Volume 59, Issue 12  - November 6, 2006

Jazz it up!
By Marie Melendez
Staff Writer

Norberto Martinez/UTB/TSC News & Information

Terry Tomlin directs the 2003-2004 One O'clock Jazz Band.

Jazz lovers have something to look forward to.

At 7 p.m. Thursday, the UTB/TSC Combo Bands will perform in the SET-B Lecture Hall. At 8 p.m., the One O’clock Jazz Band will take the stage.

“It is upbeat and high-energy music,” said Fine Arts Professor Terry Tomlin.

“The combos are made up of about half a dozen, roughly six people each,” he said. “There may be as many as three combos. The [One O’clock] has about 20 people.”

Members of the One O’clock Jazz Band are saxophonists Mike Machietteo, lead alto; Tony Gutierrez, second alto; Joe Chapa, solo tenor; Luis Cazares, second tenor; Armand Vera, baritone; trumpeters Jose Delgado, lead; Danny Hilton, second; Chris Martinez, third; Perla Camacho, third; Gustavo Guarneros, fourth; trombonists Eddie Paredes, lead; Omar Delgado, second; Fernando Guerrero, third; Rick Pedraza, fourth; Luis Mendez, piano; Noe Garcia, guitar; J.D. Guzman and Juan Cortez, drums; and Matt Johnson, bass.

Tomlin and David Isadore direct the One O’clock Jazz Band.

The combo bands are self-taught, Tomlin said.

The jazz bands’ performances are part of the Patron of the Arts season.

Tomlin expressed pride in the bands’ upcoming concert.

“I think it’s a style of music that people don’t hear very often. … I think people would enjoy it if they came,” Tomlin said. “There’s some very fine student talent that comes from all over the Valley.”

Admission to the concert is $3.