In 1949 Miles Davis recorded the legendary album “Birth of
the Cool,” which helped to grow a new branch in the history of
jazz music. ‘Cool’ Jazz is a style of playing which emphasizes
a lighter feel and less complexity than ‘Bebop’; which was also
a budding style when Miles Davis made this recording. “Birth of
the Cool” features a unique-sized 9-piece band, as well as
unusual instrumentation, including horn and tuba. The
Byron Colborn Nonet breathes new life into this music with some
of the Sacramento area’s top musicians.
Byron Colborn Nonet
Joe Mazzaferro, trumpet
Otto Lee, alto saxophone
Stephen Bingen Jr., horn
Brandon Au, trombone
Byron Colborn, baritone saxophone
Benwar Shepard, tuba
Alex Reiff, bass
Dave Bass, piano
Jim Frink, drums
Program
Miles Davis—
Move
Jeru
Moon Dreams
Venus De Milo
Budo
Deception
Godchild
Boplicity
Rocker
Israel
Rouge
featuring Mestre Cabelo and Jorge
Alabê
with the UC Davis Brazilian Capoeira Ensemble
directed by Juan Diego Díaz, with guests
Mestre Cabello is an experienced master of
Capoeira Angola and disciple of the great Mestre João Grande,
ethnomusicologist Emilia Biancardi and master drummer Jorge
Alabé. Originally from Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil, Mestre
Cabello has dedicated the last 20 of his 40 years in the art to
cultivating Capoeira Angola in Serra Grande, Brazil and around
the world. He casts an attentive and respectful look at the codes
and the rich repository of musicality, tuning, ritual and
movement left by the old masters from the 1940’s, 50’s and 60’s
via audio recordings, texts, photos and drawings. Seen through
these lenses, the study of Afro-Brazilian culture is of vital
importance to the recognition, understanding and appreciation of
a complete capoeirista. Mestre Cabello approaches Capoeira Angola
as a sustainable and nourishing practice for our whole selves:
body, mind and spirit.
Joy S. Shinkoskey was the mother of Deborah Pinkerton and
mother-in-law to Bret Hewitt. They established an endowment to
support noon concerts and musical performances in the UC Davis
Department of Music.
Joy S. Shinkoskey (Pinkerton)
1923–1999
Mother of four children, including Deborah Pinkerton, Joy
Shinkoskey was in her younger years a model and played the
piano which is where she developed her love of music, playing
Beethoven piano works in the Spokane Music Festival, 1940, and
throughout her life.
