Concert Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble II (2020)
Spotlighting women composers in jazz
The Concert Jazz Ensemble, the Thompson Jazz Studies Program’s premier ensemble, performs music from the rich legacy of big band music, from its early swing days to music by contemporary innovators.
Performance date and time:
Thursday, Feb. 13, 7:30 p.m.
Program:
(To be selected from the following) Thelonius Monk (arr. Miho Hazama): “Epistrophy”; Patty Darling: “Vortex”; Toshiko Akiyoshi: “I Ain’t Gonna Ask No More”; Camilla Vaitaitis: “October”; Maria Schneider: “Dance You Monster To My Soft Song”; Toshiko Akiyoshi: “Tuning Up”; Miho Hazama: “Dizzy Dizzy Wildflower”; Annie Booth: “Prologue-Park Fanfare”; Maria Schneider: “Choro Dançado”; Miho Hazama: “Cityscape”; Mary Lou Williams: “Roll ‘em”