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The Eagle Rock Valley Historical Society is proud to
present an evening of
jazz, and a special tribute to the legendary John Rinaldo on Tuesday
October
23rd at 7pm at the Center for the Arts Eagle Rock,2225 Colorado Blvd.
Refreshments will be served and admission is free.
It may very well be impossible to talk about jazz and Eagle Rock without
the
name John Rinaldo in the same sentence. From 1968 to 1987, John Rinaldo
was
the driving force behind the unstoppable jazz-playing students coming out
of
Eagle Rock High School. John retired with one of the most impressive
legacies any music teacher could ever hope to achieve: many of his
students
went on to play professionally with some of the worldıs jazz greatsı
(Woody
Herman, Stan Kenton, Louis Bellson, Ray Charles, Freddie Hubbard, Tom
Jones,
Charlie Daniels among others), hundreds of trophies were won, his band was
the only one ever to be commissioned to perform four concerts for the
Olympics, the only band chosen by Disney to play at every ³All the Jazz²
weekends, the only band to make the finals at the Monterey Jazz Festival
16
years in a row, winner of the Hollywood ³Battle of the Bands² sweepstakes
award, and the list goes on . John was able to hone professionals out of
beginning students over a six-year period and he put Eagle Rock Highıs
Jazz
program on the map nationally. He was also well known for his ³Jazz at
Eagle
Rock² programs held (usually) every second Sunday of the month. He had
great
jazz musicians make guest appearances and perform alongside him on Eagle
Rock High Schoolıs stage; such people as Mundell Lowe, Bill Berry, Cat
Anderson, Shelly Manne, Oscar Brashear and Art Pepper, to name a few.
Thatıs not even beginning to talk about John himself and what he
accomplished in his personal music career. John was recognized by former
President Reagan, commended by the State of California, the City of Los
Angeles, the Los Angeles Jazz Society, Red Calendar, Marshall Royal, and
Johnny Mandell. He was even presented with a key to the city of Mobile,
Alabama. And we havenıt even begun to talk about his life before Eagle
Rock
or his highly successful jazz method books!
Please join us for what is sure to be a wonderful evening of music and
memories! Bring all your friends and family and come support the
Historical
Society! We hope to see you there!
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