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Show Notes – Jazz Round Table #5

Here you can find links to the full clips we either showed a clip of or discussed on the show. Sadly, Bill Fulton had some connection issues but I’ve included his links so you can check out his compositions and arrangements.

Our Guests this week:

  • Bill Fulton – Keyboards
  • Nick Mancini – Vibes
  • Anthony Bonsera – TrumpetKeys, Guitar, Vocals
  • Jeff Miley – Guitar

Bill Fulton:

Nick Mancini:

Anthony Bonsera:

Jeff Miley:

Anthony (Tony) Bonsera – Trumpet, Keys, Vocals
Performed with: Socially Distant Show #5 – 2/4/21 Bio – Anthony Bonsera has played lead trumpet for The World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra, Mike Barone Big Band, Steve Huffsteter Big Band, Pete Myers Big Band, The BBB (featuring Bernie Dresel), Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and many others. Besides his activity in Los Angeles as performer, arranger and recording artist, he also teaches History of Rock and Roll at Citrus College in Glendora, CA. On March 17, 2014, Tony released his solo album, The Gates of Hell, featuring all original compositions on which he plays most of the instruments and sings. In November 2017 Bonsera debuted his most ambitious project to date, the Los Angele Classic Rock Orchestra. This 40 piece ensemble performed the classic Beatles albums, Abbey Road and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, in their entirety, completely live and with full instrumentation, in L.A. to rave reviews.  ...MORE INFO!
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Bill Fulton – Keyboards
Performed with: The Dave Hill Group 8/13/20, Socially Distant Show #5 – 2/4/21 Bio – Los Angeles-based composer, arranger, orchestrator keyboardist Bill Fulton has been involved in professional music production and performance since 1982. His work includes music for film, tv, and online content. Bill as composed music for Warner Bros Animation Hanna Barbera, Cartoon Network, and many others. His live performance experience includes work with artists Connie Stevens, Suzanne Somers, Engelbert Humperdinck....MORE INFO!
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Nick Mancini – Vibes
Performed with: Socially Distant Show #5 – 2/4/21 Bio – Vibraphonist/Marimbist and Composer NICK MANCINI began his professional career as a drummer, at the age of 15. His undergrad studies earned him an A.S. from Schenectady County Community College and a B.M. (with honors) from The Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam. By the age of 23, he was a heavily called upon drummer in upstate NY but was feeling the tug of pursuing jazz more avidly. That was when he moved to NYC to attend Manhattan School of Music. His audition won him the prestigious President’s Award scholarship and he graduated with a masters degree in jazz performance. For the following 8 or so years, Mancini continued honing his craft while cutting his teeth at live gigs all around NYC, earning him a much deserved reputation as a trusted sideman and kick-ass band leader until a gig took him out west and he found his true home in LA. In 2006 he relocated and was immediately inducted into the, then burgeoning but now codified, LA creative music scene. Since his arrival, Mancini has truly made an indelible mark. He was celebrated as the Honoree at the 18th annual Los Angeles Jazz Vibes Summit and earlier that same year his face graced the cover of Ventana Monthly, the popular Ventura county arts magazine, which also featured him in a story about the beach community’s thriving arts scene. DRUM Magazine’s Reader’s Poll named him “Best Jazz Percussionist” (on vibes). Nick has performed and recorded with such diverse luminaries as Arturo Sandoval, Peter Erskine, Poncho Sanchez, Solange, Kenny Werner, Amos Lee, and Jennifer Holliday; and with the greatest young and emerging stars such as Kamasi Washington, Miguel Atwood-Fergusson, and Ben Wendel. As both a band leader and side man, Nick has appeared at some of New York’s most notable venues such as The World Famous Apollo Theater; Showtime at the Apollo, Birdland, and Joe’s Pub. In LA he performs at The Blue Whale, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) Friday Night Jazz series, ACE Theater, Catalina Jazz Club, Vibrato, Zipper Hall, Vitello’s, Karen Carpenter Performing Arts Center and virtually every jazz venue in Los Angeles. His festival appearances include Santa Barbara Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival, Nortelje Jazz Festival (Sweden), Alandia Jazz Festival (Scandinavia), Angel City Jazz Festival (LA), and Catalina Jazz Festival, to name a few. Abroad, he’s graced the stage in Tahiti, Australia, Scandinavia, and Canada. Not only is Nick widely recognized by his peers and audiences as a dynamic, and important performer and composer, but is also known as a curator of high quality, creative music events and series. At LA’s West-side based WitZend Live, he led a monthly jazz series featuring prominent LA Jazz groups. In 2010 he conjured and co-produced ‘Feed the Blue Whale’ an all day jazz festival designed to bring awareness to the Blue Whale, LA’s finest, creative listening space. He personally curated, MC’d and sometimes performed at ‘elastic hour’ @ Curve Line Space; a weekly live concert series which, over the course of 5 seasons featured 150+ artists from around the globe. LA Weekly gave it high praise in their annual “Best of” issue. A victim of some dysfunctional learning scenarios, Mancini has become passionate about education. In 2011 he was invited to join the jazz and percussion faculty at the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at CSU Long Beach, and is a Jazz faculty member at CSU Northridge (CSUN). He serves a recurring faculty post for the Thelonious Monk Institute, a highly competitive post-graduate program for up and coming Jazz musicians, all the while, maintaining a busy, home-based teaching studio for one on one study of the art of Jazz. He has arranged and overseen the production of multiple vocal and instrumental jazz records and boasts an ever growing catalog of independently released recordings under his own name. Recognized by the industry, he holds endorsement contracts with Majestic vibes and Innovative Percussion mallets....MORE INFO!
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Jeff Miley – Guitar
Performed with: The Miley/Humphrey/Watts Trio 07/02/2020, The Miley/Koonse/De Leon Trio 8/6/20, The Miley/Blake/Lott Trio 9/10/20, The Miley/Tibbs/Taylor Trio – 11/05/20, Best of 2020 Part 3 (remote guest) 12/22/20, Socically Distant Show #1/7/21, Socially Distant Show #5 – 2/4/21 Bio – Jeff Miley has been a constant force for producing forward-looking music, from his early days when he was recognized by Guitar Player Magazine in their Spotlight Column, to his current status as a longtime veteran of the L.A. music scene with scores of original music recordings under his belt. On the live front, in addition to being heard in his own projects, he has performed with Ron Miles, Tim Ries, Jon Anderson (Yes), Ernie Watts, Inga Swearingen, Bob Sheppard, Bobby Shew, Andy Martin, Josh Roseman, Bob Reynolds, Wayne Bergeron, Adam Benjamin, and many others....MORE INFO!
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