Kevin Wang on piano

Instructors


Ted Moore

Percussion
Director of UC Jazz Ensembles
Advanced Combo and Intermediate Combo
Since graduating from the Eastman School of Music, Ted has pursued a career which has taken him to many parts of the world with many different artists. He is leader and composer for his own Brazilian jazz group, Brasilia, which has released its first CD to national acclaim. He has performed with Stan Getz, Paul Winter, Marian McPartland, Eric Gale, Jack Wilkins, Gene Bertoncini, and Joey DeFrancesco. On tour, Ted has performed throughout the US and Canada, as well as Japan, Spain, England and Holland. He also spent two years living in Rio de Janeiro as percussionist with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra, and performing with many well known Brazilian jazz artists. He has played in Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, the Cathedral of St. John in New York, Grace Cathedral in San Francisco and Suntory Hall in Tokyo.

Steve Campos

Trumpet
Big Band
Steve has played with Stan Kenton, Woody Herman, Dr. John, Big Brother and the Holding Co., Boz Scaggs, Rosemary Clooney, Ray Brown's Big Band, Dave Eshleman's Jazz Garden, Full Faith and Credit, Rudy Salvini, and various other acts and bands. He is currently freelancing in the Bay Area.

Frank Martin

Piano
Advanced Combo
As an arranger/conductor/keyboardist Frank Martin has performed and/or recorded with a variety of artists that include Andrea Bocelli, Sting, Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Steve Winwood, Whitney Houston, Ray Charles, Diana Ross, Chris Isaak, Tevin Campbell, Cheryl Crow, Philip Bailey, James Taylor, Joe Cocker, Billy Joel, and Madonna.

In the jazz world of music his performance credits include Flora Purim & Airto Moriera, Herbie Hancock, John McLaughlin, Narada Michael Walden, Stanley Jordan, Dizzy Gilespie, Mel Torme, Bobby McFerrin, John Handy, Ramsey Lewis, Joe Farrell, and the Slide Hampton Big Band.

Orchestra performances included concerts with the San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, and the Orchestra of St. Lukes (New York Philharmonic Orchestra).

As a producer he has worked with such artists as Al Jarreau, Lisa Fischer, Bobby McFerrin's Voicestra, the Award Winning A Cappella group SoVoSo, Gospel vocalists NuVision, story telling Jazz vocalist Rhiannon, Jazz guitarist Mimi Fox featuring organist Joey DeFrancesco and vocalist Angela Bofill, jazz vocalist Karin Blixt featuring Buddy Montgomery, Russell Ferrante, Bruce Forman, Alex Acuna, and William Kennedy, as well as Dutch vocalist Ellen Honert featuring Dori Caymmi, Abraham Laboriel, Turtle Island String Quartet, Tuck & Patti, and Pedro Eustache.

As Musical Director he has toured with such artists as Patti Austin, Angela Bofill, Narada Michael Walden, Mickey Thomas, Roy Ares, Tevin Campbell, and Clarence Clemens. For two years he also worked as assistant Musical Director for The Afternoon Show on KPIX Television in San Francisco, California.

Currently on staff as an educator at the Jazzschool in Berkeley, California, he is in demand as a clinician both in the United States, having taught at the Naropa Institute in Boulder Colorado, Stanford Jazz Workshops at Stanford University, as well as in Europe at the acclaimed SAMI Institute in Sweden. Annual music summer camps include JazzCampWest and the Lafayette Summer Music Workshops.

Glenn Richman

Bass
Intermediate Combo
A versatile bassist, Richman has played with names like Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Henderson, Billy Hart, Larry Willis, George Coleman, and Benny Green. Glenn has over 15 years of experience in teaching bass and jazz improvisation.

Marty Wehner

Trombone
Intermediate Combo
A graduate of the Berklee College of Music, Marty has extensive playing experience. A few of the musicians he's worked with include: Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Henderson, Natalie Cole, Tone Toni Tony, Cecil Taylor, Dr. John, Tito Puente, Josh Redman, Benny Carter, the Mingus Epitaph Orchestra, and Wynton Marsalis. Marty plays with the Bay Area band Mingus Amungus, and leads his own band, Funkbone.

Dann Zinn

Saxophone
Advanced Combo
Dann has recorded or performed with Joe Henderson, Russell Ferrante (The Yellow Jackets), Chuck Findley (The Tonight Show), Jeff "Tain" Watts, Freddie Hubbard, Maria Schneider, Mary Wells, Martha and the Vandellas, among others. Dann can be heard as a featured soloist on several CD's, such as with Dave Eschelman's Jazz Garden, and with the Ira Stein Group on the classical crossover hit Bach Improvisations. Dann tours throughout the U.S., Cananda, and Mexico, and has played at venues like Yoshi's at Jack London Square, the Monterey Jazz Festival, the SF Jazz Festival, the San Jose Jazz Festival, and the Kuumbwa Jazz Center.

Dann's first solo album of original music, Ten Songs, has garnered critical acclaim through the U.S. and Europe from publications such as Jazz Times and Jazziz. Current projects include original world fusion band Jack, jazz group The Deadly Zinns, and free improv band Spontanous Burstation.


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