UNCW JazzFest
Three days of concerts: March 27-29, 2015
All concerts take place in Beckwith Recital Hall, located in the Cultural Arts Building on Randall Drive
Tom Garling
with UNCW Jazz Ensemble I (Big Band)
and Jazz Combo I
Saturday, March 28, 2015
7:30 p.m.
Beckwith Recital Hall
$6 general public (includes tax) • Free to students with valid UNCW ID
Advance tickets are not sold: the Cultural Arts box office opens one hour prior to performance.
About the artist
Tom Garling studied arranging and composition at the Berklee College of Music from 1983 to 1985. At the age of 20, he left Berklee to tour with Buddy Rich for one year, starting in January of 1986, and was on the last touring band before Rich died. Rich once said of him in an interview in Stockholm, Sweden: “Tom Garling is going to have a very, very strong future in jazz.”
In 1987, Garling enrolled at the University of Miami, where he received a degree in jazz performance and a master’s in jazz composition and arranging. He played with greats such as Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennet, Dizzy Gillespie, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny and Randy Brecker. After graduation, Garling stayed one more year to teach improvisation classes, direct big bands and coach small groups. Shortly thereafter, he joined Maynard Ferguson’s Big Bop Nouveau Band, and toured for six years with Ferguson as musical director and trombonist.
Along with his own album, “Maynard Ferguson Presents Tom Garling,” Garling is featured as soloist, composer/arranger, and guitarist on numerous Maynard Ferguson albums: “These Cats Can Swing,” “One More Trip to Birdland” (assistant producer), “Brass Attitude” (co-producer); Ferguson with Tito Puente, “Special Delivery”; Ferguson with Dianne Schuur: “Swingin’ For Schuur.” Others albums include five with Frank Mantooth: “Suite Tooth,” ”Persevere,” “Dangerous Precedent,” “Sophisticated Lady” and “A Miracle.” He also appears on a Buddy Rich CD of a 1986 recording at Stadshalle Leonberg, Germay. Garling’s talents as arranger have been utilized by Maynard Ferguson, Liza Minelli, Tito Puente and Dianne Schuur. He has also been commissioned to arrange and compose by numerous professional, college and high school bands around the country.
Garling resides in the Chicago area and is highly sought after around the world as a recording artist, composer and arranger, teacher, clinician and professional musician at any capacity.
For more information about Tom Garling, please visit:
www.tomgarling.com
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UNCW Campus map
(The Cultural Arts building is designated as “CA” and is on the left hand side of the map, just above midpoint.)
Plenty of free parking, right out in front of the Cultural Arts building. No need to feed the meters.