Jazz in January

The Musicians of Wall Street Jazz Ensemble will present their annual Jazz
in January cabaret-style evening with two shows on Friday, January 24, at 7 p.m.
& 9 p.m.  The audience will enjoy
Latin, swing and band originals while savoring food courtesy of Hermanos Cocina
Mexicana.

Named
for its downtown Concord location, the Musicians of Wall Street Jazz Ensemble
is comprised of the Concord Community Music School’s jazz faculty: David
Tonkin, guitar; Richard Gardzina and Matt Langley, saxophones; Tom Robinson,
keyboards; Don Williams, bass; and John Faggiano
and Tim Gilmore, drums. All have performed, individually and together,
throughout New England, in New York
City and at jazz festivals around the nation.

The Music School
wishes to thank Hermanos Cocina Mexicana for food and beverages. Tickets may be
bought in advance for $15 for adults, $12 for students and seniors.  The shows take place at the Concord Community
Music School’s
Community Room, with entrances on Fayette and Wall streets. For tickets and more
information call 603-228-1196. Tickets may also be purchased on-line at www.ccmusicschool.org.

THE ARTISTS:

John Faggiano (percussion)
trained at Acadia University and Berklee College of Music with further
studies in Orff-Schulwerk at University
of Lowell and in African
and Afro-Latin music with Nuru. A student of Ed Nicholas, Gary Chaffee and Alan
Dawson, he has performed at the Blue Note in NYC and the Saratoga and White Mountain Jazz
Festivals.  A member of the Musicians of
Wall Street Jazz Ensemble, he is a founding member of the performance group
“Applehead.” A twenty-year veteran of the band “The Knights,” John has
performed shows with the Drifters as well as Gary Chaffee and Pat Metheny. He
can also be heard on many recordings recently, with the Dave
Tonkin Group, Steve Schuch and on Peggo and Paul’s
award-winning CD, Patchwork Quilt.

Richard
Gardzina (saxophone) received his
B.A. in Music Composition from North
Texas State
University and his M.A. in
Music Composition from UNH with further study at the Berklee College of Music.
He is a producer, recording engineer and owner of Sound Experience recording
studio and has composed works for various film companies in Los Angeles and NY, NYC choreographer Dianne
Eno, NH Theater Project, Pontine Movement Theatre, Arthur Hall Dance Company,
and NH Dance Alliance. Richard has composed and produced over 125 songs for
children, and composed and produced 50 Songs for Social Dance as well as
recorded two CDs of original jazz compositions, Play This and Imaginings.
With forty years of performing experience in NH, Texas,
Los Angeles.
Richard is on the faculty of New England
College as well as the Music School.

Tim
Gilmore (percussion) received a Bachelor
of Science in Elementary Ed/Music from Salem State College and studied further
in composition and performance programs at Berklee College of Music. He is a
member of the Harry Skoler Jazz Quartet with Brownstone Recording Artists and
has performed with such groups as the Cape Ann Symphony, the Symphony by the
Sea, the Paul Madore Chorale, the Boston Percussion Ensemble and the Cambridge
Harmonic Orchestra. He has also performed with Lester Bowie, Marion McPartland,
Tower of Power, Tiger Okoshi, and Warren Vache.
Some of his recordings include “A Work of Heart,” “Reflections on the Art of
Swing” and “Conversations in the Language of Jazz” on Brownstone Records.

Matt Langley (saxophone) has
studied with Lou Marini of Saturday Night Live, David Baker, Ted Dunbar, and
Stan Strickland. Since 1988, he has been a member of the Charlie Kohlhase
Quintet (CKQ), recording three CDs on the Accurate Label. CKQ has toured the United States extensively, performing in jazz
festivals from the Boston Globe Festival to the Rutabega Jazz Jam in Knoxville, Illinois,
and giving clinics, master classes and individual lessons. CKQ’s fourth CD, Dancing on my Bedpost, showed up on
the top ten lists of many jazz critics in 1999 and their fifth CD is currently
awaiting release on the NADA label.  Matt’s
recording sessions have included ones with Ron Carter, John Medeski, Billy
Martin, Chris Wood, Roswell Rudd, and many others. Matt performs regularly with
Tonkin Toys and teaches at the Music School.

Tom Robinson (piano) received a B.M. in Jazz Studies from Capital University,
Columbus, Ohio.
He has studied saxophone with Michael Cox, and piano with Mark Flugge and Joe
Hunter. He was selected for Ohio Music Educator's All-State College Jazz
Ensemble in 1992-1993. Tom performs throughout New England
as a sideman with several jazz groups as well as leading and writing for his
own trio.

David Tonkin (guitar) has
studied jazz guitar with Ed Cory, Jay Azzolina, and Randy Roos. Chair of the
Music School’s Jazz Department, he has worked with the NH Artists in the
Schools Program, led workshops at the Lincoln Center Institute at Dartmouth
College, and taught at UNH Manchester. He performs throughout New
England as a soloist, studio musician, and as a member of Straight
No Chaser. He is also the founder of the David Tonkin Group and Tonkin
Toys. Tonkin performed in two sold-out performances with Straight No Chaser
at the well-known New York City
jazz club, The Blue Note, and at the Saratoga Jazz Festival. An active
composer, his work has been heard on radio and television throughout the area.

Don
Williams (bass) received a B.S. in Music Education at Plymouth State College,
with further study in the M.F.A. program in music at the University of New Hampshire.
He performs often with Raccoon
Beach, Tonkin Toys,
Plymouth State College Faculty Quartet, and the Loli Sterling Group. He has
appeared at The Blue Note, Rainbow Room, and Saratoga Jazz Festival, and has
performed with the Platters, Randy Brecker, Jack Wilkins, and Bob Guilotti. He
is also on the faculty of SAU#48 and Plymouth State College.

Concord
Community Music School is a full member of the National Guild for Community
Arts Education and is recognized nationally for program innovation and
management excellence. Welcoming adults, teens and children of all musical abilities, 55
artist teachers reach more than 33,000 people in four states with educational
programs, concerts, workshops and community partnerships. CCMS has received major funding from the
National Endowment for the Arts, the Hearst Foundation, New Hampshire State
Council on the Arts, Jane’s Trust, and the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation,
and is the 2005 recipient of the NH Governor’s Arts Award for Cultural Access
Leadership.