Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra at Kirkland Performing Arts Center

Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra
Michael Brockman and Clarence Acox, co-directors

NORTH BY NORTHWEST: The Music of Seattle's Jazz Composers

Featuring original compositions by Jovino Santos Neto, Wayne Horvitz, Jim Knapp, and Milt Kleeb, plus pieces by members of the SRJO, and the WORLD PREMIER of Bob Hammer's new 4-movement suite, "Rockland Sketches," composed in tribute to his former home in upstate New York. Also: selections from "Birth of a Band," the definitive 1959 recording by first big band Seattle's own Quincy Jones (including "Happy Faces" and "The Midnight Sun Never Sets"), and Duke Ellington's "Jack the Bear" featuring SRJO bassist Phil Sparks. Don't miss it this great event celebrating new jazz music by great local writers!...

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Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra
Michael Brockman and Clarence Acox, co-directors

NORTH BY NORTHWEST: The Music of Seattle's Jazz Composers

Featuring original compositions by Jovino Santos Neto, Wayne Horvitz, Jim Knapp, and Milt Kleeb, plus pieces by members of the SRJO, and the WORLD PREMIER of Bob Hammer's new 4-movement suite, "Rockland Sketches," composed in tribute to his former home in upstate New York. Also: selections from "Birth of a Band," the definitive 1959 recording by first big band Seattle's own Quincy Jones (including "Happy Faces" and "The Midnight Sun Never Sets"), and Duke Ellington's "Jack the Bear" featuring SRJO bassist Phil Sparks. Don't miss it this great event celebrating new jazz music by great local writers!

All-star SRJO band members include: drummer Clarence Acox; trumpeters Jay Thomas, and Tom Marriott; saxophonists Bill Ramsay, Michael Brockman, Mark Taylor, Tobi Stone and Travis Ranney; trombonists Dan Marcus, David Marriott, Scott Brown, Bill Anthony, and Dave Bentley; pianist Randy Halberstadt; and bassist Phil Sparks

Sat. April 21 2012 (7:30 pm)
Benaroya Nordstrom Recital Hall

Sun. April 22, 2012 (3 pm)
Kirkland Performance Center

For tickets and info visit:
srjo.org/ticket.htm
or call 206-523-6159

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