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Jay T. Vonada

I Love Jazz

About Me

Look for the new album Jammin' July 22, 2008.
Dowload the first track A Blues
I'm on the All About Jazz website.
www.allaboutjazz.com/jaytvonada
All About Jazz New Release Article
I'm on the Trombone USA Website check it out
My email address [email protected]
Here's a great website Groove Bone which plays nothing but trombone music 24/7.
Bands I've played in - Valley Jazz Orchestra, Greg Johnson Quintet, Summit City Saints, Keystone Society of Swing, Friends Band, Trombone Chowder, Jazz Innate, Punk Jazz, Slide Zone, Various Pit Orchestras.
Jay Vonada, from Aaronsburg, made all-state band in his junior and senior years of high school, and went to all-eastern band in his senior year. Jay won the John Philip Sousa Award as a senior. He attended Mansfield University in the fall of 1993, studying jazz improvisation with Dr. Michael Galloway for one year and jazz arranging for one semester. He was lead trombone and featured soloist with the "Mansfield University Jazz Band" for four years, where they performed at the PMEA, MENC, and placed third at the Villanova Jazz Festival in 1994. Jay played with Jazz saxophonist Bob Mintzer at the Mansfield University Jazz Festival, and also performed with Mansfield alumni Neil Slater, who is currently director of the "One O'clock Lab Band" at the University of North Texas. In 1999, Jay won a scholarship to study at the Berklee College of Music.
Among the non-jazz groups he performed with are the "Mansfield University Wind Ensemble, Orchestra, Trombone Choir, Brass Quintet, Trombone Quartet, and Pit Orchestra". He also performed as an extra for the "Williamsport Symphony".
Jay's personal jazz improvisational style is grounded in the bebop tradition of Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and J.J. Johnson. Since discovering Jazz in 1995, he listens to the masters through recordings and live performances, as he believes is the only way jazz can be taught. He has over 500 CDs of the jazz masters, mostly trombonists. JJ. Johnson, Curtis Fuller, Carl Fontana, Frank Rosolino, Slide Hampton, Ray Anderson, Conrad Herwig, Steve Davis, Hal Crook, etc. Transcribing their solos or just learning them by ear is how he is developing as a jazz player.
Since leaving College, Jay has performed at his high school with the jazz band, in the pit orchestra for Penns Valley High School from 1999-2001, for the Bald Eagle Area High School from 2002-2004, for “Singing On Stages’” production of Dream Girls in 2006 and Oliver in 2007, and trombonist with the "Valley Jazz Orchestra" from 2004-2007, trombonist with "Jazz Innate", an octet from 2003-2005. He has played with Greg Johnson’s “Jazz Monsters” and “Punk Jazz” and has played at the monthly “Jazz Jam at Sozo’s” in State College. He was also the Lead Trombonist with the "Keystone Society of Swing Big Band", and is the trombonist for the "Summit Saints Dixieland Band". He plays in a trombone quartet called “Trombone Chowder”, and a newly formed five trombone and rhythm jazz group, “Slide Zone“, and also plays in a newly formed sextet “Liquid Jazz“.
As the great trumpet player Clark Terry said "Imitate, Assimilate, Innovate". In November 2006 he recorded a demo.
Most tracks can be heard on his website
www.myspace.com/jjazzbone
Shawn and Jay
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/7/2007
Band Members: Jay T. Vonada Quartet
Jay T. Vonada - Trombone
Adam Kurland - Keyboards
Jacob Hibel - Bass
John Sullivan - Drums

Trivona
Jay T. Vonada - Trombone
Adam Kurland - Keyboards
Jacob Hibel - Bass

Slide Zone
Jay T. Vonada - Trombone
Aaron McKinney - Trombone
Mike Bruster - Trombone
Dave Priester - Trombone
Mike Loewen - Bass Trombone
Adam Kurland - Keyboards
Philip Burlingame - Bass
Carl Pillot - Drums

Trombone Chowder
Jay T. Vonada - Trombone
Mike Bruster - Trombone
Dave Priester - Trombone
Mike Loewen - Bass Trombone

Liquid Jazz
Rick Hirsch - Alto Saxophone
Greg Johnson - Tenor Saxophone
Jay T. Vonada - Trombone
Billy Test - Piano
Jeff Beck - Bass
Aaron Kimmel - Drums

Summit Saints Dixieland Band
Fred Lynn - Trumpet
Bill Fatula - Trumpet
Ned Deihl - Clarinet
Jay T. Vonada - Trombone
Philip Jensen - Tuba
Jim Kerhin - Banjo & Vocals
Frederick Brown - Keyboard
Jim Franklin - Drums

Jazz Innate
Pete Pepe - Alto Sax
Bryan Gillespie - Tenor Sax
Don Keat - Bari Sax
Rob Byham - Trumpet
Jay T. Vonada - Trombone
Adam Kurland - Keyboards
Jacob Hibel - Bass
Kevin Lowe - Drums

Background and Profile Photos taken by Annemarie Mountz , Angel Smedley and Scott Smith



Influences: On Trombone - J.J. Johnson , Curits Fuller , Carl Fontana , Frank Rosolino , Slide Hampton , Ray Anderson , Conrad Herwig , Steve Davis , Urbie Green , Michael Davis , Hal Crook , Bob McChesney , Andy Martin , Doug Sertl, John Fedchock , Bill Watrous , Steve Turre , Robin Eubanks , Fred Wesley , Wycliffe Gordon , Al Grey , Harry Watters , Mark Nightingale , Delfeayo Marsalis , Phil Wilson , Jiggs Whigham

On Trumpet - Lee Morgan, Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, Clifford Brown, Woody Shaw, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Farmer, Tom Harrell

On Sax - Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Hank Mobley, Sonny Stitt, Wayne Shorter, Cannonball Adderley, Kenny Garrett

On Piano - Hank Jones, Tommy Flanagan, Thelonious Monk, Horace Silver, Herbie Hancock, Cedar Walton, David Hazeltine, Bill Charlap

On Bass - Ray Brown, Paul Chambers, Sam Jones, Jimmy Garrision, Peter Washington, Nat Reeves, Rufus Reid, Ray Drummond

On Drums - Kenny Clarke, Connie Kay, Max Roach, Roy Haynes, Art Taylor, Elvin Jones, Kenny Washington, Billy Drummond, etc., etc., etc.

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Sounds Like: Myself

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Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Indie