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TED HOGARTH
bandleader, baritone saxophonist, composer, and arranger.
Ted received a Master's Degree in Jazz Composition with Distinction from DePaul University in 2005.
† He is a well-respected jazz educator with a private teaching studio and offers master classes at
various schools and universities in the Chicago metropolitan area. Ted is also a composer who has
written compositions and arrangements for schools such as Illinois Weslyan University and
Roosevelt Middle School, as well as features for individual performer such as Mark Colby.
He has recorded with many world-class artists including Phil Woods and Slide Hampton and has
performed with a wide array of musicians including Joe Lovano, Lennie Niehaus, Buddy DeFranco,
Johnny Griffen, Ramsey Lewis, Kevin Mahogany, Vinny Collaiuta, Bill Hollman, actor Gary Sinese,
Cedar Walton, Von Freeman, Lonnie Brooks, Lee Konitz, Gerald Wilson, Dave Valentin, Claudia
Acuna, Eric Alexander, Dr. Billy Taylor, Bill Dobbins, Alvin Batiste, Mary Wilson and the Supremes,
Robbie Folks, Ten Thousand Maniacs, Wayne Newton, and Steven Bernstein.
He has released two recordings as a leader and is on at least a dozen recordings by other Chicago
artists. His most recent release is as a member of Jeru (self-titled), a piano-less quartet modeled
after the Gerry Mulligan Quartet. His recordings as a leader; Misconception, released under the
Italian recording label Wide Sound, and available through Blujazz.com, is a collection of original
compositions with his sextet THC; Steps Taken was inspired by his trip to Cuba in 2000 where he
studied at Centro Nacional de Escuelas de Arte with Orlando Sanchez and other master Cuban
musicians.
Ted is the founder and leader of The Mulligan Mosaics Big Band as well as being a member of Jeru,
the Michael Ingersoll Band, and Orbert Davis’s Chicago Jazz Philharmonic. He is currently
performing in the pit orchestra of the Broadway In Chicago production of Jersey Boys.
MORE INFORMATION
www.tedhogarth.com
www.mulliganmosaics.com
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INFO AND BOOKING
COCO PRODUCTIONS, Inc.
P. O. BOX 114
LANSING, IL 60438
Phone: 708-474-3741
Cell. 708-527-5985
E-Mail: coco@cocoprojazz.com
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