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Welcome to the home page of A Tribute to the Masters, the first album of San Antonio trombonist Ron Wilkins. The album, on Scat Cat Records, can be ordered from Amazon.com. In San Antonio, the CD is available at Borders Books and Music at Huebner Oaks, at The Forum or at the Quarry Market, at Half Price Books and Records on Broadway and at Barnes and Noble on San Pedro and Loop 410. In Austin, Texas, the CD is available at Borders Books and Music on Research Blvd. In Denton, Texas, the CD is available at Penders Music. A Tribute to the Masters is now available through HICKEYS MUSIC CATALOG. The CD is available in Denver, Colorado at Flesher-Hinton Music Company on Tennyson Street.
A Tribute to the Masters is a tribute to some of the great jazz musicians who influenced me. The CD features songs such as "Donna Lee" by Charlie Parker, "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" by Tommy Dorsey, "Caldonia" by Louis Jordan, and "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong.
Also check out the new CD "The Bundee Brothers Bone Band," featuring former Ringling Bros. Circus Lead Trombonist, Bill Gibson. The CD is available through THE JAZZ ART STORE. The CD was produced in 2005.You can contact Ron for questions, comments, or to schedule gigs, at rwilkins_tx@yahoo.com.
Ron's FAX number is (210)661-5230
*** PEACE ON EARTH***
***GO SPURS GO in 2008!!!***
Now that I've returned from Russia, here a brief synopsis of life on the road: The Russia tour was fantastic!! Darren Kuper (Drums), Joel Dilley (Bass) and I left San Antonio on March 6th at approximately 6:30 AM. After brief stops in Cincinnati and NYC, we flew some 8 1/2 hours overseas and arrived at Moscow International Airport at 8:25 AM the next day. After meeting with our host, piano virtuoso Valeri Grokhovski, and his friends, Sergei and Misha (Michael), we loaded up three vehicles and drove into the heart of Moscow to Valeri's upscale apartment overlooking the Moscow river. After relaxing for a few hours, we hit the road for our first performance stop, Magnitogorsk. We had an excellent concert there, and then went to the following cities over a sixteen day period: Ekaterinberg (great hall-packed house), Kamensk (we played in their concert organ hall-another packed house), Perm (a large, cosmopolitan city with a great cultural scene-Good Times!!), Chelyabinsk (another organ hall-great crowds again), Surgut (live from Siberia. Very cold, but a very warm, receptive audience), Omsk (excellent hall, great audience, still Very Cold--Brrrr!!!), Moscow (we played at Valeri's old high school for a bunch of petroleum executives and a posh jazz-supper club in south-east Moscow-nice!), Kaliningrad (an old world German city; they treated us like royalty!), and back to Moscow (performing in the Dom Musikee-Moscow's top performance hall-Wow!!!).
We had standing ovations every night, all our meals, travel, and accomodations covered, and made some great new friends. There was talk at the end of the tour of recording a cd this summer and returning for another tour next year. My health was very good throughout, and I'm REALLY looking forward to working again with Valeri (imagine if you will, piano playing the likes of Art Tatum meeting Bill Evans....). And now, on with the show....
Look for New, Exciting Changes to this website, Coming Soon! Thanks Emily!!!
Saturday, August 23rd; Carmen's de la Calle Cafe, 720 E. Mistletoe, San Antonio, TX
Jazz A'Trois, my new trio w/Joel Dilley on bass and Darren Kuper on drums. 8:30-midinght. $5.00 cover
Sunday, August 24th; Long Center Plaza/Auditorium Shores, Austin, TX
The Austin Symphony Big Band in Concert. 7:00-9:00 PM
Tuesday-Sunday, September 9-14th; The Majestic Theater, San Antonio, TX
Oprah Winfrey presents The Color Purple. Tuesday-Friday, 8:00pm, Saturday, 2:00 and 8:00pm, Sunday, 1:30 and 7:00pm
Sunday, September 28th; The Army Residence Community Chapel, San Antonio, TX
Jazz Worship Service w/Ron Wilkins and Small World. 11:00am
Sunday, October 5th; New Braunfels Civic Center, New Braunfels, TX
The Mid-Texas Symphony in Concert. "Scary Virtuosity." 4:00pm
Thursday, October 9th; The Elephant Room, 315 S. Congress Ave., Austin, TX
The Ron Wilkins 4-Tet. 9:30pm-1:30am
Saturday, November 8th; The Little Carver Theater at The Carver Community Cultural Center, 226 N. Hackberry, San Antonio, TX
The Ron Wilkins 4-Tet in Concert. 8:00pm
Sunday, November 16th; Riverbend Church, 4214 Capitol of Texas Hwy N (Loop 360), Austin, TX
"Celebration" Worship service. 9:45am
Sunday, November 23rd; Riverbend Church, 4214 Capitol of Texas Hwy N (Loop 360), Austin, TX
"Celebration" Worship service. 9:45am
Sunday, December 7th; Riverbend Church, 4214 Capitol of Texas Hwy N (Loop 360), Austin, TX
"Celebration" Worship service. 9:45am
Sunday, December 21st; Riverbend Church, 4214 Capitol of Texas Hwy N (Loop 360), Austin, TX
"Celebration" Worship service. 9:45am
Wednesday, December 24th; Riverbend Church, 4214 Capitol of Texas Hwy N (Loop 360), Austin, TX
Christmas Eve Worship services. 4:30pm, 6:15pm, 7:45pm
Sunday, February 8th, 2009; New Braunfels Civic Center, New Braunfels, TX
The Mid-Texas Symphony in Concert. "Deutsch Klassik." 4:00pm
Sunday, March 29th, 2009; Jackson Auditorium, Texas Lutheran University, Seguin, TX
The Mid-Texas Symphony in Concert. "The Trumpet Shall Sound," featuring principal trumpet, Andrew Gignac. 4:00pm
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009; New Braunfels Civic Center, New Braunfels, TX
The Mid-Texas Symphony in Concert. "Old, New, Borrowed, and Blues," featuring New York Jazz Flautist and vocalist, Ms Kelly Watson. 4:00pm
More dates to come...
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