ANNOUNCING OUR FALL 2017 FESTIVAL

Our spring festival is going on now! So we're sending advance notice of the Fall Festival so everyone has an equal opportunity to sign up now and get the best seats as well as the Wednesday bonus event and the early-bird discount!

MULLIGAN-ESQUE: AN ALL STAR TRIBUTE TO GERRY MULLIGAN

October 26-29

Four Full Days
plus a bonus for early registrants on October 25.
Discount price for early registrants! (562)200-5477

I'm very pleased to announce our October Jazz Festival: a comprehensive presentation of the Music of Gerry Mulligan featuring four full days of concerts that showcase Gerry's musical legacy from the beginning to the end. As usual the concerts will be loaded with all of the great west coast based jazz giants as well as Mulligan alumni and associates.

In addition we're gathering many of the world's elite baritone saxophonists to take part in the Celebration

Bonus Event (60 people only)
October 25, 2017
GERRY MULLIGAN ON THE WEST COAST
Bus Tour, Dinner and Concert

Narrated bus tour of Mulligan's West Coast residences, recording studios, clubs (including the site of The Haig) and other sites of interest. Culminates in a Pizza Party at
Little Toni's (formerly Cottage Italia). The Cottage Italia was where Gerry formed and rehearsed the original Quartet. It's also the place that Gerry first met Chet Baker. (hallowed ground for West Coast Jazz fans!)
Plus
I Want to Live
Discussion, Film Screening and Concert Hotel Ballroom
Pre-Film discussion, Johnny Mandel's historically important film score and Gerry Mulligan's involvement

Concert:
The Jazz Combo from I Want to Live featuring Ken Peplowski

FESTIVAL DETAILS

Special Guests: Gary Smulyan, Scott Robinson, Ken Peplowski, Bob Efford, Adam Schroeder More to be announced. Concerts include:

• *Elevation: Music of the Elliot Lawrence Orchestra featuring Mulligan's early works for the Elliot Lawrence Big Band
• *Disc Jockey Jump: The Gene Krupa Orchestra Directed by Michael Berkowitz
• *Jeru: Music of the Claude Thornhill Orchestra features Mulligan's compositions/arrangements written for Thornhill many un-recorded
• *The Birth of the Cool includes all the music written for the Birth of the Cool including some un-recorded Mulligan arrangements
• *Mullenium: Music of the New York Tentet Mulligan's New York Tentet that rehearsed in Central Park
• *Swinghouse Kenton Plays Mulligan The Kenton compositions/arrangements written for Stan Kenton?s New Concepts In Modern Music
• *Bernie's Tune Music of the Gerry Mulligan Quartet The classic piano-less Quartet
• *Westwood Walk Music of the Gerry Mulligan West Coast Tentet
• *Open Country Collaborations with Bob Brookmeyer
• *Western Reunion The Music The Gerry Mulligan Sextet
• *The Gerry Mulligan Songbook arranged by Bill Holman
• *Music of the Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band *The Age of Steam music from the 1971 album
• *Walk on the Water The Gerry Mulligan Big Band of the 1980s
• *K-4 Pacific The later music of Gerry Mulligan Plus special concerts of Mulligan's Symphonic Dreams and works written by Alec Wilder
The Platinum VIP registration fee (which includes Bonus Day)
$450 ($475 after May 28)
$425 for Jazz Institute members. ($450 after May 28)

The VIP registration also includes reserved priority seating which is assigned in the order received.

Call now and plan to join us for this very important event. (562) 200-5477



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