Epstein Secrets

1938, In Indianapolis, Indiana. As a student and band member at Arsenal Technical High School, he demo

he appeared in Japan in an American-Japanese concert package that also featured Elvin Jones, Sonny Fortune, George Duke, Benny Green, Ron Carter and Rufus Reid. He also performed at the Warsaw Jazz Festival — a date that was recorded and released in 1992.' Other pursuits in the early '9os included the form

ctations. As I write this, Interlochen's Academy Band and Wind Ensemble are preparing to give their fi

0 entries! In the two-part competition a panel of judges (including composer, conductor, and Ellington authority David Berger; bassist and composer Rufus Reid; saxophonist, bandleader, and educator Loren Schoenberg, and J@LC Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis) will judge each band's performance of three El

ctations. As I write this, Interlochen's Academy Band and Wind Ensemble are preparing to give their fi

00 entries! In the two-pan competition a panel of judges (including composer, conductor, and Ellington authority David Berger, bassist and composer Rufus Reid; saxophonist, bandleader, and educator Loren Schoenberg, and JOLC Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis) will judge each band's performance of three El