ON TOUR NOW
Arlington Jones Trio
Jonathan Butler (Keyboards & Music Director)
Guitars and Saxes Tour 2010 (Gerald Albright, Kirk
Whalum, Jeff Golub, Peter White)
PERFORMANCE & TOURS
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Wayman Tisdale |
George Duke |
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Marcus Miller |
Louie Bellson |
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Tom Braxton |
Brannen
Temple |
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Kirk Whalum |
Hugh "Peanuts" Whalum |
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David “Fathead” Newman |
Leroy Cooper |
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Houston Person |
Gerald Albright |
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Najee |
Red Holloway |
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Frank Foster |
Keith
Loftis |
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Euge Groove |
Richard Elliot |
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Wycliffe Gordon |
Rick Braun |
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Roy Hargrove |
Clark Terry |
|
Martin Banks
Earl Klugh
Tim Bowman |
Chris Standring
Jeff
Golub
Kevin Whalum |
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Dee Dee Warwick |
Jody Watley |
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Regina Belle |
Oleta Adams |
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Chaka Khan |
Patti Labelle |
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Patti Austin |
Bebe Winans |
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Peabo Bryson
Yarbrough
& Peoples |
Jeffrey Osborne
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Dallas Jazz Orchestra/DJO (Curt Bradshaw, Director)
Mesquite Jazz Repertory Ensemble/MJRE (Curt
Bradshaw, Director)
Sammons Center for the Arts Jazz Ensemble (James Gilyard, Artistic Director)
Rendezvous All Stars 2006 (Wayman
Tisdale, Jonathan Butler, Kirk Whalum, Brian Simpson)
Guitars and Saxes Tour 2007 (Gerald Albright, Kirk Whalum, Jeff Golub, Tim
Bowman)
Dave Koz Cruise 2007, 2008
The Smooth Jazz Cruise hosted by Wayman Tisdale 2007, 2008, 2009
Jazz Attack Tour 2009 (Rick Braun,
Richard Elliot, Jonathan Butler)
The Smooth Jazz Cruise 2010
CLINICS, LECTURES & WORKSHOPS
Mesquite Music Teachers Association
Master Class
Sammons Center for the Arts Jazz Clinics for Youth and Adults
T. W. Brown Middle School Jazz Clinic
Beltline Intermediate
School Jazz Lecture
Dallas Baptist University Symposium on Jazz
Texas Tech University Jazz Festival Adjudicator
COGIC Choir Workshop
New Mt. Moriah Baptist Church Choir Workshop
SPECIAL AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Proclamation from the State of Texas Senator Royce
West
Jazz Artist of the Year — Sammons Center for the Arts, Dallas, TX
“Excellence In Teaching” Award — Cedar Valley College
Top 10
CDs: The Author and The Source — KRNB 105.7 fm
EDUCATION
Tyler Street Christian Academy (High School) — Dallas, TX 1990
Valedictorian
High School Band (percussion)
Texas Tech University — Lubbock, TX 1995
Bachelor of Music in Music
Composition and Mathematics minor
Magna Cum Laude
Studied piano with Steven
Glaser, Dr. William Westney, and Dr. James Sudduth
Marching Band (percussion)
Jazz Band Ensembles & Combos (piano)
University Musicals/Theater (music director)
University Singers (piano)
Gospel Choir (piano)
Accompanist for vocal
and instrumental students
Ollie Jones & By Faith Jazz Band (leader)
Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society
Golden Key National Honor Society
Phi Kappa
Phi National Honor Society
Kappa Mu Epsilon National Mathematics Honor Society
Southwest Texas State
University — San Marcos, TX 1997
Master of Music in Music Performance, Specializing in Jazz, Theory
& Composition
Magna Cum Laude
Studied piano with Dr. James Polk, former
Musical Director for Ray Charles
Jazz Band Ensembles & Combos (piano)
Salsa Band (keyboard, percussion)
Jazz Orchestra (conductor)
Gospel Choir
(piano, music director)
Accompanist for vocal and instrumental students
Theory Teaching Assistant
Bernard Wright (Recording artist &
keyboardist) — Dallas, TX 1999
Private Lessons
