Ted Unseth & the Americana Classic Jazz Orchestra
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States | SELF
Music
Press
"Your Americana Classic Jazz Orchestra sure has 'fire'--I'll tell you it lifted me up and... boy, it was great to hear Benny Waters. I got the Spirit and that's the Spirit of the music of Jazz in your band." - Village Voice: Nat Hentoff
"Your Americana Classic Jazz Orchestra sure has 'fire'--I'll tell you it lifted me up and... boy, it was great to hear Benny Waters. I got the Spirit and that's the Spirit of the music of Jazz in your band." - Village Voice: Nat Hentoff
"I'm just thrilled to get the 'Americana Classic Jazz Orchestra 20th Anniversary Concerts - Collector's Edition' CD. It's historic and so valuable-- I treasure it." - Minnesota Public Radio: Leigh Kamman "Jazz Image"
"I'm just thrilled to get the 'Americana Classic Jazz Orchestra 20th Anniversary Concerts - Collector's Edition' CD. It's historic and so valuable-- I treasure it." - Minnesota Public Radio: Leigh Kamman "Jazz Image"
"They dare to be different.” - Billboard
"They dare to be different.” - Billboard
“…utterly amazing.” - Chicago Tribune
“…utterly amazing.” - Chicago Tribune
“…irresistible.” - Minneapolis Star/Tribune
“…irresistible.” - Minneapolis Star/Tribune
Discography
"Ted Unseth and the ACJO - 20th Anniversary Concerts w/Benny Waters" CD. Available at cdbaby.com.
Various 'bootleg' combinations available on request - Ted has a large Archive Library that offers several options. For a clearer picture, visit www.reverbnation.com/tedunseth and review the ACJO Music Library sampler. 37+ years of recorded archives.
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Bio
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The Americana Classic Jazz Orchestra specializes in note-for-note transcriptions (including original solos) of classic Americana/American Jazz Orchestra recordings performed Live! and in concert. Unique repertoire found nowhere else in the world, focused primarily (but not exclusively) on the Jazz Age (1920's-1930's).
Ted Unseth
4205 15th Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN 55407
612 822-2558
tedeboy@att.net
MUSIC SKILLS:
**Instrumental: Piano, Guitar, Saxophones, Clarinet, Harmonica, Voice
**Conceptual: Composing, Arranging, Transcribing, Philologizing
PUBLISHED:
**Essay: "Jazz, The Abused Muse"; Many Corners Magazine; Mpls., MN; 1981
ACCOMPLISHED:
**Musical Director: "Fiorello", Bethany Jr. College: Mankato, MN; 1966
**Singer/Songwriter: Folk/Rock/Blues, Mpls., MN; 1968-1973
**Guitar Instructor: West Bank School of Music; Mpls., MN; 1968-1970
**Composer: La Mama ETC/The University of MN Company “Comings and
Goings”; 1969
**Music Workshop Director: Urban Arts Program; Mpls. Public Schools: 1970-
1973
**Founder/Leader/Piano/Sax/Clarinet/Vocals: Wolverines CLASSIC JAZZ
ORCHESTRA (now known as AMERICANA CLASSIC JAZZ ORCHESTRA); 1973-1980
**US President Jimmy Carter Inaugural Ball, Washington, DC; Classic Jazz
Orchestra, 1977
**Composer: "Quintets 1 & 2"; West Bank School of Music; 1978
**Music Director: "Falling Moons"; Children's Theatre Company; Mpls., MN;
1980
**Composer/Arranger/Co-Leader: WCJO (now known as ACJO); 1980-1984
**Arranger/Leader/Sax/Clarinet/Vocals: TED UNSETH and DE STIJLISTICS
(later known as AMERICANA CLASSIC JAZZ ENSEMBLE, septet version
of ACJO); 1982-present
**Music Director/Arranger/Conductor/Alto Sax: "Holiday Inn"; Mixed Blood
Theatre; Mpls., MN; 1983
**MN Governor Al Quie Inaugural Ball, St. Paul, MN; Classic Jazz Orchestra,
1983.
**Recipient: National Endowment for the Arts; Jazz Fellowship Grant; 1985
**Music Director/Arranger/Sax/Clarinet: AnEx/IDS National Convention; 1986
**Music Director/Arranger/Sax/Clarinet: Aetna Life and Casualty Regional
Conventions; 1988
**Music Director/Arranger/Sax/Clarinet: "La Revue Negre: A Tribute to Josephine
Baker"; Ruby's Cabaret; Mpls., MN; 1989
**Transcriber: Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra; Washington, DC; 1990-
1992
**Transcriber: "Rebirth of the Cool"; Gerry Mulligan; 1992
**Founder/Arranger/Leader: AMERICANA CLASSIC JAZZ ORCHESTRA (formerly
known as Wolverines CJO); 1984-present
**Director: “ACJO 20th Anniversary Concerts with Benny Waters”; Bandana Square; St.Paul, MN; 1993
"Director: "Americana Classic Jazz Orchestra at Minnehaha Falls Park", Minneapolis, MN; 2010
**Composer/Arranger: via computer: 2000-present
** "I'm Goin' Home" Singer/Songwriter CD available at "cdbaby.com"
** "ACJO 20th Anniversary w/Benny Waters" CD available "cdbaby.com"
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For Americana Classic Jazz Orchestra, visit:
http://tedeboy.tripod.com/acjo.
For Composer/Arranger, visit:
http://tedeboy.tripod.com/composer
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