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Jazz Institute 2014 Instructor Bios
Chad Eby
As a saxophonist and composer Chad Eby has earned widespread critical acclaim as “a consummate
improviser“ (Jazz Times), who “has tremendous poise and natural melodic sense“ Ottawa Sun), and
whose “tone is boundless, blues-inflected, and wholly satisfying“ (AllAboutJazz.com). He is active as a
composer, and has received awards for jazz composition from the Ohio Arts Council (2003) and the
North Carolina Arts Council (2009).
A highly sought-after arranger, Chad’s professionally commissioned works have been performed or
recorded by Bill Charlap with Kurt Elling, Wynton Marsalis with Willie Nelson and Norah Jones, the
Columbus Jazz Orchestra, the Dallas Jazz Orchestra, and the L.A. All-Star Big Band. Eby is a clinician for
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Essentially Ellington program, and has been a featured guest artist/clinician at
universities across the country.
A Newhall, Iowa native, Chad Eby is a life-long student of music. He began playing clarinet at the age of
11, and began studying the saxophone a year later. He went on to study music at Luther College,
completing his degree in Jazz Studies at the University of North Texas. Chad earned his master’s degree
in Saxophone Performance from Ohio State University. While in Ohio he released his first album,
Triptych, gaining critical acclaim from AllAboutJazz.com and fellow saxophonists Branford Marsalis and
Wessel Anderson. His second album, Broken Shadows, was released in February of 2010, featuring Steve
Haines, Jason Marsalis, Doug Wamble, and Branford Marsalis. Chad’s latest album, New Business, was
released in December 2012.
Chad is an associate professor of music at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro School of
Music, Theatre and Dance. He lives in Greensboro with his wife Carmen, who is also a musician, and
their two children.
Chad Eby is a D'Addario Woodwinds Performing Artist.
"...there is a movement in jazz that embraces a once taken-for-granted model: modernity thru
authenticity. Here is where we find Chad Eby." - Branford Marsalis
"Chad Eby is a consummate artist, a superb saxophonist, and a highly skilled arranger. He is in the top
echelon of the world’s finest musicians." - Bill Charlap
"Chad Eby is the real deal. He has a huge tenor sound, a comprehensive knowledge of history and loves
to SWING!" - Marcus Printup
“I once heard a master musician say 'if you want to genuinely create, know all the decades'. Chad Eby is
one of those musicians who carries all the decades of jazz along as he creates. So much so you’d think he
be more stooped over. Rather, we hear him reaching back, standing straight up and moving the musical
ball up the field. So refreshing to hear in a time of wandering around the creative process. A pleasure to
encounter. A thrill to listen.” Gary Walker – WBGO, New York
Steve Haines
Steve Haines (double bass) has played with Wycliffe Gordon, Paul Bollenback, Joel Frahm, Ralph Bowen,
Joe Chambers, Dick Oatts, Fred Wesley, Adam Nussbaum, Bob Berg, and Joe Williams. His first album as
a leader The Steve Haines Quintet: Beginner's Mind (Artist’s House Records) received international
critical acclaim and was hailed as "one of the best inside/outside records of the year." His newest album
as a leader, The Steve Haines Quintet with Jimmy Cobb: Stickadiboom (Zoho records) is available at
www.amazon.com, or itunes. He also plays on many recordings as a sideman, including Chad Eby’s
Broken Shadows (Cellar Live records), with Doug Wamble, and Jason and Branford Marsalis.
He is an associate professor and directs the Miles Davis Program in Jazz Studies at the University of
North Carolina at Greensboro. Haines holds a B.M. in Jazz Performance from St. Francis Xavier
University in Canada and a M.M. in Music (Jazz Studies) from the University of North Texas. Haines'
music is published at the University of Northern Colorado Press. Steve orchestrated and arranged the
musical Ella: The Life and Music of Ella Fitzgerald and Chopin’s piano Mazurka in A minor for full
orchestra and jazz quartet. He is a recipient of the North Carolina Jazz Fellowship and was a semi finalist
for the 2010 Jazz Knights Commission in New York. Steve is gratefully back to playing after a tenuous
one-year hiatus because of a shoulder injury.
Brandon Lee
Jazz trumpeter Brandon Lee was born and raised in Houston, Texas. Growing up in a musical family,
Brandon began playing piano at an early age and by age 9 he started his formal training on the trumpet.
Brandon excelled on the trumpet throughout his schooling and during his senior year at the Houston
High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Brandon was selected by Wynton Marsalis to perform
with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra for a Louis Armstrong PBS special. In 2001, Brandon would
become one of 18 students selected to become a part of the inaugural class of the
Jazz Studies program at the Juilliard School. While at Juilliard, Brandon performed with many of the jazz
giants including Benny Golson, Kenny Barron, Ray Brown, Clark Terry and Hank Jones, just to name a
few. Brandon represented the jazz program as he has traveled to Ireland, England, Italy, Japan, and
Costa Rica, and El Salvador. On many occasions, he taught master classes and performed in major
concert halls with the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra. In 2005 Brandon completed his Bachelors of Music degree
and in 2007 he completed his Masters of Music degree at The Juilliard School.
In August of 2007 Brandon released his debut album, From Within, and in March of 2010, Brandon
released his second CD entitled Absolute-Lee, which featured all original compositions. Both recordings
continue to be featured on local radio and satellite radio stations throughout the US and abroad. Soon
after the March 2010 CD release, Brandon was asked to perform his first major concert under his own
billing at the Wortham Theater in Houston, TX. An overflowing crowd of more than 800 people was in
attendance. To add to his recording vitae, Brandon has also recorded with a plethora of jazz artists
including the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Eric Reed, Carl Allen, Rodney Whitaker, Vincent Herring,
Kirk Whalum, Jazz Conceptions Orchestra, David Berger Big Band, and Fat Cat Big Band, and Shirley
Crabb.
In the fall of 2008, Brandon became the youngest to join the faculty at The Juilliard School. As jazz
faculty, Brandon primarily worked as the assistant conductor and conductor of jazz orchestra. Brandon
conducted the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra and showcased the orchestra in many venues including Dizzy's
Club Coca-Cola and Alice Tully Hall in New York City, Snow College in Utah, and University of Osaka in
Osaka, Japan. Brandon also worked in other roles throughout the school year including improvisation
instructor. In addition to his jazz faculty position, Brandon served on staff at the Juilliard School as the
Artistic Coordinator of Educational Outreach from 2010-2012.
Brandon plays frequently with his own group and as a sideman in several other groups.
Some of the more recent groups include; Tommy Igoe and the Birdland Big Band, The
Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Kenny Barron Quintet, Kurt Elling, Christian McBride Big
Band, David Berger Big Band, Fat Cat Big Band, Alon Yavnai and Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra.
Presently, Brandon resides in North Carolina where he is Assistant Professor of Jazz
Trumpet for the Miles Davis Jazz Studies Program at The University of North Carolina at
Greensboro.
Daniel Faust
Daniel Faust is one of those rare musicians who excels in many different musical situations. As a jazz
drummer and member of the piano trio Unit Three, Faust traveled to Romania, where the group won
“Best Band” in the Bucharest International Jazz Competition. As a member of The Soul Brothers—a
James Brown tribute band—he toured throughout the southeast, playing venues like the House of Blues
in New Orleans. Daniel first began playing rock and pop when he started learning the drums at age ten.
He later developed an interest in jazz, which led him to earn his B. M. in Jazz Studies from the University
of North Carolina at Greensboro. While at UNCG, Faust was a member of the Award-winning UNCG Jazz
Ensemble. As a member, he recorded and performed with musicians such as Lee Konitz, Joey
Calderazzo, Seamus Blake, John Ellis, Delfeayo Marsalis, and Marcus Printup. Faust has also played
shows with New York-based New Orleans/funk band Brother Joscephus and the Love Revival Revolution
Orchestra, as well as hip-hop group Phive, whose music has been featured on MTV’s Jersey Shore.
Daniel continues to maintain a busy gigging schedule in the Southeast and beyond.