ISU Jazz Bands perform April 3 at Jensen Grand Concert Hall
March 24, 2009
ISU Music student and saxophonist Julian Sutherland in rehearsal for the upcoming ISU Jazz Bands concert.The 色花堂app Jazz Band I and Jazz Band II will present an exciting mix of cool and hot jazz in their final performance of the year on Friday, April 3, at 7:30 p.m. in the Joseph C. and Cheryl H. Jensen Grand Concert Hall in the L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center.
Jazz I director is Dr. Patrick Brooks, ISU director of bands. Mont茅 Grise, associate director of bands, directs Jazz II.
Jazz I will perform seven selections, including the Count Basie standard 鈥淐orner Pocket鈥; a beautiful ballad arrangement of Billy Strayhorn鈥檚 鈥淎 Flower Is A Lovesome Thing,鈥 featuring ISU music student Julian Sutherland; and the contemporary hip-hop-shuffle-funk flavored 鈥淔eather Report.鈥 New selections to be performed will include 鈥淐herry Juice,鈥 by Thad Jones; the samba-swing trumpet and tenor sax duet 鈥淢i Burrito,鈥 by Ray Brown; and the bluesy 鈥淪weet Pea,鈥 composed by Bill Holman.
Jazz II, directed by Monte Grise, will perform a selection of jazz standards to include 鈥淎utumn Leaves鈥 and Dizzy Gillespie鈥檚 鈥淕roovin鈥 High.鈥
Admission to this concert is free to all ISU students with a valid Bengal card. Adult general public admission is $6, faculty and staff admission is $4 and pre-college student admission is $2.
For more information call the ISU music department at 282-3636.
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