YJE 2016-2017

Director Thomas C. Duffy
Assistant to the Director Theo Van Dyck
Business Manager Stephanie Hubbard
Concerts & Repertoire

12/2/16:” RHYTHM AND ROMANCE: THE SONGS OF FRED ASTAIRE AND COLE PORTER” feat. Steve Ross and the Yale Jazz Ensemble “All-Stars”

3/6/17 “SPRING CONCERT”
Grooving Hard: Don Menza
Blues in Hoss Flat: Frank Foster/Count Basie
Dale La’Palante (premiere): Jeff Fuller
Skylark: Hoagy Carmichael/Johnny Mercer
Tiptoe: Thad Jones
Gaining on You: Gordon Goodwin
A Child is Born: Thad Jones
Harlem Nocturnes: Earle Hagen/arr. Zvacek

4/9/17 STAN WHEELER MEMORIAL JAZZ CONCERT
Tiptoe: Thad Jones
Blues in Hoss Flat: Frank Foster/Count Basie
Skylark: Hoagy Carmichael/Johnny Mercer
Dale La’Palante (premiere): Jeff Fuller
Four as a Judgment: Samuel Adams YSM ‘10
Harlem Nocturnes: Earle Hagen/arr. Zvacek
 
Special Events Jazz: A Celebration of America’s Sound (two-day festival at the Schwarzman Center, Yale University, March 10-11, 2017)
 

 

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March 10, 2017: The Yale Jazz Ensemble opens Jazz: A Celebration of America’s Sound
(two day music festival) at Yale University’s Schwarzman Center 

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