- Jason Coniff's Wedding
- The Marq
- De Pere, --
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- Steve Cooper
- Joe Slyzelia - Keys
- Andy Mertens - Bass
- Mike Underwood - Drums
- Malarkey's
- Malarkey's
- Wausau, WI
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- Steve Cooper
- Mark Martin? Joe? - Keys
- Andy Mertens - Bass
- Mike Underwood - Drums
- Private Event
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- Steve Cooper?
- Mark Martin? - Keys
- Andy Mertens - Bass
- Mike Underwood? - Drums
- Private Event
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- Steve Cooper
- Mark Martin? - Keys
- Andy Mertens - Bass
- Mike Underwood - Drums
- Private Event
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- Stephen Cooper?
- Mark Martin - Keys
- Andy Mertens? - Bass
- Mike Underwood - Drums
Past Residencies
- 3/3/2005 - 3/7/2009
- Fridays and Saturdays
- Water City Grill
- 103 Algoma Boulevard
- Oshkosh, WI 54901
- 920.233.3004
- 9/8/2004 - 10/25/2006
- Wednesdays
- Club Pi
- 116 South Adams Street
- Green Bay, WI 54301
- 920.819.1658
- 9/22/2005 - 1/25/2007
- Thursdays
- Fusion
- 527 W. College
- Appleton, WI
- 920.882.7432
- 9/27/2005 - 1/31/2006
- Tuesdays
- The Awlo Show
- Washington Mall
- Green Bay, WI
- 920.???.????
- 10/5/2004 - 5/31/2005
- Tuesdays
- Big Band Reunion
- Frank's Pizza Palace
- 815 West College Ave.
- Appleton, WI 54914
- 920.734.9131
- 2/4/2004 - 10/20/2004
- Wednesdays
- Ravens Lounge
- 215 E. College Ave.
- Appleton, WI 54911
- 920.832.8230
- 3/5/2003 - 4/9/2003
- Wednesdays
- Fusion
- 23 S. Main St.
- Fond du Lac, WI 54935
- 920.907.8003
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Kurt Shipe - Trumpet
Trumpeter Kurt Shipe is currently student at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Kurt has had a very active musically throughout his high school and college years. Mr. Shipe was a member of the Wisconsin School Music Association’s State Honors Jazz Ensemble, the Fond du Lac Area All-Star Jazz Ensemble, the Fox Valley South Honor Band, the Fond du Lac Symphonic Band and the Lighthouse Big Band. He has had the privilege of performing with such outstanding conductors, educators and performers as, Bob Mintzer and the Yellow Jackets, Tom “Bones” Malone, Maynard Ferguson, Mike Vax and the Stan Kenton Alumni Band, the Empire Brass, Bob Washut, Fred Sturm, Kenni Holman, Nicholas Payton, and Grammy award winning artist Nachito Herrera. Kurt’s private trumpet instructors include Dr. Randall Sorensen, Dr. Marty Robinson, and Mr. Robert Baca.
During his senior year in high school, Mr. Shipe received the Outstanding Soloist Award at UW Green Bay’s annual Jazz Festival, and was the recipient of the Woody Herman Herman Scholarship, given by the Greater Milwaukee Area Foundation. He was the first person outside the greater Milwaukee area to have been awarded this scholarship. In addition to his school and performance activities, Kurt is a member of the Wisconsin National Guard 132nd Division Army Band, and is currently playing with the 2 time Grammy nominated, 6 time best college big band in Downbeat Magazine, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire’s Jazz 1.
Keys: Mark Martin
Bass: Andy Mertens
Drums: Michael Underwood
Erik Bertaud - Saxophone
Erik Bertaud was born on May 19th, 1967 in Redwood City, California and spent most of his life in the Oakland, California area. He started playing saxophone in school at the age of 9 and was a featured soloist from his first concert throughout high school. At the age of 15 he was playing lead alto in the Chabot College 3rd Jazz Band as well as lead in the Community Concert Band and the 1st Concert Band at the same college.
After graduating high school, he went to study Jazz Theory, History and Performance at Chabot College full time under renowned jazz pianist Frank Sumares. While at Chabot, Erik was a featured soloist and played with such clinicians as: Milt Jackson, the Phil Woods Quintet with Tommy Harrell, the Gary Burton Project, Mondré Moffett and Delfeayo Marsalis, the Larry Vucovich Quartet, the Charlie Shoemake Group, Al "Tootie" Heath on Multiple occasions and many others. It was also during this stretch that Erik became involved with the Bay Area Salsa scene, playing soprano and tenor with Salsa Radianté. While in this band they opened concerts for the Peter Escovedo Orchestra and Tito Puente.
After 4 years at Chabot he seasoned himself by showing up regularly to sessions lead by guitarist Bruce Foreman as well as the jumping East Bay sessions on the Okaland - Berkeley border at the famed "Bird Cage" on 28th and Telegraph avenue where he was a member of the East Bay Jazz Historical Society and was regularly featured along such greats as Pharoah Sanders, Bobby Hutcherson, Bob Porter, John Henderson, E.W. Winwright and Herschel Kennedy among others.
Erik was also involved in the Oakland, CA blues and R&B scene where he regularly played with singer/guitarist/bassist Gail Muldrow (Sly and the Family Stone, Graham Central Station, the Johnny Otis Review and Prince) and the Soul Power Posse along with saxophonist Leroy Harper (James Brown's Band Painted Man Group) and members of Confunkshun, Tony! Toni! Toné!. With Gail Erik also played with notable blues greats such as Curtis Mayfield and Curtis Lawson.
The saxophonist was also a stalwart in the San Francisco Bay Area's "Acid Jazz" scene of the early nineties and sat in regularly with groups such as the Mo'Fessionals, Alphabet Soup and the Charlie Hunter group, He performed in his own band Whatever that played concerts with such groups as Weapon of Choice, the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, the Limbomaniacs and Fungo Mungo, He was also fortunate enough to play weekly with the Brian Melvin Trio which included not only drummer Brian Melvin (Jaco Pastorius) but the brilliant and innovative pianist Dred Scott (Alphabet Soup, the Dred Scot Trio) and virtuoso bassist Wilbur Krebbs. This session lasted over a full year.
It was during this time that Erik also recorded with the controversial rapper Paris. He is the featured soloist and horn section player on multiple tracks from the "Sleeping With the Enemy" and "Guerilla Funk" albums. He also recorded on the rap album "Silenced by the Greed".
It was while touring with the Tony Nieto salsa group that he was reunited with renowned and Bammy winning/Grammy nominated trombonist Michael Rinta (Carlos Santana, Avancé) and ended up in the nationally touring R&B group, the Dynatones. Rounding out the "Hi-Fi Horn Section" with Erik Bertaud and Mike Rinta was trumpet/flugel horn player Mike Rose (Todd Rundgren, Lydia Pense & Cold Blood). While touring in the Dynatones Erik played multiple dates at Summerfest, the House of Blues in Chicago, The Zoo Bar in Lincoln, Nebraska, the Black Diamond on Memphis, Tennesee's famed Beale Street, the Hop in Houston and any other hot spot in any state in the lower 50 states. While touring with the Dynatones they played dates along with Tommy Castro, Otis Clay, Room Full of Blues and Robert Thomas Jr. among many others. During Erik's time with the band they were also the touring band for such great composer/performers as Sir Mac Rice (composer of: Mustang Sally, Cadillac Assembly Line and Cheaper to Keep Her), Syl Johnson (composer of: Take Me to the River and Any Way the Wind Blows) and Buddy Miles.
Erik Bertaud has been living in Green Bay since moving here from Oakland, CA in 1998. He has played with such local groups as Big Mouth (baritone sax), Slick Monkey, Hyptonite, TNT, Cold Hard Cash, the Swingin' Johnsons and Michael's Saints. His new contemporary jazz group WDKY includes drummer James LeFevre, guitarist Tommy Reynolds, Keyboardist/Pianist Dennis Vandenberg and bassist Justin Zopel. He has recently been featured alongside highly acclaimed and award winning local saxophonist Steve Cooper in Wisconsin's premier jazz group, the Jazz Orgy.
Keys: Mark Martin
Bass: Andy Mertens
Drums: Michael Underwood
John Daniel - Trumpets
John Daniel is an Associate Professor of Music at Lawrence University where he teaches trumpet. He received the Bachelor of Music from Ball State University, a Master of Arts in Music from the University of Iowa, and a Specialist in Music degree from the University of Michigan.
John previously taught at Penn State University for nine years and Abilene Christian University for eleven years. He also won the graduate concerto award and was principal trumpet of orchestras while attending the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and Saginaw... on full scholarship.
Mr. Daniel served as principal trumpet with the San Angelo Symphony Orchestra and Abilene Philharmonic Orchestra for nine years and has performed with the San Antonio Symphony, Pennsylvania Ballet Orchestra, Palm Beach Opera, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, and Music at Penn's Woods Orchestra, as well as for the Broadway revivals of "Annie Get Your Gun" and "Gypsy". He has played recitals in Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, throughout South Korea, and as a jazz musician has appeared with Lionel Hampton, Bill Watrous, Carl spanana, Jon Faddis, Allen Vizzutti, Marvin Stamm, Ernie Watts, The Nelson Riddle Orchestra and many others. Mr. Daniel is a member of the Brass Band of Battle Creek and a clinician/artist for Selmer-Bach musical instruments.
In the spirit of The Jazz Orgy, let's set credentials aside.
In the recent past, John has just returned from a university tour including Julliard in New York, Curtis in Philadelphia, and many more. Plan on hearing John's original compositions and obscure tunes from his vast repertoire.
Keys: Mark Martin
Bass: Andy Mertens
Drums: Michael Underwood
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