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JOE TEMPERLEY AND THE ERIC REED TRIO KICK OFF WINTER JAZZ ROOM SERIES AT WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY William Paterson University kicks off its Winter 2000 Jazz Room Series on Sunday, February 6 with the swinging sounds of baritone saxophonist Joe Temperley and the Eric Reed Trio. The concert will begin at 4 p.m. in the Shea Center for Performing Arts on the campus in Wayne. Tickets are available in advance or on the day of the performance at $12 standard; $9 for senior citizens, non-William Paterson students and William Paterson faculty, staff and alumni. William Paterson students may attend free of charge. Born in Scotland, Temperley worked with London-based dance bands and with Harry Parry in 1949, Jack Parnell from 1952-1954, and on baritone with Tommy Whittle in 1955. Temperley achieved national prominence playing tenor and baritone saxophone as a member of Humphrey Lyttelton's band from 1958 to 1965. In 1965, he moved to New York City, where he became a member of big bands led by Woody Hermine, Buddy Rich, Joe Henderson, Clark Terry, Duke Pearson and Mercer Ellington. Temperley played in the Broadway show "Sophisticated Ladies" in the 1980s, and his film soundtrack credits include "The Cotton Club," "Biloxi Blues," "Brighton Beach Memoirs," "When Harry Met Sally," and "Tune in Tomorrow" composed by Wynton Marsalis. Temperley continues to actively perform and tour both nationally and internationally and is a member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. Temperley and the Eric Reed Trio will be the guests for "Sittin' In," an informal discussion with the artists presented before the concert. The talk begins at 3 p.m. in room 101 of Shea Center. Admission is free to all Jazz Room ticketholders. Launched in the spring of 1978, William Paterson's Jazz Room Series has earned a reputation for presenting concerts by eminent musicians in the jazz world. The series has been awarded numerous grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, and Citations of Excellence from the Council for its cultural contribution to the state. For additional information, please call William Paterson's
Shea Center Box Office at 973-720-2371.
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