He loved serving others and in 2001 began a calling to the Utah State Prison with his wife. He was an amazing teacher and mentor and influenced many students’ lives. He taught for 19 years at East High School in Salt Lake City. He also performed with the Utah Symphony as a jazz pianist with other famous artists and performed with the Salt Lake City Jazz Orchestra. He performed with Bob Hope and Danny Thomas in concert, and with the stars in Washington DC, Illinois, Texas and California, and recorded with people like Sue Rainey, Sarah Vaughan, Jaye P. He recorded with many well known artists such as Frank Rosolino, one of the really outstanding jazz trombonists of all time. Show, (which you can see on YouTube by writing in "Airmen of Note"), and for President Carter in Panama. He was an amazing musician who played at the White House for returning servicemen in Dallas, and on the Johnny Carson He had a long career in the USAF as a Band Commander and arranger with performances across the US and South America. Served in the US Air Force and retired 1989 as a Captain. Married to Imelda Saldivar, July 25, 1987, sealed in the Salt Lake Temple Passed away on at his home of a very aggressive cancer that was only confirmed Thursday, May 26, 2016.īorn March 29, 1942, Lehi, Utah to Milton Green and Reubena Brooks. Each member of the band has a dedicated history to the study of their instrument and are consummate performers in their own right.Kenneth M Green, beloved husband, father, grandfather, uncle and teacher, age 74 Night Star Jazz Orchestra is made up of world class jazz artists and performers from all facets of the music business alumni of Disney Land bands, local music teachers, first call studio musicians and members of the local jazz community. Randy Madsen, trombone, is the leader and manager of the Night Star Jazz Orchestra. Katrina has performed for the SLC Jazz Festival, Utah Arts Festival, Park City Jazz Festival, Excellence in the Community events, as well as hundreds of private events across the Wasatch front for the past fifteen years. Katrina Cannon and the Night Star Jazz Orchestra are honored to pay tribute to Ella Fitzgerald at the Salt Lake City Jazz Festival. Katrina’s set will be a tribute to the great Ella Fitzgerald in honor of Ella’s centennial of her birth this year. Katrina will be opening the SLC Jazz Festival with the Night Star Jazz Orchestra on Friday July 28th at the Gallivan Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Katrina Cannon and the Night Star Jazz Orchestra September 26th – 7:30 pm Night Star Jazz Orchestra – Excellence in the Community – Gallivan Center, Salt Lake City July 16th – 7:30 pm Tad Calcara and New Deal Swing – Excellence in the Community – Gallivan Center, Salt Lake CityĪugust 13th – 7:30 pm Night Star Jazz Orchestra – Excellence in the Community – Gallivan Center, Salt Lake CityĪugust 27th – 7:30 pm Night Star Jazz Orchestra – Excellence in the Community – Gallivan Center, Salt Lake City June 11th – 7:30 pm Night Star Jazz Orchestra – Excellence in the Community – Gallivan Center, Salt Lake City May 11th – 7:30 pm Jazz Arts Celebration with the Night Star Jazz Orchestra and Jay Lawrence at Ogden High School May 9th – 6 pm New Deal Swing – 150th Sesquicentennial Gala May 6th – 7 pm Crosstown Big Band at Peery’s Egyptian Theater in Ogden May 3rd – New Deal Swing – 7 pm Utah Swing Dance Conference in Salt Lake City She’ll be performing with Tad Calcara’s New Deal Swing, Don Keipp’s Crosstown Big Band and her very own Night Star Jazz Orchestra in 2019. Catch Katrina with multiple groups this year.
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