JazzTrax expe-
riences
him to title his
solo debut "Remember Catalina."
August saw the release of his new-
est solo project, "Let It Ride."
Steve cole
His 'Stay
Awhile." that
earned him
Prism Award for
Best New Artist at
the Oasis Smooth
Jazz Awards. His
. 1950s he gained
his initial fame on
:Y
most recent album, 2011's "Moon-
light," is classic, recorded to full
strings with the Chicago Millen-
nium Chamber Players.
Marcus Anderson
Current A1- ~~il
bum, released i
2011, "NOW," is iit
his third. 2012 P"
saw him replaceJlr ~[~ ~ -~1
Kim Waters
The Sax Pack AII ]
Star Saxophone,-- -
Trio Band with
Jeff Kashiwa and Steve Cole.
Marc Antoine
Ballroom Per-[
formance: I
Saturday Af-
ternoon, October
20
He owned the
honor of 1998
JazzTrax Song
the Year, 'Sun-
land," off one of his biggest sell-
ers, "Madrid?' His most current
CD: 2010s "My Classical Way"
followed his 2009 Collaboration
with Guitarist Paul Brown. "For-
ei n Exchange"
Brian O'Neal
Ballroom Ap-
p ear anc e
Saturday Eve-
ning, October 20
A self taught
pianist who re-
ceived a full mu-
sical scholarship
to Alcorn State
University. Born and still Brewed
in Detroit. After making his solo
debut in 2003, 2007's "Daisy"
serves as his most current release.
guitar (20 years)
for A1 Stewart (al-
though A1
Peter on
as keyboardist.)
He has achieved
No. 1 status on America's Top 20
Smooth Jazz Countdown countless
times. Most recently with the title
track to 2012's "Here We Go" this
past Summer.
Down to the Bone
Ballroom Appearance:
Sunday Afternoon, October 21
An Acid Jazz Groove British
project. Mix of azz, funk, soul,
created b~
disc jockey Stu-
art Wade. Their
breakout 1997
CD "From Man-
hattan to Staten"
that included in- ~E
stant smooth jazz
radio hits.
DW3 (Band)
Ballroom Ap-
pearance:
Sunday After-
noon, October 21
"On the
Floor" released
ear/y 2011 was
this Southern
California band's Debut. Led by
Eric Mond~agon they have been
all over the seas on the various
Smooth Jazz Cruises.
Guitarist Peter White
Ballroom Appearance:
Saturday Evening, October 20
Born in London in the mid-
Bona Fide
with Slim Man
Ballroom Per-
formance:
Sunday Eve-
ning, October 21
Slim Man was
originally signed
to Motown Re-
cords as a songwriter. One of the
first tunes he wrote, 'Summer
Days" made it onto Angela Bofill's
first CD. His most recent Slim
Man album, 2011's "Thousand
Miles Away," from which he redid
and reworded the song "Hey Caro-
lina" to "Hey Catalina."
Trombone
Shorty & Or-
leans Avenue
Ballroom Per-
formance:
Sunday Eve-
ning, October 21
Nobody has
had his Star ris-
ing any faster than this young 26
year old singer/trombonist. Troy
"Trombone Shorty" Andrews only
made his solo CD debut Grammy-
nominated"Backatown" two years
ago (2010). Followed by 2011's
"For True." His nickname has
been "Trombone Shorty" since age
4, when he marched in a New Or-
leans street band wielding a Trom-
bone twice as long as he was high.
His"Supafunkrock," sound has not
kept him from becoming the new-
est darling of Smooth Jazz.
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