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Faculty reference files

Subseries consists of reference files for various staff and faculty at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music. These files were maintained by the promotions office (primarily by Edith Binnie, promotions officer, 1963-1984) and used in the creation of promotional material, including the Faculty's newsletter. Files include memorandums, correspondence, contracts for performances outside of the Faculty, news clippings about activities at the Faculty, and reports on activities and special projects.

Subseries includes files on the following individuals and ensembles: William Aide, Michael Albano, Amici, Raffi Armenian, John Arpin, Gianetta Baril, Lee Bartel, John Beckwith, Boris Berlin, Melvin Berman, Edith Ann Binnie, Douglas Bodle, Russell Braun, Dennis Brott, Walter Buczynski, James Campbell, Ronald Chandler, Stephen Chenette, Gustav Ciamaga, Martha Collins, Steve Dann, Victor Danchenko, Andrew Dawes, Alex Dean, Bernard Diamant, Daniel Domb, Mark DuBois, John Edwards, David Elliott, Barry Elmes, Robin Engelman, Robert Falck, Victor Feldbrill, Lorand Fenyves, Fenyves-Orloff-Parr Trio, Harry Freedman, Ann Cooper Gay, Rivka Golani, Nicholas Goldschmidt, John Greer, Gryphon Trio, Doreen Hall, Christos Hatzis, John Hawkins, Nancy Hermiston, David Hetherington, Pierre Hetu, Derek Holman, Andrew Hughes, Barney Ingraham, Elmer Iseler Singers, Jacques Israelievitch, Wayne Jeffery, Irene Jessner, Gaynor Jones, Eli Kassner, Talivaldis Kenins, Patricia Kern, James Kippen, Lothar Klein, Zoltan Kodaly, Norbert Kraft, Anton Kuerti, Gary Kulesha, Jeanne Lamon, Rosemarie Landry, Lorne Lofsky, Judy Loman, Che Anne Loewen, Boris Lysenko, Lorna MacDonald, Ernest MacMillan, Rika Maniates, Stacey McCartney, Rob McConnell, Lois McDonall, Timothy McGee, Deborah Milsom, Thomas Monahan, Oskar Morawetz, Carl Morey, Mike Murley, Daniel Neff, Nexus, Phil Nimmons, Harvey Olnick, Orford String Quartet, Vladimir Orloff, Patricia Parr, Dennis Patrick, Roy Patterson, Paul Pedersen, Joel Quarrington, Louis Quilico, Stephen Ralls, Doreen Rao, Erika Raum, Paul Read, Gary Relyea, Godfrey Ridout, Eugene Rittich, Shauna Rolston, George Sawa, Ezra Schabas, Pat Shand, St. Lawrence String Quartet, Nora Shulman, Suzanne Shulman, Pierre Souvairan, Scott St. John, Richard Summers, David Tanner, Ivars Taurins, Colin Tilney, Toronto Consort, Joaquin Valdepenas, Cameron Walter, John Weinzweig, William Wright, David Zafer.

Nancy

File consists of Vic Centro's arrangement of "Nancy" for the "Phil Nimmons group," arranged for alto saxophone, clarinet, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, trumpet, trombone, accordion, guitar, bass, and drums.

The Canadian all star jazz show

File is a video recording of the first Canadian All Star Jazz Show, presented by Timex, with host Fred Davis, and featuring Oscar Peterson, Anne Marie Moss, Georgie Auld, Trump Davidson, Bert Niosi, Phil Nimmons, Pat Riccio, Mike White, Jack Kane, Peter Appleyard, Ron Collier, Phyllis Marshall, Jimmy Coxson, Jerry Toth, Roy Smith, and Ed Karam.

Nimmons tribute / Phil Nimmons, arr. Gary Williamson

File consists of the manuscript score and copied score and parts for alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, trumpet, trombne, piano, bass, and drums. Final score and parts copied by Stu Harrison. The piece was rpremiered November 2, 2002 at the National Arts Centre, Ottawa on the occasion of the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards as presented to Phil Nimmons.

Composer commission records

Subseries consists of records, including correspondence with composers and reports to and correspondence with granting agencies, for works commissioned by Esprit Orchestra. Esprit received commissioning support from Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Laidlaw Foundation.

Commissioned composers include: David Adamcyk, Robert Aitken, Istvan Anhalt, Sergio Barroso, Bob Becker, John Beckwith, Norma Beecroft, Allan Gordon Bell, Roger Bergs, Rose Bolton, Walter Boudreau, Brian Cherney, Brian Current, Omar Daniel, Paul Dolden, Tomas Dusatko, José Evangelista, Harry Freedman, Paul Frehner, Scott Good, Denis Gougeon, Chris Paul Harman, Vincent Ho, Peter Paul Koprowski, Harry Kucharzyk, Larry Lake, Michael Longtin, Alexina Louie, Raymond Luedeke, Andrew P. MacDonald, Bruce Mather, Maxine McKinley, Phil Nimmons, John Oswald, Alex Pauk, Yannick Plamondon, John Rea, André Ristic, James Rolfe, Erik Ross, Jeffrey Ryan, R. Murray Schafer, Ana Sokolovic, Harry Somers, Barry Truax, Owen Underhill, and John Wyre.

Photographs

Series consists of photographs of Vic Centro, friends, family, and colleagues. Photographs include a print of a CBC recording session with Phil Nimmons, clarinet; Vic Centro, accordion; Jerry Toth, alto saxophone; Roy Smith, tenor saxophone; Eddie Karan, baritone saxophone; Erich Traugott, trumpet; Butch Watanabe, trombone; Ed Bickert, guitar; Murray Lauder, bass; and Ron Rully, drums. Other individuals photographed include Gordy Brant, John Jackson, Steve Calmus, and Pat Joreau.

University of Toronto Jazz Ensemble

File consists of a recording of a concert by the Jazz Ensemble, directed by Phil Nimmons, in MacMillan Theatre. Some selections were announced from the stage.

Performers: University of Toronto Jazz Band ; University of Toronto Jazz Choir ; Gabor Vaski, bass and director ; University of Toronto Jazz Combo ; Bernardo Padron, saxophone and director.

University of Toronto Jazz Ensemble

File consists of a program and recording of a concert by the Jazz Ensemble, conducted by Phil Nimmons, in MacMillan Theatre. Selections were announced from the stage and made from compositions and arrangements by Bob Brookmeyer, Alan Hare, Les Hooper, Rob McConnell, Don Menza, Sammy Nestico, Matt Taylor, and Phil Nimmons.

University of Toronto Jazz Ensemble

File consists of a program and recording of a concert by the Jazz Ensemble, directed by Phil Nimmons, in MacMillan Theatre. Selections were announced from the stage and chosen from arrangements and compositions by Herbie Hancock, Bob Mintzer, Sammy Nestico, Horace Silver, John Labarbera, Benny Golson, Les Hooper, Matt Harris, Rob McConnell, Bob Brookmeyer, Thad Jones, and Phil Nimmons.

Jazz ensemble

File consists of a program and recording of the Jazz Ensemble, directed by Phil Nimmons, in MacMillan Theatre. Selections were made from arrangements and compositions by Thad Jones, Sammy Nestico, Peter Vollmers, Fred Stride, Ron Paley, Bill Holman, Rob McConnell, Rick Stitzel, Jerry Dogion, and Phil Nimmons. Selections were announced from the stage.

Program:

  • Showin' up / Peter Vollmers
  • Threefold / Phil Nimmons
  • Tiptoe / Thad Jones
  • The forever flower / Thad Jones
  • Five at five / arr. Rob McConnell
  • Dabbadat / Ron Paley
  • You gotta try / Sammy Nestico
  • I'm beginning to see the light
  • Bye-bye blues / arr. Rob McConnell
  • Smack dab in the middle / Sammy Nestico
  • Bundle of funk / arr. Sammy Nestico
  • Thank you / Jerry Dogion
  • Without a song
  • Little mountain
  • Film at 11.

Jazz ensemble

File consists of a program and recording from a concert by the Jazz Ensemble, directed by Phil Nimmons, in MacMillan Theatre. Selections were announced from the stage and made from arrangements and compositions by Thad Jones, Sammy Nestico, Bill Holman, Rob McConnell, Phil Nimmons, Matt Harris, Bob Mintzer, Ian McDougal, Rayburn Wright, John Berry, Dick Lieb, Bob Brookmeyer, and Charlie Young. Selections were announced from the stage.

Program:

  • Harco shuffle / Matt Harris
  • Why bother? / Matt Harris
  • After glow / arr. Dick Lieb
  • Easy to love / arr. Charlie Young
  • Sackbut city / Rayburn Wright
  • Willow, weep for me / arr. Bob Brookmeyer
  • The American express / arr. Bob Brookmeyer
  • [Discussion]
  • Fancy pants / Sammy Nestico
  • Maud's mode / Phil Nimmons
  • Osteology / Ian MacDougal
  • As time goes by
  • Americanization of Emily. Emily / Johnny Mandel
  • Hello and goodbye / Bob Brookmeyer
  • Blues for cookin'
  • Hanky panky / Bob Mintzer
  • Groovin' high / arr. Rob McConnell
  • Midnight run / Bill Holman.

Concert Band and Brass Choir

File consists of a program and recording from a concert by the Concert Band, conducted by Melvin Berman, and the Brass Choir, conducted by Stephen Chenette, in MacMillan Theatre.

Program:

  • Symphony no. 5 in D minor. Finale / Dmitri Shostakovich, trans. Richter
  • Tubby the tuba / George Kleinsinger, arr. George Roach (Kerry Stratton, narrator ; Alex Kidston, tuba)
  • Soirees musicales, op. 9 / Rossini, Britten, arr. T.C. Brown
  • The Danserye. Six dances / Tylman Susato, arr. John Iveson
  • Three chorales / J.S. Bach, arr. Peter Reeve
  • Greensleeves / arr. Elgar Howarth
  • The Earle of Oxford's march / William Byrd, arr. Elgar Howarth
  • Fantasia for band / Vittorio Giannini
  • Skyscape: Sleeping Beauty and the lions / Phil Nimmons
  • Royce Hall suite / Healey Willan, ed. and scored by W. Teague.

Jazz ensembles

File consists of a program and recording from a concert by the Jazz Ensembles, directed by Phil Nimmons, in MacMillan Theatre. Selections were announced from the stage and chosen from arrangements and compositions by Matt Harris, Bob Brookmeyer, Sammy Nestico, Thad Jones, Bill Holman, Ian McDougal, Rob McConnell, and Phil Nimmons. Selections were announced from the stage.

Program:

  • Once around / Thad Jones
  • Blue Daniel / arr. Rob McConnell
  • Soft winds / Benny Goodman
  • Up for air / Matt Harris
  • The cats have no eyebrows / Ian McDougal
  • E-swap / Phil Nimmons
  • Whirly bird
  • A time for love
  • Doin' Basie's thing / arr. Sammy Nestico
  • First love song / Bob Brookmeyer
  • The last guy / Matt Harris
  • Muse the blues
  • Waltz you "swang" for me / Thad Jones
  • Here's that rainy day
  • Crusade / Bill Holman.

Jazz choir

File consists of a program and recording of a concert by the Jazz Choir, conducted by Barb Hannigan and Lisa Martinelli, under the direction of Phil Nimmons, in Walter Hall. Highlights from the concert include arrangements by Phil Mattson, Thad Jones, Jerry Nowak, Gene Puerling, and Pat Ballard.

Program:

  • Avenue C / Count Basie, lyrics by John Hendrix
  • I've got you under my skin
  • A jealous heart / Thad Jones
  • Tuxedo junction
  • Mr. Sandman
  • Here, there, and everywhere / John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  • Sunny side of the street
  • Desafinado / arr. Phil Mattson
  • Some men / Sheldon
  • Groovin' on a New York afternoon.

Jazz ensembles

File consists of a program and recording from a concert by the Jazz Ensembles, directed by Phil Nimmons, in MacMillan Theatre. Selections were made from arrangements and compositions by Rob McConnell and Phil Nimmons, and were announced from the stage.

Program:

  • Band call / Phil Nimmons
  • Think nice thoughts / Phil Nimmons
  • Tickle toe / Lester Young, arr. Rob McConnell
  • Darn that dream / arr. Rob McConnell
  • My man Bill / Rob McConnell
  • Close enough for love / Rob McConnell
  • [Unidentified]
  • Snooze you lose blues / Matt Harris
  • Lookin' up / Matt Harris
  • Backyard blues / Matt Harris
  • Afterglow / Peter Kater
  • Last time around / Pete Colman
  • [Band transition : Summertime / George Gershwin (Phil Nimmons, solo clarinet)]
  • I've got rhythm / arr. Rob McConnell
  • Lisa
  • Phlip's trip / Phil Nimmons.

Jazz ensembles

File consists of a program and recording from a concert by the Jazz Ensembles, directed by Phil Nimmons and Paul Read, in MacMillan Theatre. Repertoire was selected from the following.

Jazz Ensemble A, directed by Phil Nimmons:

  • Scam and eggs / Mantooth
  • Steve's theme / Nimmons
  • Everyday I have the blues / arr. Nimmons
  • The masquerade is over / arr. Nimmons
  • Dorian way / Nimmons
  • What kind of fool am I / arr. Strommen
  • Fried buzzard / arr. Fedchock
  • Hey, taxi / Harris
  • The ring / Mintzer

Jazz Ensemble B, directed by Paul Read:

  • Time out / Vanderburgh
  • Star eyes / arr. Read
  • Mt. St. Helens / Mantooth
  • All too soon / Ellington, arr. Salkeld
  • Medley: Honeysuckle rose ; Ain't misbehavin' ; I'm gonna sit right down / arr. Nimmons
  • Two as one / Jones
  • Ginny / Slavo
  • Granada smoothie / Taylor
  • In the stone / arr. Read.

Jazz concert

File consists of a program and recording of a concert in Walter Hall. Selections were announced from the stage.

Performers: Combo 1b, directed by Phil Nimmons ; Combo 1a, directed by Paul Read ; Combo 2, directed by Phil Nimmons.

University of Toronto jazz ensembles

File consists of a program and recording of a concert by the Jazz Ensembles with Paul Read, director, and Phil Nimmons, director emeritus, in MacMillan Theatre.

Jazz Ensemble B, directed by Paul Read:

  • Strike up the band / Gershwin, arr. Nestico
  • Pools / Grolnick, arr. Fedchok
  • High wire / Corea, arr. Read
  • I've got it bad and that ain't good / Ellington, arr. Maiden
  • I get a kick out of you / Porter, arr. Read
  • Darn that dream / Van Heusen, arr. Mantooth
  • Outrageous mother / Wilson

Jazz Ensemble A, directed by Phil Nimmons:

  • Invocation / Nimmons
  • To you / Jones
  • Can't stop my leg / McConnell
  • Mira Mira / Harris
  • Who can I turn to? / arr. Harris
  • Black coffee / arr. Nimmons
  • In the stone / arr. Read
  • Dolphin dance / Hancock, arr. Mintzer
  • Thank you / Dogion
  • Takin' over / Nimmons.

Jazz ensembles : Jazz combos

File consists of a program and recording of a concert by the Phil Nimmons Combo and Barry Elmes Combo in Walter Hall. Selections were announced from the stage from the following options:

Barry Elmes combo:

  • Barbados / Charlie Parker
  • Daahoud / Clifford Brown
  • I'll remember April / Raye, De Paul, Johnson, arr. Elmes
  • Devilette / George Tucker
  • The more I see you / Warren and Gordon
  • 'Round midnight / Thelonius Monk

Phil Nimmons combo:

  • There'll never be another you / Warren and Gordon
  • If I were a bell / Frank Loesser
  • Easy living / Robin Rainger
  • Love for sale / Cole Porter
  • Don't blame me / Fields and McHugh
  • Ruby my dear / Thelonius Monk
  • All blues / Miles Davis
  • In walked Bud / Thelonius Monk.

Jazz ensembles : Big Band

File consists of a program and recording of a concert by the Phil Nimmons Jazz Ensemble and the Paul Read Jazz Ensemble in MacMillan Theatre. Selections from the following were announced from the stage.

Paul Read Jazz Ensemble:

  • All of me / Simons and Marks, arr. Read
  • A long time ago / Bob Mintzer
  • Spectrum / Mintzer
  • Cottontail / Duke Ellington
  • Rockin' in rhythm / Ellington
  • My ship / Kurt Weill, arr. Michalek
  • I just found out about love / Frank Foster
  • I left my hear in San Francisco / arr. Billy Byers
  • Open blue / Howie Smith
  • People / Merrill and Styne, arr. Mantooth
  • Now's the time / Charlie Parker, arr. Read
  • Oxymoron / Paul Read.

Phil Nimmons Jazz Ensemble:

  • Returns of the diver / Matt Harris
  • Why bother / Harris
  • Winding way / Harris
  • Interloper / Thad Jones
  • Basically yours / Jones
  • Cherry juice / Jones
  • Wiggle waggle / Bob Mintzer
  • Hello and goodbye / Bob Brookmeyer
  • Skylark / Carmichael, arr. Brookmeyer
  • After glow / McPartland, arr. Lieb
  • Here's that rainy day / Burke, Van Heusen, arr. Nimmons.

Jazz faculty concert

File consists of a program and a recording of a concert by jazz faculty in Walter Hall. Selections were chosen from the following and announced from the stage.

Performers: Alex Dean, saxophone ; Brian Dickinson, piano ; Barry Elmes, drumes ; Lorne Lofsky, guitar ; Paul Louth, trombone ; Phil Nimmons, clarinet ; Paul Read, piano ; Kevin Turcotte, trumpet ; Carol Welsman, voice ; Gary Williamson, piano ; David Young, bass.

Program:

  • Quasar / Jarrett
  • Stolen moments / Nelson
  • Flat rock / Elmes
  • Ming / Dickinson
  • Don't forget the poet / Pieranunzi
  • For the three of us / Read
  • Bad back blues / Elmes
  • 1110 Dovercourt / Dean
  • Petite samba / NHOP
  • Del sasser / Jones.

Jazz concert

File consists of a program and a recording of a concert in MacMillan Theatre by the Phil Nimmons Ensemble. Selections were made from the following list and announced from the stage.

Program:

  • Sands of time / Nimmons
  • Threeful / Nimmons
  • Tickle toe / Lester Young, arr. Rob McConnell
  • Basic-ally yours / Thad Jones
  • Waltz of the mushroom hunters / Greg Hopkins
  • Mod's mode / Nimmons
  • Incredible journey / Bob Mintzer
  • Interloper / Jones
  • Lazybones / Nimmons
  • Greetings and salutations / Jones
  • My man Bill / Rob McConnell
  • Tiptoe / Jones
  • If you never fall in love with me / arr. Nimmons
  • The masquerade is over / arr. Nimmons
  • I'd rather drink muddy water, than sleep in a hollow log / arr. Nimmons
  • I'm gonna move on the outskirts of town / arr. Nimmons
  • Everyday I have the blues / arr. Nimmons
  • I got it bad and that ain't good / arr. Nimmons.

Jazz concert

File consists of a program and recording of a concert by the Alex Dean sextet and the Phil Nimmons sextet in Walter Hall. Selections were announced from the stage.

Jazz faculty concert

File consists of a program and recording of a concert in Walter Hall by Alex Dean, Lorne Lofsky, Anthony Michelli, Phil Nimmons, Paul Read, Kevin Turcotte, Gary Williamson, and Dave Young.

Program:

  • One by one / Wayne Shorter
  • Calling Miss. Khadija / Lee Morgan
  • A child is born / Thad Jones
  • Bass solo / David Young
  • On the brink / Jerry Bergonzi
  • It don't mean a thing (if it ain't got that swing) / Duke Ellington
  • Soul Eyes / Mal Waldron
  • What is this thing called love / Cole Porter
  • Never never land / Jule Styne
  • I want to be happy / Vincent Youmans.

Jazz concert

File consists of a program and recording of a concert in Walter Hall by the Kirk MacDonald sextet and the Phil Nimmons sextet. Selections were announced from the stage.

Jazz ensemble concert

File consists of a program and recording of a concert in Walter Hall by the 11 O'Clock Jazz Ensemble, directed by Phil Nimmons, and the 10 O'Clock Jazz Ensemble, directed by Paul Read.

11 O'Clock Jazz Ensemble:

  • Broadway
  • Quiet lady
  • If you never fall in love with me
  • I gotta right to sing the blues
  • Marguarite
  • In the dark
  • Up for air
  • How sweet it is
  • Smackwater Jack
  • It don't mean a things[sic]

10 O'Clock Jazz Ensemble:

  • Suite no. 3
  • You stepped out of a dream
  • Fingers
  • Mr. Paganini
  • Make me smile
  • Star eyes
  • Evening in Paris
  • Sweet Georgia Brown
  • Twisted
  • Nasty Magnus.

Nimmons 'n' Six minus Phil

File consists of a program and recording of a concert in Walter Hall, dedicated to Phil Nimmons, by Lina Allemano, trumpet; William "Bill" Carn, trombone; Kenji Omae, saxophone; Brian DeWolfe, guitar; Andrew Downing, bass; Anthony Michelli, drums.

Program:

  • Ask me now / Thelonius Monk
  • Geeann / WIlliam Carn
  • Very early / Bill Evans
  • Some Lydian for M / Lina Allemano
  • Airegin / Sonny Rollins
  • You stepped out of a dream / Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn
  • Turn out the stars / Bill Evans
  • Sometime ago / Sergio Milhanovich
  • Sandu / Clifford Brown.

Concert Band

File consists of a program and recording from a concert in MacMillan Theatre by the Concert Band, conducted by Stephen Chenette and Cameron Walter, with guests the University of Toronto Symphony Chorus, directed by Lori-Anne Dolloff and Janet Brenneman, and Alain Trudel, trombone.

Program:

  • Gavorkna fanfare / Jack Stamp
  • Symphony no. 11. Second movement / Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Skyscape : sleeping beauty and the lions / Phil Nimmons
  • Ronde for Isolde / David Bedford
  • Symphonie funebre et triomphale, op. 15 / Hector Berlioz.

11 O'Clock Jazz Orchestra ; 10 O'Clock Jazz Orchestra

File consists of a program and recording from a concert in MacMillan Theatre by the 11 O'Clock Jazz Orchestra, directed by Phil Nimmons, and the 10 O'Clock Jazz Orchestra, directed by Paul Read.

11 O'Clock Jazz Orchestra:

  • Small talk / S. Nestico
  • Hey, taxi / M. Harris
  • Darn that dream / Van Heusen, arr. R. McConnell
  • Treasure hunt / B. Mintzer
  • Satin 'n glass / S. Nestico
  • Calypsoscope / M. Harris
  • Afterglow / McPartland, arr. Lieb
  • Greetings and salutations / T. Jones

10 O'Clock Jazz Orchestra

  • Fun time / S. Nestico
  • ABC Blues / B. Brookmeyer
  • Sambanice / R. McConnell
  • Here's that rainy day / Van Heusen, arr. T. Jones
  • Bye bye blackbird / Henderson and Dixon, arr. T. Jones
  • The tunnel / B. Mintzer
  • Teen town / J. Pastorius
  • Quietude / T. Jones
  • In her family / P. Metheney
  • Karin / H. Smith
  • I remember bird / L. Feather, arr. O. Nelson
  • The happy song / B. Mintzer.

Small jazz ensemble concert

File consists of a program and recording of a concert in Walter Hall by small jazze ensembles, directed by Phil Nimmons.

Program:

  • Jumpin' in
  • 502 blues
  • Sandino
  • You I love
  • Come rain or come shine
  • Blues for buzzy.

Big band jazz

File consists of a program and recording of a concert in MacMillan Theatre by the 10 O'Clock Jazz Orchestra, directed by Paul Read, and the 11 O'Clock Jazz Orchestra, directed by Phil Nimmons. Selections were announced from the stage from the following.

11 O'Clock Jazz Orchestra:

  • Mingus / Chuck Israels
  • Mira, mira / Matt Harris
  • Do I know you? / Phil Nimmons
  • Evol deklaw ni / Thad Jones
  • Thank you / Jones
  • Mama llama samba / Gordon Goodwin

10 O'Clock Jazz Orchestra:

  • Groove merchant / Jerome Richardson, arr. Thad Jones
  • Ya gotta try / Sammy Nestico
  • Dearly beloved / Johnny Mercer, arr. Richard De Rosa
  • American express / Bob Brookmeyer
  • A time for love / Johnny Mandel, arr. Sammy Nestico
  • Purple porpoise parkway / Tom Kubis
  • The first circle / Pat Metheny, arr. Robert Curnow.

Jazz faculty concert

File consists of a program and recording of a concert in Walter Hall by jazz faculty: Phil Nimmons, clarinet; Gary Williamson, piano; Mike Downes, bass; Bob McLaren, drums. The program was improvised from some of the following selections (an incomplete list). Some selections announced from the stage:

  • Softly as in a morning sunrise / Hammerstein, Romberg
  • How deep is the ocean / Irving Berlin
  • Amaryllis / Gary Williamson
  • Patron saint / Williamson
  • Night crawler / Phil Nimmons
  • Blue in green / Bill Evans, Miles Davis
  • All blues / Davis
  • Kensington / Mike Downes
  • Windows / Chick Corea
  • Now's the time / Charlie Parker.

University of Toronto jazz concert

File consists of a program and recording of a concert in Walter Hall by the 11 O'Clock Jazz Orchestra, directed by Phil Nimmons, and the 10 O'Clock Jazz Orchestra, directed by Paul Read. Program was selected from the following lists:

11 O'Clock Jazz Orchestra:

  • Fancy pants / Sammy Nestico
  • The ring / Bob Mintzer
  • Little rascal on a rock / Thad Jones
  • Lazybones / Carmichael, arr. Phil Nimmons
  • Under a tree / Nimmons
  • Threeful / Nimmons
  • Steve's theme / Nimmons
  • Takin' over / Nimmons

10 O'Clock Jazz Orchestra:

  • BBC / Bob Florence
  • Second race / Thad Jones
  • I've got you under my skin / Porter, arr. Bill Holman
  • Black brown and beautiful / Oliver Nelson
  • Happy go lucky local / Duke Ellington
  • Sophisticated lady / Ellington, arr. Frank Mantooth
  • What was / Corea, arr. Lyle Mays.

New Music Festival

File consists of a program and recording of a concert as part of the New Music Festival, directed by Gary Kulesha and Cindy Babyn, with artistic directors William Aide, Edward Laufer, and Cindy Babyn.

Program:

  • Three movements for clarinet and piano / Chan Ka Nin (Peter Stoll, clarinet ; Susan Archibald, piano)
  • Palette a deux / Phil Nimmons (Alex Dean, alto saxophone ; Chris Richardson, Andrew Jones, Leonard Winsor, Darren Sigesmund, saxophones ; Roy Patterson, guitar ; Andrew Downing, bass ; David Direnzo, drums)
  • Claverium, for piano and tape / Boris Despot (Erik Ross, piano)
  • Of threads and labyrinths / Christos Hatzis (Joseph Salvalaggio, oboe ; Lori Gemmell, harp ; tape).
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