Tag: Jazz
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Meeting Bing Bong! – GEEKS CORNER – Episode #697
Welcome to Geeks Corner! This week the Geeks have a pretty focused show, with most of it about the Pixar Place Hotel. Mr. Daps attended the opening day festivities for this reimagined hotel at the Disneyland Resort earlier in the day and he shares about his experiences and observations. This includes meeting Bing Bong, seeing…
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Phat Cat Swinger Releases New Single!
Phat Cat Swinger, the West coast’s little big band has released a new single. The song, Martini Mama, was written and features singer by Sean O’Kelley. O’Kelley can often be seen playing with the band at the Disneyland Resort, often fo Disney Festival of Holidays or Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival. Martini Mama…
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It’s a Good Night with Gordon Goodwin and the Disneyland Resort 2022 All-American College Band at Disney California Adventure
On Wednesday August 10th it was a good night to be at Disney California Adventure. Gordon Goodwin was the guest clinician who was performing with the Disneyland Resort 2022 All-Amerian College Band. The set included some music written by Goodwin himself and also a performance by his wife, Vangie Gunn-Goodwin. The full setlist was as…
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Phat Cat Swinger Makes Magical Return to Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival
Phat Cat Swinger is back at the Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival. Two years ago, the band began a run of performances at the 2020 Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival. This festival, however, was cut short due to the impact of the pandemic. On Sunday, March 6, 2022, Phat Cat Swinger…
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The Soul of Jazz: An American Adventure Coming to Museums Across the United States
The Soul of Jazz: An American Adventure is an exhibit that has been exclusive to EPCOT’s American Adventure. However, that is soon changing. This exhibit, which has Joe Gardner from Disney and Pixar’s Soul sharing the history of jazz, will soon be in three other museums across the country. This exhibit was originally unviled at…
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The Soul of Jazz: An American Adventure Opens at EPCOT Today!
The Soul of Jazz: An American Adventure opens officially at The America Pavilion at EPCOT today. According to the Disney Parks Blog, this new exhibit “celebrates the distinctly American musical art form, originated by African Americans and fusing the influences of many different cultures.” This exhibit features Joe Gardner, who appears in Disney-Pixar’s Soul. Gardner shares the…
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2017 Disneyland Resort All-American College Band Releases Video to Celebrate 50th Anniversary of the Program
This summer was to have been the celebration of the Disneyland Resort All-American College Band’s 50th anniversary. Due to COVID-19, this, unfortunately, didn’t happen. However, members of the 2017 Disneyland Resort All-American College Band got together virtually to bring some music magic to the summer. The video begins with an introduction by Dr. Ron McCurdy,…
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Disneyland Resort 2019 All-American College Band Has a Saxy Night with Guest Clinician Sal Lozano
The Disneyland Resort 2019 All-American College Band played with guest clinician Sal Lozano on Thursday Night at the Hollywood Backlot Stage in Disney California Adventure. The performance comes as the summer season for the band begins to come to a close. Sal Lozano, a fantastic jazz musician, brought the night to life with his spirited…
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Gordon Goodwin Brings Jazzy Stylings to the Disneyland Resort 2019 All-American College Band
Last week, I had the pleasure of enjoying the talents of Gordon Goodwin and the Disneyland Resort 2019 All-American College Band (AACB) perform at the Hollywood Backlot stage. Like the young musicians that make up this incredible band, Goodwin also had an early start at the Disneyland Resort. This past Thursday (7/25), Goodwin shared of…
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Jiggs Whigham Jazzes Up the Night With The Disneyland Resort 2019 All-American College Band
Thursday night the Disneyland Resort 2019 All-American College Band was led by world-renown jazz trombonist Jiggs Whigham. The set was performed at the Hollywood Backlots Stage at Disney California Adventure at 8:45 pm. With the sound of superhero music in the background, Jiggs Whigham and the band jazzed up the night with a set that…
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Acclaimed Jazz Drummer Steve Houghton Performs With Disneyland Resort 2019 All-American College Band
The summer is in full swing for the Disneyland Resort 2019 All-American College Band. A highlight of the band’s performances each summer is when they perform with their clinicians. The first clinician for the summer was an internationally acclaimed jazz drummer, percussionist, clinician, author, and educator Steve Houghton. Through the years, Houghton has been on…
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Sunday Spotlight: Phat Cat Swinger
One of the DAPS MAGIC’s favorite part of the holiday season at the Disneyland Resort is getting to see Phat Cat Swinger. This band is playing nightly during the Festival of Holidays at Disney California Adventure. Each night they brighten up the night around the Paradise Park stage with their jazzy renditions of Christmas music.…
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Swing into the Season with Phat Cat Swinger’s New Christmas Album!
Phat Cat Swinger, the band currently headlining the Festival of Holidays at Disney California Adventure, has a Christmas album coming out! This “little-big band” is lighting up each night with its spirited jazzy sets! While they are all excellent musicians, their performances are just fun and filled with heart. It is hard to find a…
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2018 Disneyland Resort All-American College Band Performs with Jazz Great Sal Lozano As Summer of Magical Music Comes to a Close
The summer of 2018 is about to draw to a close. With it, the 2018 Disneyland Resort All-American College Band is wrapping up its season. This has been a summer full of magical musical performances on weekday evenings. There have been several great clinicians that have performed with them at the Royal TheaThetre this summer.…
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2018 Disneyland Resort All-American College Band’s Final Day is Friday August 10
Every summer the Disneyland Resort All-American College Band brings its lively music to guests visiting the happiest place on Earth! This summer has been no different. Since June, the 2018 Disneyland Resort All-American College Band has been entertaining guests on weekday evenings. The band, under the direction of student director Nathan Hatton, has performed five sets…
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John Clayton Gets Jazzy With The 2018 Disneyland Resort All-American College Band
The summer series of guest clinicians continues with the 2018 Disneyland Resort All-American College Band. As their season comes to a close, John Clayton was the most recent jazz great to work with the band. On Thursday, August 2nd, he led the band during a set that had a nice variety of jazz. John Clayton…
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A Night of Humor and Amazing Jazz is Shared by Jiggs Whigham and the 2018 Disneyland Resort All-American College Band
This week the 2018 Disneyland Resort All-American College Band was joined by jazz legend Jiggs Whigham for an incredible concert at the Royal Theatre at Disneyland. Whigham has been returning for over thirty consecutive years as a clinician for the Disneyland Resort College Band. Throughout the concert, Whigham brought a wonderful sense of humor to…
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Wayne Bergeron Takes 2018 Disneyland Resort All-American College Band to New Heights During Royale Theatre Performance
Fresh off performing on the soundtrack for Disney-Pixar’s Incredibles 2, world-renown jazz trumpeter Wayne Bergeron performed with the 2018 Disneyland Resort All-American College Band on Thursday night. This marked ten years that Wayne Bergeron had played with the band during its series of clinicians. Wayne Bergeron once was a member of the Disneyland Band. He also…
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Internationally Renown Jazz Drummer Steve Houghton Jams with 2018 Disneyland Resort All-American College Band
As the summer continues, more clinicians are performing with the 2018 Disneyland Resort All-American College Band. This week, Steve Houghton came to Disneyland to work with, and perform with, the college band. Houghton is a jazz drummer who was in the very first college band in 1973. Since then, he has gone on to become…
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Gordon Goodwin Joins 2018 Disneyland Resort All-American College Band for Incredible Night of Jazz
Every summer at the Disneyland Resort the Disneyland Resort All-American College Band returns to bring spirited music to the happiest place on Earth! They perform both marching sets and sit-down jazz sets through the course of any given performance day. On some special days, they are joined by clinicians. These are professional musicians who share their…
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Disney After Dark: Throwback Nite Gives Guests the Present of the Past
On January 18th Disneyland hosted a special ticketed event Disney After Dark: Throwback Nite. This event was a blast to the past as it celebrated the history and magic of Disneyland in the 1950s and 1960s. The event’s tickets were $95 each and allowed guests to enter the park with special maps, a lanyard, Photopass,…
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Phat Cat Swinger Jazz Up The Night at Disney California Adventure With Holiday Music
The holidays are upon the Disneyland Resort and if you want to get into the spirit of the season in a jazzy way, stop by the Festival of Holidays in Disney California Adventure and check out Phat Cat Swinger. They play every weekend offering an energetic set of Christmas magic to those in attendance. The…
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Javon Jackson Performs With the Disneyland Resort 2017 All-American College Band
Jazz saxophonist Javon Jackson performed at Disneyland last night. As part of the Disneyland Resort All-American College Band clinician series, Jackson performed during their sit-down jazz set. Jackson originally rose to prominence by playing with Art Blakey’s band. Throughout his career he has recorded numerous albums. In 2010 he composed a score for the Alfred…
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A Jazzy Night With Jiggs Whigham and the Disneyland Resort 2017 All-American College Band
Throughout each summer the Disneyland Resort All-American College Band has guest clinicians join the band, mentor them, and then perform with them. This week, the band was joined by jazz great Jiggs Whigham. Whigham first garnered attention in the music world when he played with the Glenn Miller Orchestra, directed by Ray McKinley. A couple…