The renowned Bobby Militello Quartet will perform during JCC’s annual Jazz Fest on March 23 in Scharmann Theatre on the Jamestown Campus.

Admission to the 8 p.m. concert is $5, general public; $3, senior citizens and area students; and $2, JCC Faculty Student Association members. Tickets are available in the JCC box office, 716.338.1187, or at the theatre door prior to the concert.

Prior to the concert, an improvisation clinic led by Bobby Militello will be conducted for concert-goers beginning at 6 p.m.

Since 1982 Militello has played alto saxophone and flute with the Dave Brubeck Quartet. He has recorded over 20 CDs, played with almost every major orchestra in the U.S., Canada, and Europe, and has appeared in international jazz festivals and on television and radio shows.

Throughout his career, Militello has formed various groups of his own, ranging from fusion/funk to bebop. His first national recording, Primal Scream, was with Maynard Ferguson in 1975 and his first solo album, Bobby M Blow, was recorded in 1982 on Motown Records.

From 1975 to 1979, Militello played baritone sax and flute with Maynard Ferguson, receiving critical acclaim throughout the U.S. and Canada. He began performing with the Dave Brubeck Quartet in 1983.

While living in Los Angeles from 1983 to 1991, Militello performed with the Don Menza Quintet, Dee Barton Big Band, Chuck Flores Big Band and Quartet, Steve Hoffstetter Latin Big Band, Jeff Stradling Fusion Quintet, Kim Richmond Jazz Orchestra and Big Band, and Steve Segal Big Band.

After moving back to Buffalo in 1991, Militello was a contract player for the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra where he began playing for Doc Severinsen. He performed tenor, clarinet, and flute for Severinsen in the Tonight Show Band for two years.

The Militello Quartet also includes Bill Staebell, Bobby Jones, and Paul Fadale.

Staebell teaches music at the Iroquois School District and conducts the Southtowns Youth Orchestra. A classical bassist, he has performed with the Buffalo Philharmonic, Rochester Philharmonic, New Mexico Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, National Symphony of Canada, Gulf Coast Symphony, and the Boston Pops Orchestra.

Jones, a pianist and arranger, toured with Sammy Davis Jr. and has performed with Paul Anka, Patrick Duffy, Dianne Carroll, Jeff Jarvis, and others. Jones toured with the Tonight Show Band for two years and finished a five-year collaboration with composer and flutist Leslie Burrs on Vanqui, an opera commissioned by the Columbus Opera Company. Jones has also been musical director for singer Colleen Williams and leader of her band, The Bobby Jones Trio.

Fadale, a member of the band Rushour, has been a drummer with the Militello Quartet for almost 25 years. He was also the drummer for Militello’s band RPM. Fadale has recorded with Buffalo guitarist Tony Scozzaro, Rick Strauss, and other local artists.

Additional information on the Militello Quartet can be obtained at www.bobbymilitello.com.