JACK END
Jack End holds both undergraduate and advanced degrees from the Eastman School of Music, where he later taught clarinet, history and theory of jazz, and commercial arranging. His principal composition teachers include Howard Hanson, Burrill Philips and Bernard Rogers. End was the first conductor of the Eastman Jazz Ensemble and is largely responsible for beginning the present program of Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media at Eastman. In addition to his academic career, Jack End has performed professionally in various musical groups ranging from the Rochester Philharmonic to his own dance orchestra. He has produced and directed numerous special programs for both radio and television and been an active freelance composer/arranger working in a wide range of compositional styles.
[Above Note Source: BCMSA Artists Series April 28, 1985 Program Note]
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JACK END (1918 - 1986)
The Eastman School of Music has, since the 1940s, offered jazz studies. Back then, Jack End (1918–1986) directed its first official jazz band and also taught arranging. Limited jazz classes were in the catalog when Chuck Magione became director of the jazz ensemble in 1968, whose studio orchestra (big band) was critically acclaimed. Despite having produced many jazz artists and jazz educators, Eastman did not offer a comprehensive jazz studies program until about 1974, when, under the leadership of Rayburn Wright, the Department of Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media emerged. By 1980s, Eastman was offering jazz oriented degrees through the Masters. Ray Wright is credited for having founded Eastman's graduate and undergraduate degree programs, as well as creating the Eastman Studio Orchestra.[26][39]
[Above Note Source:: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_jazz_education ]
Jack End holds both undergraduate and advanced degrees from the Eastman School of Music, where he later taught clarinet, history and theory of jazz, and commercial arranging. His principal composition teachers include Howard Hanson, Burrill Philips and Bernard Rogers. End was the first conductor of the Eastman Jazz Ensemble and is largely responsible for beginning the present program of Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media at Eastman. In addition to his academic career, Jack End has performed professionally in various musical groups ranging from the Rochester Philharmonic to his own dance orchestra. He has produced and directed numerous special programs for both radio and television and been an active freelance composer/arranger working in a wide range of compositional styles.
[Above Note Source: BCMSA Artists Series April 28, 1985 Program Note]
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JACK END (1918 - 1986)
The Eastman School of Music has, since the 1940s, offered jazz studies. Back then, Jack End (1918–1986) directed its first official jazz band and also taught arranging. Limited jazz classes were in the catalog when Chuck Magione became director of the jazz ensemble in 1968, whose studio orchestra (big band) was critically acclaimed. Despite having produced many jazz artists and jazz educators, Eastman did not offer a comprehensive jazz studies program until about 1974, when, under the leadership of Rayburn Wright, the Department of Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media emerged. By 1980s, Eastman was offering jazz oriented degrees through the Masters. Ray Wright is credited for having founded Eastman's graduate and undergraduate degree programs, as well as creating the Eastman Studio Orchestra.[26][39]
[Above Note Source:: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_jazz_education ]