Great American Jazz Series
Kim Richmond, saxaphone
Clay Jenkins, trumpet
KIM RICHMOND is based in Los Angeles and works as a free-lance musician, doing studio work, shows, and various jazz venues. His reputation is primarily as a doubling saxophonist (most often lead alto saxophone, doubling on flutes and clarinet). Although his training has been in the area of classical clarinet, he is considered a jazz stylist and holds a position of high musical respect among his peers, both as a player and as a composer/arranger and leader.
Kim has been a member of the orchestras of Stan Kenton (on the road and one album), Bob Florence (on ten albums), Vinny Golia (2 albums), Clare Fischer (one album), Louis Bellson, Les Brown, Bill Holman, and many others.
Kim has composed and conducted original musical scores for several movies and television series, as well as new works for the concert stage, including commissions of major new Jazz pieces, all of which have been published, and classical works including a major piece for the Long Beach Symphony for brass quintet and orchestra.
In spite of his busy schedule in the professional music world, Kim enjoys keeping in touch with the educational music field by serving as guest lecturer, conductor and soloist (his primary Jazz voice is on alto saxophone) at college music festivals and workshops around the country, touring several times a year. He is a Selmer artist and a clinican/artist-in-residence at the Jim Widner Summer Jazz Camps held at Drury College, Springfield, MO; and in Las Vegas, NV and Forth Worth, Texas. He is also a member of the faculty of the Bud Shank Summer Jazz Camp in Port Townsend, Washington.
CLAY JENKINS' career as a jazz artist has covered a wide range of musical experiences. He attended The University of North Texas (then named North Texas State University) where he earned his Bachelor's Degree in Music Theory and studied trumpet with John Haynie.
Upon completion of his degree, Clay went out on the road, playing the jazz trumpet chair with the Stan Kenton Orchestra. He recorded three live albums with the Kenton Band, Artistry in Symphonic Jazz, A Time for Love, and The Lost Concerts, Vols. I & II, and was also involved with the Stan Kenton Orchestra in Residence Jazz Camps.
Clay moved to Los Angeles in 1978, where he continued playing in live performances and in studio recording sessions. He also studied with the renowned trumpet teacher, James Stamp for the next two years. From Los Angeles, he toured with the big bands of Harry James, Buddy Rich, and finally, the Count Basie Orchestra.
Currently, Clay is an Associate Professor of Jazz Trumpet at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y. He also continues to be a very active performing and recording artist. He has performed and presented clinics all over the United States and Canada, and also abroad in Japan, Italy, Korea, Germany, Portugal, Russia, and South Africa. He is a charter member of the trumpet section of the Clayton/Hamilton Jazz Orchestra (which has included trumpet artists Snooky Young, Bobby Bryant, Chuck Findley, Oscar Brashear, Byron Stripling, Bijon Watson, Bobby Rodriguez, and Charlie Davis). The C.H.J.O. was the Jazz Orchestra in Residence at the Hollywood Bowl from 1999-2001.
- Thursday, March 4, 2010
- Performance 7:30 pm
- Tickets: $25, $17; Students: $8
- Season Package $125; VIP Package $150 (Call 620-2878 for packages)
- Robinson Theatre