Freckle Face - Central Washington University Jazz Band 1

The Central Washington University Jazz Band 1, under the direction of Chris Bruya, performs "Freckle Face", by Sammy Nestico, at the CWU 2016 Fall Quarter Jazz Night.

[@tosherification]

Mr. Bruya, your mastery of the basie style is wonderful and your students are amazingly talented! I have played sammy's arrangements as a lead trumpet player and as the director of my own, adult jazz ensemble in Troy, Ohio and your band has the best interpretation I've ever heard since The Count passed away!

[@nemo227]

There are always a few good musicians in any group but it takes a teacher/director who has leadership qualities to get ALL the young people to perform up to/near the top of their abilities. When that happens the energy transfers back and forth to each member. I remember back in the sixties a professional musician visited our college dance band and rehearsed us. He got more from all of us that day than we had ever shown before.

[@markwhite3958]

Great Trumpet solo, Well done!!!

[@mikeprevost8650]

I have to say, it was better than a few I've heard on various cuts from Basie's band. 👍

[@billgilcrest3406]

All the jazz forerunners,would be so very proud of your efforts.you are keeping the quality and drive of a music style alive and kicking.Thank you !

[@bobsteiner9209]

Such a sweet arrangement, and a wonderfully clear recording. Kudos to the engineers!

[@mikeprevost8650]

The sound engineer couldn't catch the flute, though.

[@jackdolphy8965]

Wonderful job! You’ve stolen my heart like the first time I heard CBO play this. Thank You 🙏🏽

[@craigsmith1713]

Count would have been proud of that trumpet solo

[@johnshinal6369]

Yep. Swung it, and great tone too.

[@crazysteve9390]

Harmony among the four trombones is very nice

[@marksabin8962]

Great sounding band led by a great musician

[@AngelSusie57]

Outstanding.

[@jocknarn3225]

Very classy ... nice rounded trumpet tone kinda Art Farmer-ish ... all hail Hannah. A Freddie Green-type and Jedi you will all become!

[@jimshelton115]

Beautiful solo from Jazz Soloist Hanna 👏👏👏is the audience asleep no acknowledgement of anything wake up these are college kids .

[@sitarnut]

Her natural radiance and smile is delightful.... wonderful solo with tone.... sweet.

[@mikeprevost8650]

@@sitarnut she has wonderful tone. And that lead player is awesome. This program has been blessed with having some phenomenal lead players. Check out their performance of Channel 1 Suite a few years before this, with Robbie Rutherford on lead. He nails the double C on the sax ballad. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXzPc5aci6-GiNk

[@markhayes6407]

Great work Ladies and Gentlemen..Bravo!

[@rankinnwc]

Hannah Mowry, Outstanding!

[@KuroNeko-sh2by]

Wow.. Very nice. Loved it. Not many play this song unsheeted nowaday. 7 min max. We played it note for note and per section. We asked for, school paid for and we got the sheet and we adapted to the music. This was the 1st song that we've played with sheets and I mean 6 sheets. Moonlight serenade, In the mood were played from memory note for note. The rest of JHS gigs are mem too. If you can't give a thumb up, go watch the grass grow!

[@gord1115]

Excellent!

[@johnshinal6369]

Love the accented chords at the 3:25 point. TIGHT and sweet tone.

[@Djangolulu]

Lead player is a beast

[@ScratchySlide]

He's got a fucking great sound!!

[@d.vannimmen]

Jazz as we like it!

[@brucehowell1053]

Nice groove. Excellent dynamics. Terrific take on a great tune!

[@mikeprevost8650]

Lots of kudos for her solo, and deservedly so, but can we also take a minute to appreciate the fantastic ensemble playing here? Props to the lead trumpet and bone.

[@jimshelton115]

I don’t care I just have around Professional Band leaders that don’t even they almost have their own arrangers . Chris is doing a great job here in a most unlikely State , I mean listen to the applause nothing compared to IU under the late Dr. David Baker head of Jazz Studies in Jacobs School Of Music . My hometown of Indianapolis was loaded with Jazz greats & hanging around those cats your enthusiasm soars .. Wes Montgomery, David ( trombone ) JJJohnson , Larry Liggett Big Band & on & on . I think Central Washington is very fortunate to a Big Band program like this & Hanna Mowrey is very pretty 👍

[@stpd1957]

Lovely

[@user-gm8mn1tb7s]

nice trumpet solo❣️

[@user-ur8xy9vl8b]

大好きな一曲です　Tp　アドリブ　ブラボー

[@farmboy1960]

Bravo!

[@patrickbrandin1495]

Super 👍🎺

[@havenbeares]

When Hannah Mowry is your director...

[@illie2852]

ms mowry is my director at rhs now

[@BassmanII]

Only thing missing is Freddie Green's chunky quarter note guitar comping ;)

[@Bluejay-ri1yf]

Is that Austin Hass on Drums?!

[@user-se7xs7no3w]

すごい最後のハイGがちゃんと出てる。

[@TheMrAshley2010]

Nice lead trombone playing!

[@mikeprevost8650]

Lead trumpet ain't too shabby as well.

[@TheMrAshley2010]

@@mikeprevost8650 Props to the sound crew for delivering a really nice mix.

[@mikeprevost8650]

Audrey is very good. Listen to her solo on this band's performance Buddy's West Side Story chart.

[@BassmanII]

I can sense Hannah's tone sounds a bit like Bob Mitchell of the CBO

[@jimshelton115]

If teacher wrote the arrangement why is he reading the music I know they’re young & this is only part of their part of their education so I’d say both very good kids are outstanding . Nice to see college kids interested in real music , must be a very good teacher congratulations to you sir !

[@JulianDiaz-Tpt]

The composer/arranger of this piece is the legendary Sammy Nestico, not the band director.

[@mikeprevost8650]

All of those kids are music majors, either performance or music education majors. This is a major part of their education. This ensemble has performed at various venues, including the prestigious Monterrey Jazz festival. CWU is one of the leading schools in the country for music majors, right up there with North Texas. Some graduates have gone on to professional careers.

[@jimshelton115]

@@mikeprevost8650 thanks for replying I’d put this teacher & his talented kids up there with any school that’s had the good fortune of experiencing of Stan Kenton . Of all the band leaders whom have spent a week with Stan’s band like Indiana University improved their musicianship & enthusiasm . I’m glad Central Washington Jazz band is on You Tube I watch the band quite a bit along with that outstanding Music Director Joan ( John ) Chamorro from St Andreu School Of Music Spain & his kids ages 12 and up .

[@KuroNeko-sh2by]

Stupid question?....do trumpet need a mic? They're too damn loud already behind me

[@chrisbruya2313]

The mics are for multitrack recording and to bring up solos in the room. Other wise we play all acoustic.

[@chrispettus2532]

Haha, spoken like a lead trombone player. I remember seeing a recording of he trumpet section of the Big Phat Band doing a sound check. They sounded great, then we hear the lead trombone player yelling out to the sound engineer, "uh, we don't need trumpets in the monitors (the speakers that are aimed at the band so the band can hear themselves)". True that.

[@mikeprevost8650]

Hey, at least we don't sound like a herd of elephants the way you guy sound.

[@gregdearmond3309]

nice soloist

[@nickbell8353]

This school got a grad program?

[@chrisbruya2313]

Yes, but not jazz-specific. cwu.edu/music

[@nickbell8353]

Chris Bruya darn, but you're still on my list.

[@RoseCadenza]

I was about to say that there were, once again, no girls in the jazz band. I was saying "once again" because in Whitworth University there are no girls in the Jazz Band 1.

[@mikeprevost8650]

Well, here you have one on lead bone, and one in the jazz soloist chair, 2nd trumpet, in that section.

[@jamesroberts3642]

Great solo! But this lady has no freckles so the title is confusing (-;

[@mikeprevost8650]

But she has chops and can improvise like hell. She knew where she was going with that solo all the way through.

[@kennyr1161]

Can the jazz band give scholarships

[@timeisnow7676]

Who is the trumpet player ??🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥I think hear some Roy Hargrove influence in there

[@mikeprevost8650]

Her name is Hannah Mowry.

[@timeisnow7676]

@@mikeprevost8650 shes swinging super hard, really really really nice tone and ideas, pretty impressive especially at university level, she's got a bright career ahead

[@mikeprevost8650]

@@timeisnow7676 she opted to become a music educator, which kind of makes me respect her even more. But she plays in gig bands in the Seattle area now. She has a website with a lot of background info. Every soloist I ever heard in this band over the years has great tone as well.

[@sherwelthlangley]

@@mikeprevost8650 Hannah directs Roosevelt HS now! She succeeded the legendary Scott Brown.

[@thenel2162]

in all these videos i see one thing . They rhythm sections are always so "light in the pants"" Ie Zero drive! Usually the ensemble is good! However the Rhythm sections are never really laying it down!

[@marcellomentasimonsennico5670]

WHERE IS THE GUITAR????

[@jimshelton115]

Band sounds great Hannah sounds great& Chris sit down & let someone conduct that stays in rhythm with the arrangement

[@jimshelton115]

She pretty but most of all plays well