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NEC Jazz Orchestra at Jordan Hall
Courtesy of Ann Braithwaite | Posted on November 26, 2013
Where
Jordan Hall
30 Gainsborough Street
Boston, MA
Map
(617) 585-1260
When
Thu, December 12, 2013
8 pm
At Door
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Musicians
Ken Schaphorst
composer / conductorNedelka Prescod
vocalsDonny McCaslin
saxophone, tenorRichard Garcia
saxophone, altoLihi Haruvi
saxophoneKai Sandoval
trumpetAaron Bahr
trumpetNEC Jazz Orchestra
band / ensemble / orchestraAbout
Ken Schaphorst, New England Conservatory's chair of jazz studies, leads the NEC Jazz Orchestra in The Music of Ken Schaphorst, a program of his original music and arrangements. The free concert takes place at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 12 at NEC’s Jordan Hall, 290 Huntington Avenue, Boston. For more information, log on to http://necmusic.edu/music-ken-schaphorst or call 617-585-1260.
The program will include music from Schaphorst’s 1999 Naxos Recordings release Purple, along with several newer pieces, including two compositions influenced by the mbira repertoire of Zimbabwe. NEC faculty member Nedelka Prescod will join the band to sing Schaphorst’s arrangement of Charles Mingus’ “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat,” with the lyrics Joni Mitchell created for her Mingus album. Donny McCaslin, a faculty member in the jazz studies department, is represented by Schaphorst’s new arrangement of “Stadium Jazz” and by a featured solo on Schaphorst’s “Blues for Herb,” written for legendary Boston trumpeter/educator, Herb Pomeroy. ...