Joel Spencer  

November 3, 2009

Tuesday 8:00pm

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DRUMMER JOEL SPENCER and THE PLAYERS CLUB BIG BAND


Joel Spencer has been a Professional Musician and Music Educator for the past 25 years.
As a professional drummer, Joel has performed with a number of internationally known jazz artists in Chicago and throughout the world. These appearances have included such artists as Weather Report alumnus Wayne Shorter, David Liebman, Hank Jones, CedarWalton, Barney Kessel, Clark Terry, Michael Feinstein, Cissy Houston, the Red Rodney Quintet, Joe Williams, Scott Hamilton, John Campbell, Dorothy Donegan, the Count Basie Band, Chet Baker, Sonny Stitt, Junior Mance, Phil Woods, Wynton Marsalis,Benny Golson, and pianist/conductor Daniel Barenboim of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

In recent years Joel has traveled to Europe appearing at Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen
with the Jazz Members Big Band, the Umbria Jazz Festival in Perugia, Italy with vocalist Joe Williams and pianist Dorothy Donegan, The North Sea Jazz Festival in Holland withjazz pianist Ellis Marsalis and bassist Major Holly and the Red Sea Jazz Festival in Eilat,Israel with Frank Tiberi and a select group of Chicago musicians sponsored by theAmeritech Corporation.