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Nite Cap to Capture Boston

Nite Cap members are ready to travel to the conference of the International
Association of Jazz Educators, where they will meet some of their jazz idols.

Marcus Roberts, Jim Hall, Sheila
Jordan, T.S. Monk, Stanley
Turrentine—when you dedicate your
life to jazz, these are the names of your
heroes. When you meet your heroes
and get a chance to belt out a song
with them, it’s like you're in heaven.

Capilano College’s vocal jazz
ensemble, Nite Cap, will soon be
visiting that jazz heaven.

“We will be able to rub shoulders
with what we call the ‘heavies’ of the
industry. It will be a once in a lifetime
experience,” said Nite Cap vocalist
Steve Maddock.

The group has been invited to the
21st Annual Conference of the Interna-
tional Association of Jazz Educators in
Boston, Jan. 13 - 16.

The conference will host about 40
school jazz groups from around the
world. Nite Cap consists of 10 vocalists
and a four-piece rhythm section,
under conductor Rejean Marois.

Maddock, in his fourth year of the
Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies
program at Capilano College, has been
a Nite Cap Member for three years.
Originally from Ontario, he studied
theatre at the University of Windsor.
There he began jamming with a vocal
jazz sextet who convinced him to
change his life.

“They asked me to move out West
and work with Rejean,” he said. “The

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sextet no longer exists, but it was great
that they got me out here where I can
develop my career as a performer.”

Siri Olesen, another Nite Cap
singer, also dreams of a performance
career, but she adds, “In the business
of music none of us has the illusion of
making millions.”

Instead, says Nite Cap vocalist
Graeme Langager, they seek self-
actualization. “There’s something
about making music that’s fulfilling in
itself. It’s unlike anything else.”

The trip to Boston will enhance
that feeling, the singers agree. In
addition, says Maddock, as one of
only two jazz groups that have been
invited to the conference from
Canada, they will serve as jazz
ambassadors.

They will also represent French
Canada, says Langager, because
Marois, a French-Canadian, has
included many francophone tunes in
their repertoire.

Nite Cap will perform at the
conference on Friday, Jan. 14 at 5
p.m. in the Boston Sheraton Hotel.
Along with some of Marois’ compo-
sitions, they will perform swing, big
band, folk-jazz and Latin American
songs. Also at the conference, they
will attend workshops being con-
ducted by dozens of the world’s
greatest jazz performers.