On September 10, the illustrious career of jazz composer Jim McNeely will be celebrated in a concert at the DiMenna Center on West 37th Street in New York. The event brings together many from the MSM Community and others who pays tribute to the esteemed musician, and his music.
The concert features performances of some of the most iconic compositions from across his career, performed by an 18-piece jazz orchestra stacked with key McNeely associates. The concert includes appearances by special guests John Scofield (guitar), Dick Oatts (alto sax), Ed Neumeister (trombone), Martin Wind (bass), Adam Nussbaum (drums), and John Riley (drums).
The ensemble is conducted by Rufus Reid, Mike Holober, Darcy James Argue, Migiwa Miyajima, and Daniel Jamieson, who are also organizing and producing the event, in collaboration with JazzComposersPresent.com.
ABOUT JIM McNEELY
Born in Chicago, Jim McNeely moved to New York City in 1975. A musician’s musician, Jim’s career spans over five decades, from his earliest days playing with — and writing for — Stan Getz, Phil Woods, and Mel Lewis, through his indispensable recordings with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra (listen to them here, and here), to his affiliations with acclaimed European ensembles like the WDR Big Band, the Danish Radio Big Band, and the Frankfurt Radio Big Band, where he held a twelve-year tenure as chief conductor. His work has been nominated for nine Grammy Awards.
Jim McNeely was a faculty member at MSM for 15 years, from 2008–2022. Learn more about him here.
REEDS: Ben Kono Billy Drewes Rich Perry: former MSM faculty member Ralph Lalama Gary Smulyan: former MSM faculty member
TROMBONES: John Mosca: former MSM faculty member LuÃs Bonilla (MM ’04): alumnus and former MSM faculty member Jason Jackson (MM ’95): alumnus Jennifer Wharton
TRUMPETS: James De La Garza Tanya Darby (BM ’98): alumnus Ingrid Jensen: MSM Jazz Trumpet faculty, and former MSM Dean of Jazz Scott Wendholt: MSM Jazz Trumpet faculty member Stuart Mack (MM ’18): alumnus
RHYTHM SECTION: Sebastian Noelle: guitar Adam Birnbaum: piano Mike Holober: piano, MSM Jazz Composition faculty member Hans Glawischnig: (MM 94), alumnus, bass Dennis Mackrel:Â drum set
PRODUCERS: Darcy James Argue: MSM Jazz Composition faculty Mike Holober: MSM Jazz Composition faculty Daniel Jamieson (MM ’10): alumnus and former student of Jim McNeely Migiwa Miyajima Rufus Reid
SPECIAL GUESTS: John Scofield John Riley (MM ’85): MSM Jazz Drum Set faculty Adam Nussbaum Dick Oatts: former MSM faculty Ed Neumeister Martin Wind
Jim McNeely conducted the MSM Jazz Orchestra in February 2023, in a special concert featuring his music.
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