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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.