Thursday, May 22 – 11:00am
PepsiCo Recital Hall
Recital: Marvin Stamm & Bill Mays
“Inventions”

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James Bovinette, reporter

Introduced by ITG board member Kevin Eisensmith, Marvin Stamm and Bill Mays presented their solo trumpet and piano recital performing original compositions, and jazz renditions of melodies borrowed from classical music, orchestra, and piano repertoire

They began their performance with an Invention by J.S. Bach which after the presentation of the theme, the duo incorporated melodies by Charlie Parker. This work was only a prelude of what was to be a great recital that not only demonstrated the boundless material available to jazz musicians from the classical repertoire, but also how in the hands of the Marvin Stamm/ Bill Mays duo, the counter-point found in Charlie Parker’s music is easily transferred to the works of J.S. Bach.

After their first number, Marvin stopped for a moment to reflect on some points that Jens Lindemann had made at his recital on Wednesday. “Music should be fun…taking risks is part of this process, and helps us find the freedom within ourselves to make music.” They proved their point by following-up their statement with jazz renditions of the Andante Movement of Dvorak’s New World Symphony, and Ravel’s, Memoires. After these two works, Stamm again took a brief moment on stage to recognize his teacher from North Texas State University (now University of North Texas), John Haynie.

The recital continued with several tunes by Kenny Wheeler including E.B.S.B.M.O. that Marvin explained was an acronym by Wheeler for “Everybody’s music but my own.” The improvisation was so intimate and spiritual between the he and Mays, that at one point Marvin simply stopped playing because Bill Mays was mirroring Marvin’s solo and playing back his lines. The recital ended with two original works by the Duo, Two as One, and Samba du Nancy written for Marvin’s wife.

Trumpet Prelude:

Southern Methodist University Trumpet Ensemble
Paul Heuer, Conductor

Suite for Five Trumpets - Ronald Lo Presti

Members:
Lyle Steelman, Nathan Cooksey, John Williamson, Andrew Danielson, James McClarty

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