Our Bandleaders:
Bradley Young | Marshall Vente | Rob Parton
Lenore McIntyre | Sharon Cline

Marshall Vente, an established Chicago based pianist/arranger, studied arranging in the 1980s with Gil Evans and David Matthews in NYC under two Jazz Apprentice grants from the National Endowment of the Arts. He has appeared at the Chicago Jazz Festival and many other regional festivals, on NPR's Jazz Aliveand the American Jazz Festival's nationwide New Year's Eve broadcast. He has recorded ten albums, which showcase his compositions and arranging over diverse settings. In addition to four recordings with Project 9, Tropicale records his explosive acoustic/electronic group of the same name exploring the Brasilian, Caribbean and Latin trditions in jazz; Two is comprised of solo piano with Chicago vocalist Joanie Pallato; two other recordings, with steel pan master Neville York os St. Maarten, N.A., explores Caribbean influences on Sweet Salt and Jazz Flamboyant; and, on The Long and Short of Jazz, Eldee Young and Vente romp through blues and standards. Vente also hosts a weekly radio show in Chicago, Jazz Tropicale on WDCB 90.9 FM ("a jazz show with a few palm trees") and produces an annual jazz festival each January in Chicago at the Jazz Showcase. << Back <<

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