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| Photo by Kirk Hirota |
Trombonist Ryan Keberle and saxophonist and flautist Erica vonKleist, both rising stars in the New York City jazz scene and part of a group of such musicians known as the Young Lions of Jazz, brought down the house during a concert with the Whitworth Jazz Ensemble this fall. VonKleist, who studied at the Manhattan School of Music and received the first B.A. in jazz to be offered by The Juilliard School, has been a member of the acclaimed Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra since 2003 and has composed music for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Keberle, son of Dan Keberle, the director of the Whitworth Jazz Ensemble, has performed at Carnegie Hall and in the Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Allen Room, and has toured internationally. He has performed or recorded with Wynton Marsalis, the late Percy Heath, and Alicia Keys, among others. The Whitworth Jazz Ensemble performed at the 2008 Washington Music Educators All-State Conference and won first place at the 2008 Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival. The ensemble has produced seven CDs; the most recent is Travelin’ Light, released in 2008.
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