Georgia Tech School of Music Presents:
GT Jazz Ensemble I and Symphonic Band
Thursday, Nov. 16th, 2023
7:30pm
Ferst Center of the Arts
Mace Hibbard, Combo Coach
Chip Crotts, Director of Jazz Studies
Benjamin Diden, Conductor of Georgia Tech Symphonic Band
Guest Trombonist Bio – Jeff Albert
Jeff Albert is an Associate Professor in the School of Music at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and his areas of research and creative practice include improvisation, jazz performance, performance paradigms for live computer music, and audio production. He has performed in concerts and festivals in the U.S and throughout Europe, and contributed as a performer, producer, or engineer on over 60 recordings, including the 2017 Grammy winner for Best Traditional Blues Album. He has been named a Rising Star Trombonist in the DownBeat Critics Poll, and his album Unanimous Sources was named a Top 10 album of 2020 by Jan Garelick in the Boston Globe.
Albert received his B.M. from Loyola University New Orleans, and his M.M. from the University of New Orleans. In May of 2013, he became the first graduate of the PhD program in Experimental Music and Digital Media at Louisiana State University, where he was a founding member of the Laptop Orchestra of Louisiana (LOLs).