CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO F R E E Concert & Lecture Series and the Music Department Present

2017 SPRING JAZZ CONCERT

TUESDAY, May 9th at 8:00–10pm DIEGO RIVERA THEATRE, OCEAN CAMPUS, 50 PHELAN AVE

Featuring the Advanced Jazz Band and The Jazz/Rock Workshop Directed by David Hardiman, Jr. with David Hardiman, Sr. M.C.

SPECIAL GUEST ARTIST

GEORGE SPENCER

Trumpeter/Pianist/Composer GEORGE “Jazzbeau”

SPENCER toured with such icons as John Handy, Johnny Otis, Nina Simone, McCoy Tyner and at Jazz Festivals from Monterey & New Orleans

to Italy & Japan.

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GEORGE SPENCER George is an educator, musician, composer and producer. He has been the Music Director for the Whispers, Music Director/Road Manager for the late Esther Phillips and toured nationally and internationally with John Handy, Johnny Otis, Oscar Brown Junior, and the Johnny Nocturne Band. A musician in great demand, George has performed with Don Shirley, Dakota Staton, Nina Simone, Mc Coy Tyner, Charlie Hayden, Marshall Royal, The Dells, The Manhattans, The Four Tops, Jerry Butler, Tammi Terrell, Martha Reeves, Lennie Williams, Brook Benton, Rufus Thomas, and Charles Brown. He has recorded with Johnny Otis, Barbara Morrison, John Handy, Bill Summers, Paul Jackson, James Levi, Spider Web, Sugar Pie De Santo, Bill Bell, Carolyn Ayana, Mike Vax Jazz Orchestra, San Francisco All Star Big Band, Fillmore Preservation Jazz Orchestra, Junius Courtney Jazz Orchestra, Rev Dr. Isaiah Jones, and the Sojourner Truth Presbyterian Church Choir.

George has performed at many festivals including Switzerland’s Bern International Jazz, Italy’s Umbria International Jazz, Japan’s UMK Jazz, Monterey Jazz, Monterey Blues, Houston International Jazz, Vancouver Jazz, and the New Orleans By-the- Bay Festival, to name a few. George has taught at San Francisco State University, University of Santa Clara, UC Berkeley Summer Music Program, Laney College, Merritt College, Peralta College, San Francisco City College, Oakland Technical High School and Emery High School. A prolific writer, arranger, producer and publisher, George has also cataloged his music through his publishing companies: Kenkuyu Music and Beau’s Original Music. He continues to perform with the Johnny Otis Tribute Band, the San Francisco All Star Big Band, the Mike Vax Jazz Orchestra, and is Music Director for the Junius Courtney Big Band and Music Director at Sojourner Truth Presbyterian Church. George is committed to bridging the digital divide between private industry, urban schools, and under-privileged communities through music, publishing, performance and education.