Morchestra With Vocalist Nicolas Bearde at La Pena Cultural Center

La Peña presents: Big Band Jazz Night!
The Morchestra Jazz Ensemble, with special guest, Nicolas Bearde

Admission: $15 Advance / $20 at the Door

The Morchestra is a Berkeley-based jazz orchestra that plays big band jazz filtered through the mind of arranger and composer Tony Corman, a mid-century East Coaster long resident in the Bay Area. The players in the band are Bay Area stalwarts, fine professionals all, and the material is a rich mix of standards. The spirit is one of sophisticated fun, enjoyable for both the deeply initiated jazz listener and civilians who simply love music in all its positive manifestations....

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La Peña presents: Big Band Jazz Night!
The Morchestra Jazz Ensemble, with special guest, Nicolas Bearde

Admission: $15 Advance / $20 at the Door

The Morchestra is a Berkeley-based jazz orchestra that plays big band jazz filtered through the mind of arranger and composer Tony Corman, a mid-century East Coaster long resident in the Bay Area. The players in the band are Bay Area stalwarts, fine professionals all, and the material is a rich mix of standards. The spirit is one of sophisticated fun, enjoyable for both the deeply initiated jazz listener and civilians who simply love music in all its positive manifestations.

Our special guest, the amazing vocalist Nicolas Bearde, is a Bay Area treasure who has performed all over the world with an amazing cast of other jazz greats. All About Jazz magazine says: "Bearde's soulful and affecting baritone sits atop these impeccably tailored arrangements of sterling standards, the results are absolutely stunning."

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