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JAMES L. DEAN
Tenor, Alto, Bari Sax, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Flute
70 Buschmann Avenue / Haledon, New Jersey 07508 / Telephone: (973) 956-8158
education
U.S. Navy School of Music 1966-67
Berklee College of Music 1970-71
Mannes College of Music 1971
other teachers
Harvey Estrin (Flute), Joe Allard,
Alex Williams (Clarinet),
Andy McGhee, Charlie Mariano (Jazz Improvisation), Tenor
Sax/Attended Stage Band Clinics/University of Connecticut 1969
(Pepper Adams/Ladd MacIntosh Ensembles) Student of George
Coleman (Tenor Sax Jazz Virtuoso) 1987-1988
performing
Sy Oliver Big Band - 1974
experience
Jimmy McGriff Big Band (1985) featuring David "FatHead"
Neuman. Harold Liebermann Orchestra, John Bello Orchestra,
Bob Kindred Orchestra, Rod Ruth
Studio Orchestra, Alan Quinn Orchestra,
Brass Transit, Don Michaels, Joe Carson, Mike Hart, John Muzzy Orchestra,
Sound Factory, David Aaron
Orchestra, Bobby Carroll
Orchestra,
and the Big Band Swing Machine.
Led own Big Band In Las Vegas 1975-1976.
U.S. Navy Stage Band
of Hawaii 1972-1974.
U.S. Navy Bands 1966-1970.
Duo with Jazz Guitarist Vic
Cenicola.
Featured with Lenore Rapheal Trio.
Current Leader of Big Band..
Show band
experience includes performances with Billy
Eckstine, Neil Sedaka, Charo, Shirley
Bassey, Melba Moore,
Buddy Greco, Tony Martin, Tiny Tim, Jack Jones, Clint Holmes,
Frankie Avalon, Bobby Rydell, Yul Brynner, MacGuire Sisters,
Freda Payne, Anna Marie Alberghetti, Connie Haines, Julie
La Rosa, Dick Jenson
Production Show (Honolulu), Eddie
Fisher, Leslie Uggams, Mel Carter, Don
Cornell, Lenny
Welch, Ritz Brothers, Little Anthony & the Imperials, Nipsy
Russel, and Connie Francis.
recording
Recorded and produced Muse Album "Generations" with the
great Pepper Adams (the last record produced in his lifetime).
Praised by Cadence Magazine as one of the Top Ten Jazz
Records of 1986.
Recorded and
produced highly acclaimed Cexton C.D. "Ceora"
featuring
Claudio Roditi, vocalist Marlene Ver Planck and
guitarist Harry Leahey.
Recorded and produced Cexton C.D. "Mise-En-Scene"
Roditi, drummer Akira Tana, vocalist Marlene Ver Planck, and
master trombonist Wayne Andre.
Recorded and
produced "On The Run" C.D. featuring Claudio
Roditi, George Masso and Jim McNeely.
Recorded and produced "Mood Swings" featuring Vic Cenilcola
and Jim McNeely.
Recorded and produced "Clari-Trane" (Cexton Records)
featuring Terry Clarke, Jim McNeely and Vic Cenicola.
t.v. shows
Has performed on various cable TV shows locally with own
group and Joe Carson Big Band. Performed in 1982 with Mel
Torme's pianist John Colane, Atlantic City
TV Show "Cook Books."
Performed in March 1992 on
Staten Island Cable TV Show
"Strickly Acoustic" with trumpet soloist Claudio Roditi, Vic
Cenicola, Calvin Hill and Joe Ouzo. Show was nominated
for Nova Award.
Featured and interviewed on one hour radio show in Milo,
Sweden in Oct., 1992 on the Alf Neilson Jazz Show.
Performed with David
Braham Trio on syndicated cable
tele-jazz/interactive programming show in 1995.
club date bands Performed with many commercial club bands in metropolitan area
that include the following: Steven Scott Orchestra, Hank Lane,
Harold Davis,
Wayne Marshall, Frank Bennett, Hank Joel, Hal
Prince, Joe Caroselli, Jerry La Guardia, Barry Herman.