UO Faculty Jazz Ensemble

UO Faculty Jazz Ensemble
The UO Faculty Jazz Ensemble returns to The Jazz Station. Each performer is contributing an original work and a favorite standard for the evening's concert.
Paul Krueger trumpet
Idit Shner saxophone
Keith Brown piano
Tyler Abbott bass
Ken Mastrogiovanni drums
Paul Krueger is an Instructor of Jazz Studies at the University of Oregon where he teaches Advanced Jazz Arranging, Jazz Pedagogy, jazz trumpet, small jazz ensemble, jazz improvisation and jazz composition, and directs the program’s premier big band, the Oregon Jazz Ensemble.
An active performer of both jazz and classical music, Idit Shner has played in various distinguished venues in the United States and abroad, such as The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and Lincoln Center in New York.
Memphis-born, Knoxville-raised, Keith Brown is one of the most in-demand pianists on the contemporary jazz scene. Since he began playing jazz at the age of 18, Brown has performed and recorded with a who’s-who of jazz luminaries.
Tyler Abbott is an instructor of double bass, jazz bass, and music theory. He maintains an active performance schedule as an orchestral bassist, chamber musician, jazz bassist, clinician, and soloist, performing throughout the region and nation with some of the finest musicians in both the classical and jazz music worlds.
Ken Mastrogiovanni is a musician based in Eugene, Oregon. He holds a Master of Music in Jazz Studies and a Bachelor of Arts in Popular Music Studies/Japanese from the University of Oregon.