Mike Vax in Concert 2006 playes Key2 in the East Texas Jazz Orchestra |
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Mike
Vax Concert Feb. 27, 2006
With The
East Texas Jazz Orchestra
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The concert was sponsored by Tyler Junior College, American Band Instrument Service, and the Getzen Band Instrument Corporation. It was held at Wise Auditorium on the Tyler Junior College Campus. Mike Vax has played lead and solo trumpet with the Stan Kenton Orchestra, the Clark Terry Big Bad Band, and the U.S. Navy Show Band. He has also performed and/or recorded with such greats as Art Pepper, Al Grey, Freddy Hubbard, Gene Krupa, John Handy, Don Ellis, Don Jacoby, Louie Bellson, Joe Williams, Anita O’Day, Barbara McNair, the Four Freshmen, The Glenn Miller and Jimmy Dorsey Orchestras, The Navy Commodores, The Army Blues, The Army Jazz Ambassadors, The Air Force Falconaires, the Beverly Hills Unlisted Jazz Band, and the Dukes of Dixieland in New Orleans. |
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As a recording musician, he has performed on more than 75 albums, including 20 under his own name. Currently he is leading his own groups: The Mike Vax Jazz Orchestra, The Mike Vax Big Band (featuring alumni of the Stan Kenton Orchestra), TRPTS (Trumpets), The Great American Jazz Band, and the Mike Vax Quintette and Sextette. |
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Mike has done workshops and concerts in over 2000 elementary and junior high schools, high schools, colleges and universities all around the world, over the past 35 years. He is very active as a clinician and soloist in both the classical and jazz idioms. |
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Mike Vax in Concert 2006 is a member of the East Texas Jazz Orchestra big band that meets at American Band Instrument Service in Tyler, Texas the Mike Vax in Concert 2006, East Texas area. BandUSA, Big Band, Mike Vax in Concert 2006,Bigband, Glenn Miller, count Basie, Stan Kenton, Mike Vax in Concert 2006, Key2. East Texas Jazz Orchestra, musician, jazz, player, music, big band. Mike Vax in Concert 2006 is a musician that plays Key2 in the East Texas Jazz Orchestra.
Mike Vax in Concert 2006 is a member of the East Texas Jazz Orchestra big band that meets at American Band Instrument Service in Tyler, Texas the Mike Vax in Concert 2006, East Texas area. BandUSA, Big Band, Mike Vax in Concert 2006,Bigband, Glenn Miller, count Basie, Stan Kenton, Mike Vax in Concert 2006, Key2. East Texas Jazz Orchestra, musician, jazz, player, music, big band. Mike Vax in Concert 2006 is a musician that plays Key2 in the East Texas Jazz Orchestra.
Mike Vax in Concert 2006 is a member of the East Texas Jazz Orchestra big band that meets at American Band Instrument Service in Tyler, Texas the Mike Vax in Concert 2006, East Texas area. BandUSA, Big Band, Mike Vax in Concert 2006,Bigband, Glenn Miller, count Basie, Stan Kenton, Mike Vax in Concert 2006, Key2. East Texas Jazz Orchestra, musician, jazz, player, music, big band. Mike Vax in Concert 2006 is a musician that plays Key2 in the East Texas Jazz Orchestra.