In celebration of Panther Alumni Week (PAW) 2021, FIU School of Music faculty and alumni big band members have collaborated virtually to present this YouTube premiere of Be Bop Charlie by Bop Florence. 

For more information about the FIU School of Music and our Jazz Performance Studies Program, please visit music.fiu.edu.

Trumpets:

Trumpet 1-Jim Hacker, Big Band & Brass Choir Director, Teaching Professor of Music, Trumpet

Trumpet 2-Francisco Dimas, Jazz Trumpet Adjunct PRofessor

Trumpet 3-Jesus Mato, FIU Alumnus

Trumpet 4-Jean Caze, FIU Alumnus

Trumpet 5-Seth Merlin, FIU Alumnus

Trombones:

Trombone 1- Ruben Caban, FIU Alumnus and Jazz Trombone Adjunct Professor

Trombone 2- John Kricker, Trombone Adjunct Professor

Trombone 3 - Sam Savage, FIU Alumnus

Bass Trombone - Jose Leon, FIU Alumnus

Saxes:

Alto Saxophone 1- Aldo Salvent, FIU Alumnus and Saxophone Adjunct Professor

Alto Saxophone 2- Taylor Vega, FIU Alumnus

Tenor Saxophone 1- Henry Paz, FIU Alumnus

Tenor Saxophone 2- Jason Moss, FIU Alumnus

Baritone Saxophone 1- Juan Turros, FIU Alumnus

Baritone Saxophone 2- Jose "sapo" Gonzalez, FIU Alumnus

Tenor Saxophone - David Fernandez, FIU Alumnus and Jazz Adjunct Professor

Rhythm Section:

Bass - Jamie Ousley, Jazz Performance Coordinator, Associate Professor of Jazz Bass

Drums - Rodolfo Zuniga, FIU Alumnus and Jazz Percussion Adjunct Professor

Piano - Felix Gomez, Jazz Piano Adjunct Professor

Solos:

Felix Gomez, piano

David Fernandez, tenor sax

Ruben Caban, trombone

Francisco Dimas, trumpet

Production and Mixing by Jim Hacker

Video by Rodolfo Zuniga