City College of San Francisco's Fall Jazz Concert

CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO                             F R E E

Concert & Lecture Series and the Music Department Present

FALL JAZZ CONCERT

TUESDAY, DEC 6th, 2016 at 8:00–10pm
DIEGO RIVERA THEATRE, OCEAN CAMPUS, 50 PHELAN AVE

 

     Featuring the Advanced Jazz Band and The Jazz/Rock   

     Workshop
     Directed by David Hardiman, Jr. with David Hardiman, Sr. M.C.

Workshop

     Directed by David Hardiman, Jr. with David Hardiman, Sr. M.C.

SPECIAL GUEST ARTIST

      TENOR SAXOPHONIST

Growing up in Oakland and Vacaville, California, saxophonist Teodross “Teo”

Avery’s parents exposed him to Soul, Rock, and Jazz music. At age ten, he started

classical guitar lessons. At age thirteen, he first heard John Coltrane’s ‘Giant Steps’

and switched to the saxophone, forever changing his life. He began studying music

seriously and won a full scholarship to attend the prestigious Berklee College of Music

in Boston. While a student at Berklee, GRP/Impulse Records signed him and he released his first album, “In Other Words” in 1994.

After graduating from Berklee, he tackled New York City’s competitive music scene. After just one week in New York, he performed at the legendary Bluenote Jazz Club

with the Cedar Walton Sextet, featuring Art Farmer on trumpet. He also played in

groups that were either led by or included jazz titans such as Hank Jones, Ben Riley,

Harold Mabern, Betty Carter, The Roy Hargrove Big Band and (3X) Grammy Award winner, Dee Dee Bridgewater, among many others. He launched his second album, My Generation, under the GRP/Impulse label, in 1996.

For more information: http://www.teodrossavery.com/