Roosevelt High School Jazz

Seattle, Washington

Skill, improvisation and swing come together

Scott Brown, Program Director 

 director@rooseveltjazz.org 


Director's Comments

Inside Liner Notes 
from the CD
Bringing Down the House

Named “Jazz Educator of the Year” by Downbeat Magazine in 2004, Scott Brown has directed Roosevelt’s jazz program for 26 years. Initially raised in south Seattle, his family relocated to Bainbridge Island, where he attended Bainbridge High School. Subsequently, he graduated from the University of Washington. He is a faculty member for Jazz at Lincoln Center’s summer academy for band directors. His awards include the 2002 Washington State Christa McAuliffe Washington Educator Award, the PONCHO Outstanding Music and Arts Educator Award in 2003, a 2007 KCTS Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Education and Jazz Journalists' "A Team" '09 Award!* *(see below)

Scott is a trombonist with the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra. As a result of his inspiring leadership, many of his students go on to study jazz in college, and become professional musicians and educators themselves.

 *  "A Team Award"
   Golden Apple Award   KCTS      Seattle P.I. Article     Seattle Times Article

 


 Stuart MacDonald, Assistant Director

Saxophonist Stuart MacDonald is a Seattle native, a graduate of Roosevelt High School, and a student of Hadley Caliman. Currently, he co-leads a quartet with John Silverman and is a member of Chris Stover’s More Zero and the Jim Knapp Orchestra.

In addition to his playing duties, Stuart acts as an assistant to Scott Brown at Roosevelt High School and directs Jazz Bands II and III.

He has played saxophone with the Brazilian rock band Quasi-Nada, reggae legend Clinton Fearon, Steven Bernstein, Medeski, Martin & Wood, Jay Thomas, Marc Seales, Mark Taylor, the acid jazz group Sharpshooters and many others. Stuart maintains an active private teaching studio in Seattle.