Come and join our Saddleback jazz students – members of the Jazz Laboratory Ensemble — as they perform with trumpeter/composer Kye Palmer on Monday, October 3rd at 7:30 p.m. in the McKinney Theatre.
The students will also perform some of Palmer’s original music. Palmer is a native of southern California and a graduate of Cal-Poly, Pomona. He held the trumpet chair in the house band on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno from 2006-2009 and was heard nightly on NBC.
Also known for his movie soundtrack work, he is a featured soloist on the soundtrack of Clint Eastwood’s J. Edgar and Kareem Abdul Jabbar’s On the Shoulders of Giants. Before his tenure on the Tonight Show, Kye toured with the Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band. He also performed and recorded with the widely acclaimed Brian Setzer Orchestra.
He is on the BSO’s Grammy award winning recording of Caravan as well as recordings with Ray Charles, Diana Krall, Michael Bolton, Neil Young, LeAnn Rimes, Michael Bublé, Mary J. Blige, Jennifer Hudson, Chris Walden, Common, John Legend, and Bill Cunliffe. He has appeared live with Tom Jones, Stanley Clarke, Tony Bennett, Seal, Jim Belushi, Seth MacFarlane, Joe Williams, Bob Dylan, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Movie soundtrack recordings include The Secret Life of Pets, Selma, Jersey Boys, J. Edgar, On the Shoulders of Giants, 7 Pounds, Skating to New York, Me, Myself, and Irene, Stuart Little, and Three to Tango.
Tickets are $10 general; $7 student/seniors (presale). Call the ticket office at 949-582-4656 (Tues-Fri, noon to 4:00 p.m.) for tickets or online at www.saddleback.edu/arts.
Jazz Studies at Saddleback College emphasizes creativity through improvisation and ensemble performance. Focusing on the historical, theoretical and intuitive aspects of this American music, Director of Jazz Studies Joey Sellers and an outstanding cadre of nationally-recognized musicians comprise the jazz faculty. Curricula include Improvisation, Jazz Composition and Arranging, Jazz History Syllabus, Jazz History Audio, Jazz History Podcast, Jazz Piano, Saddleback Big Band, Jazz Lab Ensemble, and Combos. Students in Jazz Studies at Saddleback College have transferred to prestigious institutions including University of Southern California, Eastman School of Music, Berkeley School of Music, Cal State Northridge, UCLA, The New School for Social Research in New York, Cal State Fullerton, University of California at San Diego, and other regional institutions. Some of our alumni have gone on to play professionally with Frank Zappa, Diana Ross, and other high-profile artists and organizations.
Saddleback College is located at 28000 Marguerite Pkwy in Mission Viejo, just east of Interstate 5 at the Avery Parkway exit. Free parking is available in Lot 12. Take Avery Parkway to Marguerite Parkway turn left to the third traffic light, which is Saddleback’s Marguerite entrance. Turn right into the campus and take the second left to Theatre Circle, turning right into Lot 12.
Located in Mission Viejo, Saddleback College provides quality higher education and training to the greater south Orange County community. Having served more than 500,000 students since 1968, Saddleback College offers more than 300 degree and certificate programs to help students reach their personal, career, and educational goals. For more information, please visit www.saddleback.edu. For Fine Arts events, visit www.saddleback.edu/arts.
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Nina Welch
Fine Arts Public Information Officer
Saddleback College
