UW Jazz Standards Ensemble, Jazz Composers Group, Blue Note Ensemble, Contemporary Jazz Ensemble, and the “Jazz at Five UW All-stars.”

UW Jazz Standards Ensemble, Jazz Composers Group, Blue Note Ensemble, Contemporary Jazz Ensemble, and the “Jazz at Five UW All-stars.”
UW Jazz Standards Ensemble, Jazz Composers Group, Blue Note Ensemble, Contemporary Jazz Ensemble, and the “Jazz at Five UW All-stars.”
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When:
September 19, 2019 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
2019-09-19T16:00:00-05:00
2019-09-19T19:00:00-05:00
Where:
The Pyle Center
702 Langdon St.
Madison
WI
Cost:
Free

Jazz Standards Ensemble (Small Group)

Nick Moran, director

Description: The Jazz Standards Ensemble performs music from the standard jazz repertoire. It consists of 2–3 frontline instruments (trumpets, trombones, saxophones, other woodwinds or high strings), 1–2 comping instruments (piano, guitar, vibraphone), bass, and drums.

Contemporary Jazz Ensemble (Small Group)

Johannes Wallmann, director

Description: The Contemporary Jazz Ensemble consists of 2–3 frontline instruments (trumpets, trombones, saxophones, other woodwinds or high strings), 1–2 comping instruments (piano, guitar, vibraphone), bass, and drums. This small group performs contemporary, mainstream jazz repertoire from the last two decades (such as the music of Dave Douglas, Terence Blanchard, Kenny Wheeler, Chris Potter, David Binney, Dave Holland, and Brian Blade) as well as student compositions.

Blue Note Ensemble (Small Group)

Chris Rottmayer, director

Description: The Blue Note Ensemble consists of 2–3 frontline instruments (trumpets, trombones, saxophones, other woodwinds or high strings), 1–2 comping instruments (piano, guitar, vibraphone), bass, and drums. It performs music from the post-bop jazz period of the 1950s and 1960s (such as the music of Horace Silver, Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan, Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson, or Art Blakey). Each semester primarily focuses on the music of a single jazz artist.

Jazz Composers Group

Les Thimmig, director

Description: A small jazz ensemble focused primarily on student compositions, consisting of trumpet, alto saxophone and tenor saxophone with woodwind doubles, trombone, piano, bass, and guitar.