Yale Jazz Ensembles Big Band at Dizzy's Club, New York
The Yale Jazz Ensembles Big Band, Wayne Escoffery Music Director, will perform at Dizzy’s Club in New York. Two sets: 7:00 and 9:00 pm. Program TBA.
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Side by Side - The New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band "Pan American Nutcracker Suite" and the Yale Concert Band
“Everyone has a Christmas album, but this one, for sure, is distinctive, different, and delightful. And a worthy successor to Ellington and Strayhorn.” — Richard J Salvucci, All About Jazz
“The Pan American Nutcracker Suite is an aural tour de force, an all-encompassing, immersive sound experience.” — music writer Ken Micallef
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Yale Jazz Ensembles Big Band - "Comrades in Jazz: Celebrating Musical Connections and Fellowship"
Wayne Escoffery, Music Director. In celebration of his 50th birthday and 8th year at Yale, Escoffery reflects on collaborations with friends and colleagues, with the band presenting big band arrangements and compositions by Steve Davis, Conrad Herwig, Michael Mossman, and others.
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Yale Jazz Ensembles Big Band Opener - Music by the Tenor Sax Masters
Wayne Escoffery, Music Director. Season opener. Featuring music by John Coltrane and NEA Jazz Masters Sonny Rollins, Joe Henderson, Frank Foster, and George Coleman.
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Yale Concert Band - Seraph Brass, guest artists
Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director. Feat. Jennifer Jolley’s “Dust” for brass quintet and wind ensemble, Seraph Brass, guest artists. “The Other Side of Silence” (Stephen Roberts), “Tarot” (Lindsay Bronnenkant), “Second Suite in F” (Gustav Holst).
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Yale Concert Band Winter Concert
Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director. Program:
● Gustav Holst composed his “First Suite in Eb for Military Band” in 1909. This milestone in the history of band literature is one of the few early band originals that has been transcribed for symphony orchestra. The Yale Concert Band is pleased to welcome Yale staff and faculty musicians to join this performance (click link below for music and information on how to join.)
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Yale Concert Band Fall Concert: "The Pursuit of Happiness" (world premiere) (Jim Colonna), "Symphony No. 4" (David Maslanka)
Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director.
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Composers and Soloists from Venezuela and Mexico - Yale Concert Band Opener
Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director. Yale’s wind symphony opens its season with music by composers and soloists from Venezuela and Mexico:
● “Fuga con Pajarillo.” Composer Aldemaro Romero combined a pajarillo (a waltz-like Venezuelan dance) with a complex fugue (a form of musical imitation, like a round) to create this exhilarating piece that features a break for traditional Venezuelan instruments (including bass and maracas) and virtuosic cadenzas for harp and cuatro (guitar). Guest artist Hector Molina, cuatro.
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Yale Concert Band Twilight Concert
Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director. Celebratory music and Yale songs on the eve of Yale’s Commencement. Outdoors on the Old Campus (chairs provided).
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Yale Jazz Ensemble Big Band: Celebrating Max Roach and Championing Equality and Social Justice Through Music
Wayne Escoffery, Music Director. Celebrating American drummer and composer Max Roach (1924-2007) and his commitment to championing equality and social justice through music.
The program will feature two movements of his avant-garde jazz album and vocal-instrumental suite “We Insist!” (subtitled Max Roach’s “Freedom Now Suite”) on themes related to the Civil Rights Movement. Both movements were orchestrated and arranged specifically for the YJE Big Band by Michael Philip Mossman.
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