Jazz Youth Night - sponsored by TCJazzSociety

Sunday, November 13, 2011 - 5:00 PM, Weyerheauser Auditorium

PipJazz Sundays & sponsors Wells Pianos are committed to bringing the art of jazz to the Landmark Center Twin Cities venue while providing professional performance opportunities for students within area jazz programs and subsequently bringing them to you, the PipJazz Sundays audience. We are proud to have the Twin Cities Jazz Society additionally sponsoring this show. Three talented youth will be featured within the November program; DeCarlo Jackson from the St Paul Conservatory of Performing Arts, Quentin Tschofen - freshman at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and Jordan Anderson who currently attends Nova Classical Academy in St. Paul as an 8^th grader in the school of logic.

DeCarlo Jackson (trumpet)

 started playing trumpet in early elementary school and has studied under Jeff Keys, Felix James, and (currently) Solomon Parham. In addition to the Dakota Combo (2010-2011), DeCarlo plays (with his brother Devante) in the jazz quintet, Public Newsense, which has been featured at the Freedom Jazz Festival, Selby Avenue Jazz Festival and Midtown Global Market Jazz Festival; also plays with Walker West Jazz Ensembles, with the Capri Big Band, and with a progressive post-rock band he recently started with friends called Armonia, in which he plays bass guitar. DeCarlo attends St Paul Conservatory for Performing Arts.

Quentin Tschofen (piano)

studies with Bryan Nichols at MacPhail and has participated in MacPhail’s summer jazz camps and combos (including the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 Dakota Combo), Minnesota Institute for Talented Youth jazz camp, and Minnesota Youth Jazz Band. Winner of the 2010 and 2011 Schubert Club/Dakota Foundation for Jazz Education Jazz Piano Scholarship competitions, Quentin played for the U of M's Jazz Ensemble II as a Post Secondary Options student during his senior year of high school. He is now a freshman at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and keeping busy with his own bands. He’s recently performed at the Twin Cities Jazz Festival, Dakota StreetFest, Midtown Global Market Jazz Festival, at the Dakota, Artists Quarter and Studio Z.

Jordan Anderson (piano)

Jordan was born in South Minneapolis on 7/6/98. He is currently 13 years old. Jordan started taking piano lessons in the spring of 2^nd grade at Schmitt Music. After attending a jazz clinic at Walker West Music Academy in 2010, Jordan decided to remain there to study classical and jazz piano. He currently takes private lessons at Walker West, along with being a member of one of Walker West’s jazz ensembles: HHC – Hit Hard Crew.HHC had a busy summer playing at various events throughout the twin cities. Highlights include: On June 25^th, HHC played on the Mears Park main stage for the TC Jazz Festival. On June 29^th, it was Ella Fitzgerald Day at Midway Stadium with HHC performing after the game to help celebrate a national treasure. And finally, HHC was invited to play on the KFAI stage as part of the 6^th Annual Flow Northside Arts Crawl.

Jordan currently attends Nova Classical Academy in St. Paul as an 8^th grader in the school of logic.