CAL-ARTS WINS AT JAZZ FESTIVAL
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The CalArts Jazz Ensemble received the highest honors in the small ensemble category at the 28th Annual Collegiate Jazz Festival held recently at Notre Dame University.
The ensemble received the outstanding performance award, playing works by Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus and Ornette Coleman.
CalArts student musicians garnered six of the eight outstanding individual instrumentalists awards. Students receiving the awards were Ralph Alessi, trumpet; David Ake, piano; Rob Block, guitar; Nedra Wheeler, bass; Scott Colley, bass, and Jeanette Wrate, drums.
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