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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.
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....
Wednesday, April 16th; UTSA Loop 1604 Campus, Fine Arts Building Recital Hall, San Antonio, TX
Ron Wilkins Faculty Recital. I'll be performing Eric Ewazen's "Ballade" for Bass Trombone and Piano, and three movements from Claude Bolling's "Suite for Cello and Jazz Piano Trio."
Friday, April 18th; The Newly renovated Main Plaza, Main street, downtown San Antonio, TX
The Ron Wilkins 4-Tet performing at The Jazz Market as part of Jazz Appreciation Month, 11:00 AM-1:00 PM. I will be crowned "The Jazzy King" for this year's Fiesta San Antonio. Ole!
Saturday, April 26th; The Fiesta Oueens'Coronation Ball, The Menger Hotel, San Antonio, TX
I'll be performing with The Nat Vandiver Society Band. 6:00 PM-Midnight.
Thursday May 1st; The Elephant Room, 311 S. Congress, Austin, TX
The Ron Wilkins 4-Tet. 9:30 PM-1:30 AM
Sunday, May 4th; The Mid-Texas Symphony, New Braunsfels Civic Center, New Braunsfels, TX
Final Concert. Performance time-4:00 PM
More dates to come...
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