Yale Jazz Ensemble to Celebrate Legacy of Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra

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Event time: 
Monday, February 17, 2020 - 7:30pm
Location: 
Sprague Memorial Hall (SMH ), Morse Recital Hall See map
470 College Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Event description: 

Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director. Music by Thad Jones (Big Dipper, Ahunk Ahunk, Us), Bob Brookmeyer (Hello and Goodbye), Sonny Rollins, Duke Ellington, Herbie Hancock, and the world premiere of “Living Pictures” by Yale Jazz Ensemble trombonist Michael Gancz MY ‘21. Admission is free and no tickets are required. Public info: 203-432-4111 or www.yale.edu/yaleband.
The Yale Jazz Ensemble (YJE) is a seventeen-piece big band that performs a wide variety of music, from Yale’s Benny Goodman archive to the newest and most progressive jazz compositions. The Ensemble has performed extensively in the United States and internationally at such noted venues as New York’s Village Vanguard and Iridium jazz clubs, and London’s Ronnie Scott’s. The YJE has performed with or opened for The Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra, the Toshiko Akiyoshi/Lew Tabackin Big Band, the World Saxophone Quartet, Jane Ira Bloom, Jimmy Owens, and Branford Marsalis.

Admission: 
Free
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