2007 Annual Concert

Nepean All-City Jazz Band
in concert
with special guest
Kelly Jefferson, saxophone
Friday, April 20, 2007, 8:00 PM
Ron Maslin Theatre (Terry Fox Drive)

Tickets: Adults: $20, Students & Seniors: $15
- through Nepean All-City Jazz Band members, the website or at the door.

Presented by the following sponsors:

NEPEAN ALL-CITY JAZZ BAND

ST. JOHN'S MUSIC LTD.

YAMAHA MUSIC (CANADA)

Kelly Jefferson:



Saxophonist Kelly Jefferson has a Bachelor of Music from McGill University in Montreal and a Masters degree from Manhattan School of Music in New York City.

Kelly has performed with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, The National Arts Centre Orchestra, The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Maria Schneider, Bill Holman, Ray Anderson, Phil Woods, Clark Terry, Michel LeGrand, Nicholas Payton, Brian Blade, as well as Ray Brown, Sonny Fortune, Renee Rosnes, Russell Malone, and Dee Dee Bridgewater, among
others.

Kelly toured the U.S. and Europe extensively as tenor saxophonist with legendary trumpeter Maynard Ferguson.

Kelly has been nominated for Saxophonist of the Year by the National Jazz Awards in 2005, 2006 and 2007.

Kelly is presently on faculty at York University in Toronto, with previous teaching positions at Humber College in Toronto and McGill University in Montreal. Mr. Jefferson has also adjudicated at music festivals across Canada and has given numerous workshops throughout Canada and the United States.

An active freelance musician, Kelly performs regularly with groups that include the William Carn Quintet, Time Warp, the Artie Roth Quintet, the Shuffle Demons, The Chris Tarry Group, the Brian O'Kane Quintet, Denzal Sinclaire, Dave Young and Barry Romberg's Random Access.