ON TOUR NOW
Arlington Jones Presents Concert Series
Arlington Jones Presents The Way I Hear It Music Discussion Series
& Master Classes
(Music Business, Composition, Jazz Theory & Improvisation Techniques)
PERFORMANCE
& TOURS
Jonathan Butler (Keyboards & Music Director) 2008-2010
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Wayman Tisdale |
Kirk Whalum |
George Duke |
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Gerald Albright |
Patti
Austin |
David “Fathead” Newman |
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Louie Bellson |
Jody
Watley |
Tom Braxton |
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Marcus Miller |
Leroy
Cooper |
Hugh "Peanuts" Whalum |
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Houston Person |
Najee |
Red
Holloway |
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Chaka Khan |
Patti Labelle |
Peabo
Bryson |
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Keith Loftis |
Frank Foster |
Euge
Groove |
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Richard Elliot |
Wycliffe Gordon |
Rick Braun |
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Roy Hargrove |
Clark
Terry |
Martin Banks |
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Tim Bowman |
Earl Klugh |
Jeff
Golub |
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Chris Standring |
Kevin Whalum |
Dee Dee Warwick |
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Brannen Temple |
Regina Belle |
Oleta Adams |
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Bebe Winans |
Jeffrey
Osborne |
Yarbrough & Peoples |
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Phil Perry
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Guitars and Saxes Tour 2010 (Gerald Albright, Kirk Whalum, Jeff Golub, Peter
White)
The Smooth Jazz Cruise 2010, 2011
Blue Candlelight Music Series Fundraiser Concert, Dallas, TX 2010
The Smooth Jazz Cruise hosted
by Wayman Tisdale 2007, 2008, 2009
Jazz Attack Tour 2009 (Rick Braun, Richard Elliot, Jonathan Butler)
Dave Koz Cruise 2007, 2008
Guitars
and Saxes Tour 2007 (Gerald Albright, Kirk Whalum, Jeff Golub, Tim Bowman)
Rendezvous All Stars 2006 (Wayman Tisdale, Jonathan
Butler, Kirk Whalum, Brian Simpson)
Texas Chamber Orchestra/TCO Concert Series 2005
Sammons Center for the Arts Jazz Ensemble (James
Gilyard, Artistic Director)
Mesquite Jazz Repertory Ensemble/MJRE (Curt Bradshaw, Director)
Dallas Jazz Orchestra/DJO (Curt Bradshaw,
Director)
CLINICS, LECTURES & WORKSHOPS
Arlington Jones Presents The Way I Hear It Music Discussion Series & Master
Classes
(Music Business, Composition, Jazz Theory & Improvisation Techniques)
Sammons Center for the Arts Jazz
Clinics for Youth and Adults
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Master Composition Class
North Central Texas College
State of the Arts Lecture Series, KERA & Dallas Museum of Art
Mesquite Music Teachers Association Master Class
Covenant Church
Rock Star Camp
Ronald E. McNair Elementary School Jazz Clinic
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)
Private Lessons with Jerry Knox and Kerrie Hutcheson (Brook Mays Music)
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
Studied composition with Dr. Mary Jeanne van Appledorn and Dr. Steven Paxton
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
Studied composition with Dr. Russell Riepe
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
EXPERIENCE
2011—present
Artistic Director for Sammons Jazz Program, Sammons Center for the Arts, Dallas, TX
2003—present
Advisory Committee
Member for Cedar Valley College Music Department, Lancaster, TX
(2011—2012 Committee Chair)
2003—present
Covenant Church, Carrollton, TX — Keyboardist
2005—2009
Cedar Valley College, Lancaster, TX — Music Faculty Professor
(Theory,
Composition, Orchestration, Commercial/Jazz Piano, Piano Class I, MIDI)
2003—2005
Cedar Valley College, Lancaster, TX —
Professor/Visiting Scholar
(Theory, Composition, Orchestration, Commercial/Jazz Piano, Piano Class I, MIDI)
2000—2003
Cedar Valley College, Lancaster, TX — Adjunct Professor
(Theory, Composition, Orchestration, Commercial/Jazz Piano)
1998—1999
Community of Hope UMC, Arlington, TX — Worship Leader (composed theme song)
1997—1998
Dallas Baptist University, Dallas,
TX — Instructor (Keyboard Improvisation)
1997—1998
New Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, Dallas, TX — Minister of Music
1997—1998
Tyler Street Christian Academy, Dallas, TX — Instructor (General Music/Choir)
Fall 1997
Cedar Valley
College, Lancaster, TX — Adjunct Professor (Composition)
1996—1997
Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX — (Theory
Teaching Assistant,
Jazz Orchestra Conductor, Jazz Ensembles/Combos Pianist)
1996—1997
St. James Episcopal
Church, Austin, TX — Church Pianist
Summer 1994
First Baptist Church Lubbock, Lubbock, TX — Music Director for Summer Camp
1993—1995
Ollie Jones and By Faith — Music Director
1991
Texas Tech University It’s A Wonderful Life — Music Director
