ITG 99 Stamm Bio

Throughout his distinguished career, Marvin Stamm has been praised for both the art and the craft of trumpet playing. Leonard Feather believes that Mr. Stamm is an accomplished performer whose technical skill is used as a means to stimulating original ends While attending North Texas State University, a school noted for its innovative lab bands, Mr. Stamm was discovered by Stan Kenton. After graduation, he became Kentons trumpet soloist for two years, recording five albums with the orchestra. In the mid-60s he also toured worldwide with Woody Herman. A member of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra and Duke Pearsons Big Band, he also recorded with: Bill Evans, Quincy Jones, Oliver Nelson, Charles Mingus, Freddie Hubbard, Stanley Turrentine, Hubert Laws, Michel Legrand, and Frank Foster, among others. With the advent of orchestral arrangements in rock, Mr. Stamm recorded with such artists as Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones, Paul Simon, Aretha Franklin, and James Brown as well as such legends as Barbra Streisand and Lena Horn. In the past decade Mr. Stamm has worked with John Lewis American Jazz Orchestra, the Bob Mintzer Band, the George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band, Louis Bellsons Big Band and Quintet, as well as the big bands of emerging composers, Maria Schneider and Rich Shemeria. The critical response to Stamms work in the 90s has been highly enthusiastic. Downbeat reported that Stamm has a gorgeous tone on the trumpet and flugelhorn, and he flies through changes. Jazz Times said, the Memphis native has chops and talent in abundance. He can burn on bebop changes or mellow out on a ballad, all the time maintaining the lucid consistency that enthusiasm and experience engenders.(Thurs., May 20, 2 p.m.; Sat., May 22, 11:15 a.m.)