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Jack
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 *Jazz
Man/Band
Leader:
Jack Gilfoy
has
been a jazz
drummer for
over 4
decades. He
was the
first drum
set major
to earn a
percussion
degree from
George
Gaber at
Indiana
University(1963).
Best known
for his
jazz and
big band
drumming,
Gilfoy has
“gigged”
with the
likes of Al
Cobine,
Tommy and
Jimmy
Dorsey,
Nelson
Riddle,
Larry
Elgart,
Norman
Leyden and
Buselli/Wallarab.
Most
noteably
Jack
entertained
audiences
world-wide
from 1964
to 1994 as
the
featured
drummer for
Henry
Mancini, in
both his
concerts
and TV
shows He
has
performed
with
orchestras
and
symphonies
throughout
North
America and
Canada as
well as
England,
Australia,
Japan,
Israel and
Mexico. He
has backed
a “Who’s
Who” of
notable
talents
such as
Johnny
Mathis,
Andy
Williams,
Barbra
Striesand,
Nancy
Wilson,Maureen
McGovern,
Patty
Lapone, Ben
E.King,
Trisha
Yearwood
and Quincy
Jones. As
for Jazz
combo
experience
Gilfoy has
worked with
Errol
Garner,
Eddie
Higgins,
Teddy
Wilson,
Jamey
Aebersold,
Jim Dapogny,
Luke
Gillespie,
Jim Cullum,
Monika
Herzig,
Mary Moss
and Everett
Green.Teaching: On a college level Jack is Director of Jazz Studies and Music Business Studies at the Indiana University School of Music, Indianapolis campus. In addition to leading the IUPUI Jazz Band, Gilfoy teaches the History of Jazz, American Popular Music, Music of the Beatles and The Business of Music. Music Producer: While in high school Gilfoy fell in love with the new technology of the 1950’s - magnetic tape recording. As a student at IU Jack started his own Gilfoy Recording Service which, after graduation, led to his establishing a full fledged recording studio in Bloomington. Gilfoy Sound Studios was nominated for five Grammy Awards in 1976. Jack sold his studio in 1977 to pursue his drumming career, but in 1996 he produced The Jazz State of Indiana (Vol.I), followed four years later by The Jazz State of Indiana (Vol.II) and When A Child Is Born ( 2002) . All three CDs are on Jack’s own label, Naptown Jazz Records. **Price does not include Indiana sales tax or shipping.
The Jazz State of Indiana – Volume I Based on Duncan Schiedt’s 1977 book The Jazz State of Indiana, this album documents the early beginnings of jazz by musicians from Indiana. From King Oliver’s Dippermouth Blues (1923) and Wes Montgomery’s Naptown Blues(1950’s) to Hoagy Carmichle’s The Nearness of You(1937), this album authentically presents the work of those pioneers in a uniquely American art form - Jazz. This compact disk has 16 different tracks and includes a 24 page booklet which presents in pictures & text historical information about each selection.
The Jazz State of Indiana – Volume II Following on the popularity of Naptown’s first Indiana Jazz album; this second, The Jazz State of Indiana- Volume II continues to feature the works of early jazz musicians from Indiana, but with a bigger band. From J.R. Robinson’s Margie (1921) to Claude Thornhill’s Buster’s Last Stand (1921), this album recreates examples of that uniquely American art form - Jazz. This compact disk has 14 different tracks and includes a 22 page booklet which presents in pictures & text historical information about each selection.
When A Child Is Born Like other art forms, Jazz continues to evolve with the times. This album of Christmas Jazz in a spiritual mode captures some of the spiritual directions Marvin Chandler and Jack Gilfoy have found church audiences responding to so enthusiastically over the last few years. Perhaps the mood of the season and the perspective of world events makes this album an appropriate metaphor for the changing American culture. |