Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society With The Aaron Diehl Trio at 92nd Street Y Jazz in July Festival at Kaufmann Concert Hall

“Stunning eclecticism and complexity, but thoroughly accessible, elastic with swing.” —Slate

Composer-bandleader Darcy James Argue’s 18-piece ensemble Secret Society is one of the most dynamic and acclaimed large ensembles in jazz, reimagining what a modern big band can be. They perform a set of Argue’s compositions before the Aaron Diehl Trio joins for Diehl’s “Organic Consequence” from his acclaimed Space, Time, Continuum album—the piece arranged by Argue for big band. The concert culminates in the world premiere of A Banquet for the Birds, Argue’s new suite for piano and jazz orchestra—a thrilling new work inspired by Emily Wilson’s acclaimed new translation of The Iliad—written for Diehl, and co-commissioned by 92NY and the NDR Bigband...

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“Stunning eclecticism and complexity, but thoroughly accessible, elastic with swing.” —Slate

Composer-bandleader Darcy James Argue’s 18-piece ensemble Secret Society is one of the most dynamic and acclaimed large ensembles in jazz, reimagining what a modern big band can be. They perform a set of Argue’s compositions before the Aaron Diehl Trio joins for Diehl’s “Organic Consequence” from his acclaimed Space, Time, Continuum album—the piece arranged by Argue for big band. The concert culminates in the world premiere of A Banquet for the Birds, Argue’s new suite for piano and jazz orchestra—a thrilling new work inspired by Emily Wilson’s acclaimed new translation of The Iliad—written for Diehl, and co-commissioned by 92NY and the NDR Bigband. Experience the vibrant, nuanced, wildly inventive music that is Argue’s signature—what Jazzwise called “a heady elixir of the past, the present and an imagined future.”

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