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Saturday, January 31, 2009 at 8:00 PM (CT)
The School of Arts & Humanities presents a high-quality two-day jazz festival, centered on the historical elements of jazz in the Dallas area. The “Texas Tenor” style of saxophone playing describes a player with a very “big” sound playing a somewhat blues-oriented style. Buster Smith is said to have pioneered the style by playing his tenor with a baritone sax reed, thereby giving him a bigger sound. Texas saxophonists associated with the “Texas Tenor Sound” include Buster Smith, David “Fathead” Newman, James Clay, Booker Ervin, John Hardee, King Curtis, Illinois Jacquet, Arnett Cobb and Marchel Ivery. The Woody Herman Orchestra, directed byFrank Tiberi will headline the concert Friday night. The Texas Instruments Jazz Band, directed by Paul Westbrook, will open. On Saturday night, Quamon Fowler from Dallas/Ft. Worth will open for James "Red" Holloway, with local sidemen.
About James "Red" Holloway
James W "Red" Holloway was born in Helena, Arkansas on May 31, 1927 to a mother who played piano and a father who played violin. At the age of five, he and his mother moved to Chicago, where he graduated from DuSable High School and attended the Conservatory of Music.
In 1948 he was asked by blues vocalist Roosevelt Sykes to join Sykes' U.S. Road Tour. During this time, other bluesmen heard him and subsequently hired him, including Nat "Lotsa Poppa" Towles, Willie Dixon, Junior Parker, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Lloyd Price, John Mayall, and B.B. King. Because of these associations, Red became typecast as primarily a blues player.
During the Fifties, Red continued playing in the Chicago area with such notables as Billie Holiday, Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, Ben Webster, Jimmy Rushing, Arthur Prysock, Dakota Station, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Wardell Gray, Sonny Rollins, Red Rodney, Lester Young, Joe Williams, Redd Foxx, Aretha Franklin,a nd many others. During this same period, he also played road tours with Danny Overbee, Sonny Stitt, Memphis Slim, Lefty Bates, and Lionel Hampton.
The public finally became aware of Red during the Sixties as a result of his association with organist "Brother" Jack McDuff and guitarist George Benson. The band was together from 1963 to 1966 performing road tours in the States as well as concerts in Europe. Red recorded several albums with McDuff on Prestige, including the hit single "Rock Candy."
From 1977 to 1982, he and altoist Sonny Stitt became a duo and cut two records on Catalyst: "Forecast" and "Partners - Sonny and Red." In fact, it was Sonny who encouraged Red to take up the alto saxophone, believing that anyone who could also play clarinet, flute, piccolo, piano, bass, drums, and violin could probably master yet another instrument. Sonny was right, and Red is equally proficient on both tenor and alto. In The Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Seventies, Leonard Feather wrote that "Holloway is capable of generating great excitement with his big sound and hard-driving, mainstream-modern style."
More information on this event can be found at http://ah.utdallas.edu/season0809/texastenors.htm
Will Call
Will Call is located in the Venue Box Office. Tickets may be picked up one hour
prior to show time. Please bring confirmation number and valid photo ID.
General Rules
No cameras, video, or recording devices.
No food or beverages.
No weapons or firearms.
Smoking is NOT allowed inside the venue.
Please silence all communications devices while in the venue.
Standing Room
In the event of unfilled seats at show time, the management reserves the right
to fill empty seats with standing room patrons.
Late Seating
Late seating will only be done during an appropriate break in the performances.
Late seating may not be available for all events.
Discount Tickets
Discount
tickets are available for the following groups: UTD students, UTD faculty,
UTD staff, UTD retirees, children under 18, other university students, UTD
alumni association members, seniors, outside groups of 30 or more and members
of the Tiers of Friendship.
Refunds & Exchanges
All sales are final. Refunds and exchanges are only available to members of the
Tiers of Friendship.
Disabilities & Special Accommodations
All UTD venues are ADA compliant. Persons needing special accommodations should
call 972-883-2982 M-F 9-5 to make arrangements.
Children
Children under the age of three who do not require a seat will be admitted for
free. No strollers will be allowed in the venue. Please bring noisy children to
the lobby.
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