Bill Stevens

The Frank Sinatra School of the Arts Jazz Ensemble will present our annual Jazz Appreciation Month Concert on Friday, April 26, 2013; 7:00 p.m. featuring Jazz Trumpet Virtuoso Marvin Stamm.  The ensemble will perform music by contemporary living composers and arrangers including  works by Maria Schneider, Doc Severinson, John Fedchock, Phil Wilson, Michael Philip Mossman and Pat Metheny, as well as our tradition of playing the music of Thad Jones.

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The Frank Sinatra School of the Arts Jazz Ensemble, directed by Bill Stevens, returns for our seventh year of performing at the Jazz Standard as part of their Jazz for Kids program led by master guitarist David O'Rourke.  The band will play music by living composers and arrangers including Maria Schneider & Michael Philip Mossmann and as is our tradition, we will also continue to perform the music of Thad Jones. This performance will lead into our Jazz Appreciation Month Concert in the Tony Bennett Concert Hall on Friday, April 26 featuring Jazz Trumpet Virtuoso, Marvin Stamm.  Hope to see you at the show.

The Bill Stevens Quintet with special guest vocalist, Lolita Jackson returns to Bar 360 at the Resorts World Casino New York City. Performing 3 sets at 8:00, 9:30 and 11:00. Feel free to spread the word.

The students of the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts Jazz Ensemble will be performing original compositions in small groups at the Tea Lounge in Brooklyn, NY. 2 sets at 8:00 and 9:30. We will feature some special guests this evening from The New School of Contemporary Music and Jazz and from the Jazz Museum in Harlem.

The Frank Sinatra School of the Arts Jazz Ensemble will be performing at the Downtown Brooklyn Jazz Festival at the Kumble Theatre for the Performing Arts, time TBA. This year the special guest clinician and performer will be NEA Jazz Master, David Liebman. The ensemble will be performing works by Buddy Rich and Charles Mingus. We hope to see you at the show.

Join the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts Jazz Ensemble for our Spring Jazz Appreciation Month Concert featuring Grammy Award Winning Saxophone Player, Joe Lovano in the beautiful Tony Bennett Concert Hall.  We'll be performing compositions by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Buddy Rich, Thad Jones and Charles Mingus.

Information and Tickets: Please call 718-362-9920 or www.franksinatraschoolofthearts.org 

The Frank Sinatra School of the Arts Jazz Ensemble will be performing at the Jazz Standard on April 1, 2012.  One set at 2:00 p.m.  Playing the music of Buddy Rich, Thad Jones and Count Basie.  Reservations recommended.