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Temple Jazz Orchestra Concert June 26, TJO Travels to Holland in July 2009
The Temple Jazz Orchestra will be performing at the prestigious North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on July 10 from 7:15 - 8 pm. This three day festival (July 10-12, 2009) is the largest jazz event on Earth attracting 60-70,000 concert goers from around the world each year. Fifteen stages support continuous music for 180 jazz ensembles using about 1500 musicians playing all genres of jazz. Tickets are 335 euros for all three days.
If you don’t feel like flying to Holland for the 3 day event, you can catch a performance of our local musicians in a FREE send-off concert at the Cultural Activities Center in Temple just 30 miles south of Waco on Fri. June 26 at 7:30 pm. Seating is limited to about 500 seats so don’t be late. Many Wacoan musicians play in the Temple Jazz Orchestra. The top photo shows three Waco musicians in the TJO - Greg Bashara, Tim Cates, and Byron Swann. Other Waco residents in the TJO are Dave Wild and Vince Bryce.
Here is the TJO line-up: Tom Fairlie (conductor); Keith Fiala, Tim Cates, Byron Swann, Sparky Thomason, and Denise Doyle (trumpets); Gary Smith, Gannon Phillips, Brent Colwell, Brent Mathesen ,and David Wilborn (trombones); Colin Masonand Karen Batson (alto sax); Greg Bashara and Bob Medina (tenor sax); Frank Nelson (baritone sax) Rhythm Section: Dave Wild and Ben Irom (Piano); Reese Liles (Guitar); Michael Morris (Drums); Vince Bryce (Bass)
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