Last updated on 12/08/2009
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The Miller
Jazz Band is
taught by Mr. Steve Tyler, an
excellent professional musician and music educator. Mr. Tyler
has worked for many years as a freelance musician in the Los Angeles and San
Francisco Bay areas, and he toured as the lead trombonist for the orchestras
of Mel Torme, Bill Watrous and Harry James, as well as many other groups (not
Aerosmith, but that's OK!). Mr. Tyler directs De Anza College's "Daddios"
evening jazz ensembles (you can hear Ms. Moser on saxophone and her husband
"Mr. Ken" Feliciano in "Daddios" performances). Mr. Tyler also teaches Latin
Jazz and Jazz Improvisation classes at De Anza, and he has a full schedule of
private low brass and jazz students.
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The
Miller Jazz Band is
open to any Miller Mustang or Advanced Band musician (on any instrument) who
has at least one year of experience on their instrument, and who knows all or
most of the major scales. Students in Beginning Band should wait until at
least the second semester before taking Jazz Band. Please note that students
must be enrolled in a Miller band class in order to be eligible to participate
in the Miller Jazz Band.
Jazz Band meets on
Wednesdays before school (during "late start") from 7:45-8:45 am, and on
Fridays after school from 3:10-4:10 pm.
Click
here for
Jazz Band Audio Examples to download
JAZZ BAND NOTES:
We will perform Autumn
Leaves, Straight No Chaser, and La
Noche del Burrito Picante at next
week's Miller Band Concert on Tuesday
night, December 15. Be
at both of the next rehearsals, Wed. morning and Fri. afternoon. Please
practice your parts for these songs, and be sure to go to the Audio Examples
page and practice along with the recordings!
We are also planning to perform the
following songs for the CMEA Jazz Contest at West Valley College on February
6: Autumn Leaves,
Harlem Nocturne, Straight No Chaser, and
La Noche del
Burrito Picante.
ATTENDANCE: If
a student has to miss a jazz band rehearsal for any reason, I need to hear
directly from the student or from his/her parent or guardian. Hearing about it
second or third-hand from other students ("Oh, he wasn't in class today, I
think maybe he's sick") doesn't work. It's important for all jazz band
students to make the commitment to the group, and to be there for all
rehearsals. It's also important that I know in advance of a student's absence,
as it affects my planning for rehearsals and what we will be able to cover
that day. Please
contact me
directly and let me know if your student has to miss. My email is sktyler@yahoo.com;
my cell phone is (650) 224-8094.
PERFORMANCES: The
Miller Jazz Band's next performance will be at the
Miller Winter
Concert on Tuesday, December 15.
The Jazz Band will be participating in the
"CMEA Jazz South"
contest on Saturday,
February 6, 2010, at West Valley College in Saratoga.
Please mark your calendars and bookmark this page for later information.
Keep checking this page for
more details!