JOE CIAVARDONE:

Primary Instrument - Trombone

EDUCATION

Arlington School of Music, Massachusetts 

Private Study with Herb Pomeroy, Bob Freeman, Sanford Gold (piano), Chuck Wayne (harmony and theory)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

New York City Department of Education

Curtis High School, Staten Island New York- Trombone Teacher   

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

TELEVISION SHOWS – Merv Griffin, New York, Atlantic City, New Jersey 

Ed Sullivan (Tony Bennett with Woody Herman’s Orchestra) New York

Jackie Gleason, Atlantic City

Step This Way, Philadelphia

ALBUMS – Portrait of Charlie Mariano, Stan Kenton Presents; 

Showcase Bill Holman, Los Angeles, Stan Kenton Presents; 

Showcase Bill Russo, Los Angeles, Stan Kenton Orchestra; 

Arthur Prysock, Chicago [?, pc]; 

Toshiko Akiyoshi, concert recorded at Town Hall, New York; 

Bill Berry Orchestra, for Willis Conover, Voice of America; 

Charlie Parker and Stan Kenton, New York; 

Herb Pomeroy, three albums: Band in Boston, Many a Slendored Gig, and the last with Irene Kral; 

Shirley Bassey and Tony Bennett

BIG BANDS – Woody Herman; Stan Kenton; Benny Goodman; Charlie Barnett; Claude Thornhill; Lionel Hampton; Ralph Marterie; Tommy Reynolds; Sam Donahue; Maynard Ferguson; Hal MacIntyre; Ray Eberly, Newport Jazz Festival with Harry Belafonte; Johnny Richards Orchestra (three weeks at Birdland and recorded with Arthur Prysock); Herb Pomeroy (Apollo Theater, and Birdland, New York City); Urbie Green; Al Cohn, Tex Beneke; Buddy Morrow; Sonny Durham; Jerry Wald; Billy May Orchestra under the direction of Frankie Lester; Elliot Lawrence; Ralph Flanagan; Boyd Raeburn

BROADWAY SHOWS – Sweet Charity, Nobody Knows; Here’s Love; Funny Girl; Stop the World

SHOW ACTS – Sammy Davis Jr.; Peggy Lee,; Tony Bennett; Jack Jones; Jerry Lewis; Milton Berle; Mel Torme; Dianne Carroll; Paul Anka

SHOW TOURS – Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie with Stan Kenton Orchestra;Nat King Cole and Sarah Vaugh, with Ralph Marterie Orchestra; Sammy David Jr. (Lead Trombone) Jerry Lewis (lead trombone, played special solo for Helen O’Connell)

CONCERTS – Ella Fitzgerald; Mel Lewis/Thad Jones Orchestra; Kai Winding; Johnny Richards

TELIVISION COMMERICALS – Budweiser; Simmons Mattress; Exxon; Sunoco; IBM

APPEARANCES AS BAND LEADER – Brighton Hotel (now the Sands Hotel), Galley Lounge, Atlantic City; Golden Nuggett, Atlantic City Joe Chev Swing Band, two years

ATLANTIC CITY EXPEREINCE

RESORTS INTERNATIONAL – Jackie Gleason; Ella Fitzgerald; Tony Bennett; Pearl Baily

BOARDWALK REGENCY– Merv Griffin; Paul Anka

BALLY– Mel Torme; Diane Carroll, Production show Outrgeous

BRIGHTON HOTEL(now the Sands Hotel) – Joe Chev Swing Band at the Galley Lounge

GOLDEN NUGGETT – Joe Chev Swing Band; Harlem Club under the direction of Johnny Lynch; Convection Hall Ice Show

MENTIONS IN PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS – Stan Kenton; Bill Chase; Bill Crow

NEWSPAPERS – New York Times; various Boston newspapers; Staten Island Advance

MISCELLANEOUS – Cadence Magazine; International Trombone Association; Woody Herman Society;Bill Spilka Newsletter

COMPOSITION

MOODY STREET – Song recorded with John Allmark’s Orchestra, arranged by Bob Freedman.  A tribute to a street in Waltham MA, where I spent my youth.