YJE 2022-2023

Director Wayne Escoffery
Operations and Production Manager Stephanie Hubbard
Concerts & Repertoire

11/8/22 YALE JAZZ COMBOS FALL SHOWCASE (Wayne Escoffery, coach)
LEGACY JAZZ COMBO: Grace Burton, trumpet; Joe Zimmerman, alto sax; Shaun Pexton, tenor sax; Miles Zaud, piano; Dylan Reckner, bass; Jorge Banuelos, drums
Horace Silver: Ecaroh
Horace Silver: Nica’s Dream
Horace Silver: Peace
Wayne Shorter: This Is for Albert
MODERN JAZZ COMBO: Teddy Horangic, vocals; Truth Templeton, trumpet; Christopher Sylvester, tenor sax; Max Saffer-Meng, trombone; Aidan Kluger, piano; Thara Joseph, bass; Jarron Long, drums
Horace Silver: Nutville
Gene DePaul/Don Raye: Star Eyes
Charles Mingus: Eclipse
Freddie Hubbard: Crisis

11/9/22 CELEBRATING SLIDE HAMPTON AND GEORGE COLEMAN
Slide Hampton (arr./orch. Mossman): Althea
Slide Hampton: Go East, Young Man
Slide Hampton: Frame for the Blues
Traditional (ensemble arr. Hampton, vocal arr. Escoffery): Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Gene DePaul/Don Raye (arr. Coleman, orch. Mossman): Star Eyes
John Coltrane (arr. Mossman): Moment’s Notice

3/1/23 YALE JAZZ ENSEMBLE BIG BAND SPRING CONCERT
Slide Hampton: Patricia
George Coleman: Revival
George Coleman (original lyrics by Teddy Horangic): Amsterdam After Dark
Charles Mingus: Eclipse
Richard Rodgers/Lorenzo Hart: This Can’t be Love (duet), feat. Teddy Horangic, vocals, and Thara Joseph, bass
Charles Mingus: O.P.

4/11/23 YALE JAZZ COMBOS SPRING SHOWCASE (Wayne Escoffery, coach)
LEGACY JAZZ COMBO: Kevin Chan, flute; Rory Ashmeade, alto sax; Shaun Pexton, tenor sax; Grace Burton, trumpet; Alejandro Mayagoitia, guitar; Miles Zaud, piano; Jeff Fuller, bass; Jorge Banuelos, drums
John Coltrane: Blue Train
Horace Silver: Strollin’
Herbie Hancock: Tell Me a Bedtime Story
Kenny Dorham: Short Story
MODERN JAZZ COMBO: Teddy Horangic, vocals; Wes Lewis, tenor sax; Truth Templeton, trumpet; Max Saffer-Meng, trombone; Aidan Kluger, piano; Thara Joseph, bass; Jarron Long, drums
Woody Shaw: Blues for Wood
Truth Templeton: Araht!
Alex Sipiagin: Recovery
Freddie Hubbard: Thermo

Special Events

3/4/23: YJE Combos at Jazz at Lincoln Center/Rose Hall, NY, Yale Development “For Humanity Illuminated” campaign event

4/3/23: YJE Big Band at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, with guest artist George Coleman, tenor saxophone

 

Photos

March 4, 2023: The YJE Combos perform for the Yale Development “For Humanity Illuminated” campaign event at Jazz at Lincoln Center at Rose Hall in New York City.

April 3, 2023: The YJE Big Band performs at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola in New York, featuring NEA Jazz Master and guest artist George Coleman, tenor saxophone.

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