Everett Longstreth

Everett Longstreth's extensive musical background began playing in his father's orchestra, touring throughout the Ohio area. Upon entering the Armed Services, he was assigned to the 1st Armored Division Band at Fort Hood, Texas. While a member of this organization he helped form "The Dance Masters," an orchestra that performed for shows and dances at various Officers' Clubs, N.C.O Clubs, and service clubs in the surrounding area. It was at this time that Mr. Longstreth became interested in writing and arranging for bands.

Upon Discharge from the service he enrolled at the Berklee College of Music where he studied trumpet with the late Fred Berman and John Coffey. His studies were interrupted several times to make national tours with orchestras. Upon graduation in 1957, he immediately joined the Woody Herman Orchestra. After an extended stay with The Herman Band, he returned to Boston and joined the faculty of Berklee. He continued to write and play professionally for famous clubs, bands and even Broadway. Mr. Longstreth was a member of the Herb Pomeroy Orchestra that traveled to New York City to play the famous jazz club, "Birdland." It was during this engagement that the Pomeroy Band made its first album on which Mr. Longstreth played and arranged two of the selections, namely, "Our Delight," a Tad Dameron original, and "Wolafunts Lament" by Bill Graham.

In 1963, Mr. Longstreth embarked on a world tour with the Sam Donahue-Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. He performed with such stars as Frank Sinatra Jr., Helen Forrest, the late Charlie Shavers, and the Pied Pipers. The band also appeared on the Johnny Carson Show, Ed Sullivan Show, the Mike Douglas Show, the Hullabalu Show, and many other radio and TV shows in Europe, South America, and Japan. At the conclusion of this tour in 1966, Mr. Longstreth returned to Boston and joined the faculty of the Boston Conservatory of Music where he taught arranging, theory and served as an ensemble instructor. While at The Boston Conservatory he composed and arranged a series of stage band material published by Maher Publications, an affiliate of "Downbeat Magazine." In addition, Mr. Longstreth was director of the MIT Concert Jazz Band for 32 years.