Clark Terry - Phi Mu Alpha Jazz Festival
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Dr. Felipe Brito, Festival Director
25th Annual Clark Terry/Phi Mu Alpha Jazz Festival 2025
- Feb. 14-15, 2025 Evening Gala Concert
Featuring Charles (Chip) McNeill, Jazz Saxophonist, and the Southeast Missouri State University Jazz Ensembles
Friday, February 14, 2025
7:30 p.m.
Bedell Performance Hall
River Campus
Tickets: $15
We can't wait to hear and meet you at this year's festival!
Student groups begin at 8 a.m.
Entry Fee
$185 for each participating band.
Includes:
- Performance Recording
- Adjudication
- Improvisation clinics
Featured Artist
Charles "Chip" McNeill
In addition to his position with the University of Illinois School of Music, Professor McNeill is Musical Director and Jazz Tenor Saxophonist for Grammy award-winning recording artist, Arturo Sandoval. The album Hot House with Arturo won a Grammy for Best Latin Jazz recording and two of McNeill's charts were nominated for Grammys from the recording. Professor McNeill also has performed and toured with the legendary jazz trumpeter, Maynard Ferguson, with whom he has produced, written, and performed on several albums, including Live in London.
Chip has also performed with Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Joe Williams, Dizzy Gillespie, Billy Eckstine, Wynton Marsalis, Nat Adderley, David Liebman, Duffy Jackson, Ira Sullivan, the Woody Herman Orchestra, Ted Shumate, and Larry Willis.
Jazz Festival Registration
If you would like your band to perform during the Clark Terry/Phi Mu Alpha Jazz Festival, registration is required and there is a fee of $185 for the first band or combo.
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