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Album: Four Steps 3

Released: Jul 22, 2008

Label: Capri Records

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Genre: Jazz / Latin
Location Champaign, Illinois, US
Profile Views: 17553
Last Login: 3/8/2010
Member Since 11/18/2007
Record Label Capri
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....Chip McNeill is a jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, and educator. In addition to his responsibilities as a tenured associate professor and chair of jazz studies at the University of Illinois, Professor McNeill is a former musical director and jazz tenor saxophonist for Grammy award-winning recording artist Arturo Sandoval. Professor McNeill has recorded with Sandoval on his Grammy award-winning CD, Hot House and on Americana . The Hot House CD won a Grammy award for Best Latin Jazz Performance. Professor McNeill is a former musical director/player/producer for legendary jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson. He produced, wrote, and performed on six CDs with Ferguson including his final one The One and Only Maynard Ferguson and has toured with Ferguson, Sandoval and many other notable jazz performers. Professor McNeill has performed at countless jazz festivals and clubs around the world, including the Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland), Monterey Jazz Festival (U.S.A.), and Noto Jazz Festival (Japan), as well as performing at Carnegie Hall (U.S.), Town Hall (Sydney, Australia), the London Palladium, and on numerous jazz radio and television productions in Europe, Japan, U.K., India, and Indonesia. In addition to recording with Sandoval and Ferguson, Professor McNeill has recorded with such musicians as Nat Adderley, David Liebman, Duffy Jackson, Ira Sullivan, The Woody Herman Orchestra, Ted Shumate and Larry Willis, and has performed with such entertainers as Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Joe Williams, Dizzy Gillespie, Billy Eckstine, and Wynton Marsalis. Professor McNeill's latest CD release "Four Steps-3" is on the Capri Record label featuring all original music by Professor McNeill. Prior to coming to the University of Illinois, McNeill held similar academic positions at Florida International University and at Virginia Tech University..... ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .......... ....Chip McNeill's CDs as a leader:.... .... .... .... ...."Four Steps 3" is Chip McNeill's new CD release. It will be released in June on the CAPRI label. The CD features Chip McNeill on saxes, Jeff Helgesen on trumpet, Chip Stephens on piano, Joan Hickey on piano, Dennis Carroll on bass, and Joel Spenser on drums. To ..PURCHASE.. the CD and for more information on the CAPRI label, visit ..www.caprirecords.com... You can also ..PURCHASE.. the CD at ..www.amazon.com.. ........ .... .... "Radio Improved" is Chip's first CD as a leader. The CD features Chip McNeill on saxes, Doug Bickel on piano, Dennis Marks on bass, and Ernesto Simpson on drums. To purchase this CD, contact Chip McNeill at chipmc@uiuc.edu, or by phone at 217-333-9703 ........ .. .. .. .. .... ..Maynard Ferguson 80th Birthday Concert Rehearsal Video, part 1... Chip McNeill musical director. ...... .. .. .. .. .... ..Maynard Ferguson 80th Birthday Concert Rehearsal Video, part 2... Chip McNeill musical director and soloing on "Maria". .......... .... .... Chip McNeill is the director of the Jazz Studies Program at the University of Illinois in Champaign/Urbana. The school offeres a bachelors, masters, and one of the few schools in the country that offers a doctorate in jazz performance. The university offers many jazz ensembles for their students, including four big bands, many jazz combos, Latin jazz ensemble, jazz trombone ensemble, jazz saxophone ensemble, and a jazz guitar ensemble. The current jazz faculty at the University of Illinois is : .... Chip McNeil - director of jazz and sax .... Jim Pugh - jazz trombone .... Chip Stephens - jazz piano .... Dana Hall - jazz drums and jazz history .... Tito Carrillo - jazz trumpet .... Larry Gray - jazz bass .... Joan Hickey - jazz piano .... Glenn Wilson - jazz sax .... Ron Bridgewater - jazz sax .... For more information about the jazz program at the Univeristy of Illinois, ..CLICK HERE... ....
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Bio:

Chip McNeill is a jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, and educator. In addition to his responsibilities as a tenured associate professor and chair of jazz studies at the University of Illinois, Professor McNeill is a former musical director and jazz tenor saxophonist for Grammy award-winning recording artist Arturo Sandoval. Professor McNeill has recorded with Sandoval on his Grammy award-winning CD, Hot House and on Americana . The Hot House CD won a Grammy award for Best Latin Jazz Performance. Professor McNeill is a former musical director/player/producer for legendary jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson. He produced, wrote, and performed on six CDs with Ferguson including his final one The One and Only Maynard Ferguson and has toured with Ferguson, Sandoval and many other notable jazz performers. Professor McNeill has performed at countless jazz festivals and clubs around the world, including the Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland), Monterey Jazz Festival (U.S.A.), and Noto Jazz Festival (Japan), as well as performing at Carnegie Hall (U.S.), Town Hall (Sydney, Australia), the London Palladium, and on numerous jazz radio and television productions in Europe, Japan, U.K., India, and Indonesia. In addition to recording with Sandoval and Ferguson, Professor McNeill has recorded with such musicians as Nat Adderley, David Liebman, Duffy Jackson, Ira Sullivan, The Woody Herman Orchestra, Ted Shumate and Larry Willis, and has performed with such entertainers as Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Joe Williams, Dizzy Gillespie, Billy Eckstine, and Wynton Marsalis. Professor McNeill's latest CD release "Four Steps-3" is on the Capri Record label featuring all original music by Professor McNeill. Prior to coming to the University of Illinois, McNeill held similar academic positions at Florida International University and at Virginia Tech University.

Chip McNeill's CDs as a leader:

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"Four Steps 3" is Chip McNeill's new CD release. It will be released in June on the CAPRI label. The CD features Chip McNeill on saxes, Jeff Helgesen on trumpet, Chip Stephens on piano, Joan Hickey on piano, Dennis Carroll on bass, and Joel Spenser on drums. To PURCHASE the CD and for more information on the CAPRI label, visit www.caprirecords.com. You can also PURCHASE the CD at www.amazon.com

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"Radio Improved" is Chip's first CD as a leader. The CD features Chip McNeill on saxes, Doug Bickel on piano, Dennis Marks on bass, and Ernesto Simpson on drums. To purchase this CD, contact Chip McNeill at chipmc@uiuc.edu, or by phone at 217-333-9703

Maynard Ferguson 80th Birthday Concert Rehearsal Video, part 1. Chip McNeill musical director.

Maynard Ferguson 80th Birthday Concert Rehearsal Video, part 2. Chip McNeill musical director and soloing on "Maria".

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Chip McNeill is the director of the Jazz Studies Program at the University of Illinois in Champaign/Urbana. The school offeres a bachelors, masters, and one of the few schools in the country that offers a doctorate in jazz performance. The university offers many jazz ensembles for their students, including four big bands, many jazz combos, Latin jazz ensemble, jazz trombone ensemble, jazz saxophone ensemble, and a jazz guitar ensemble. The current jazz faculty at the University of Illinois is :

Chip McNeil - director of jazz and sax

Jim Pugh - jazz trombone

Chip Stephens - jazz piano

Dana Hall - jazz drums and jazz history

Tito Carrillo - jazz trumpet

Larry Gray - jazz bass

Joan Hickey - jazz piano

Glenn Wilson - jazz sax

Ron Bridgewater - jazz sax

For more information about the jazz program at the Univeristy of Illinois, CLICK HERE.

Member Since:

November 18, 2007

Members:

Chip McNeill - tenor sax and soprano sax

Jeff Helgesen - trumpet

Chip Stephens - piano

Joan Hickey - piano

Dennis Carroll - bass

Joel Spencer - drums