Cuarteto de Doug Talley

Formed in 1995, the Doug Talley Quartet has performed jazz at numerous festivals, concerts, clubs and schools throughout the Midwest. All four members of the quartet compose and arrange music and contribute to the group’s repertoire for recordings and live appearances. Saxophonist Doug Talley has performed with such jazz luminaries as Jay McShann, Clark Terry, Bob Mintzer, Claude “Fiddler” Williams, Bobby Watson, Karrin Allyson, and many more. He is a familiar face throughout the Midwest as a jazz performer and educator. Doug Talley is the recipient of the 2010 Kansas Governor’s Arts Award and the 2009 Johnson County Library Pinnacle Award for arts in education. Talley is a Selmer saxophone artist and clinician and has served as a clinician with numerous college and high school musicians. Talley was a faculty member of the Great Plains Jazz Camp for twelve years and was featured at the 1996 MENC convention in Kansas City. He was a clinician at the 1997 International Association of Jazz Educators conference and a faculty member of the 2003 IAJE Teacher Training Institute. Honored by Kansas City magazine as one of the “40 Under 40 Who Move and Shake Kansas City in Business, Politics and the Arts,” Talley was also recognized in Downbeat magazine “Auditions.” His discography includes four recordings on the Sea Breeze label for the Trilogy and Boulevard Big Bands as well as five as a leader. Charles Williams – piano
A native of Kansas City, Kansas, Charles has played piano for over 40 years. As a trombonist, he studied under Leon Brady at Sumner High School and supplemented this training with musical studies under the tutelage of Reginald Buckner. Mr. Williams was a member of the award-winning Sumner Jazz Band that also attended the Paris International Jazz festival in Paris France in 1972 and was auspiciously judged to be “the best High School Band in the World. Mr. Williams also had the pleasure of participating in the Turner House Jazz series in the 70’s – having opportunity to play with such great jazz artist as Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Roy Ayers, Cannonball and Nat Adderley, Frank Wess, Clark Terry, Ernie Wilkins, Rich Matteson, and many more.
Currently, Charles is the pianist for The Kansas City Jazz Orchestra (Clint Ashlock, director). The orchestra performed in Hanover, Germany (May 2018) at the Hanover Jazz Festival, and also in Szczecin, Poland at several major jazz events. This orchestra has backed many artists such as The New Your Voices, Wycliffe Gordon, Ernie Andrews, Houston Person, Harold Jones, The Four Freshmen, Randy Brecker, Bobby Watson, Deborah Brown, Benny Golson, and many more. Tim Brewer – bass.
A graduate of the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Tim is a gifted composer and performer. He has appeared with many artists, including Bobby Watson and Eddie Harris. Locally, he performs with the Doug Talley Quartet, the Medical Arts Orchestra, the Lenexa Orchestra and Trinity Jazz Ensemble. Keith Kavanaugh – drums/cymbals
Keith is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music in Boston and has performed with Diane Schuur, Phil Wilson, Joshua Breakstone, Scott Robinson, Richie Cole and many musicians on the Kansas City jazz scene. He is also a graduate of Park University where he studied Art and Graphic Design. He has paintings in many corporate and private collections and has designed more than 150 CD packages for musicians from coast-to-coast. See his work at keithkavanaugh.com y bauwau.com

• “The American Popular Song” — favorite selections from well-known composers such as Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Harold Arlen and others
• “The Duke Ellington Songbook” — Well-known classic jazz tunes written by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
• “Kansas City Suite” — original music based on the history, art, architecture and music of Kansas City
• “Chess Players” — the music of Wayne Shorter
• “The Lodger” — an Alfred Hitchcock silent film with a live performance of an original film score

$1600 – $2500 per 2-hour concert, depending on mileage and lodging.
Actividad comunitaria: $200
Actividad educativa: No se cobrará ninguna tasa adicional por actividad si la actividad educativa se celebra inmediatamente antes del concierto, y en el mismo lugar que éste. En caso contrario, $200 por actividad/taller.

"Cómo escuchar jazz": una demostración divertida e informativa (a menudo interactiva con el público) que podría cambiar su forma de escuchar jazz.
Grupo destinatario: público en general
Duración: aproximadamente 30 minutos, incluidas preguntas y respuestas.

A Doug y al Cuarteto se les pide con frecuencia que impartan talleres, clínicas, demostraciones y conferencias por todo el Medio Oeste. Algunos de los temas más populares se enumeran a continuación.

• “How to Listen to Jazz” – a fun, informative demonstration (often interactive with the audience) that might change how you listen to jazz!
  Target group – general audiences
• Taller interactivo sobre improvisación jazzística
  Target group – instrumental music students, all levels
• Taller interactivo sobre estilos de jazz
  Target group – students, all levels (music background not required)
• Beginner’s Guide to Teaching Jazz
  Target group – future teachers, or teachers with little or no jazz teaching experience
• Taller/clínica sobre técnicas de interpretación de jazz para secciones rítmicas, saxofón, piano, bajo y batería
  Target group – music students and teachers