Springfield ยป Calendar ยป The Message at Bowker Auditorium
The Message at Bowker Auditorium
Where
Bowker Auditorium
121 Stockbridge Hall
Amherst, MA
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When
Thu, February 22, 2018
7:30 pm
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Musicians
Donald Harrison
saxophone, altoBilly Pierce
drums
Brian Lynch
trumpet
Sullivan Fortner
piano
Carl Allen
drums
Essiet Essiet
bassAbout
The Message consists mostly of former Jazz Messengers, the banner under which Art Blakey organized some of the most iconic bands in jazz history. The bandโs focus is arrangements of Jazz Messenger pieces composed by some of the most esteemed musical tunesmiths in the jazz canon, including Wayne Shorter, Cedar Walton, Benny Golson, Lee Morgan, and Freddie Hubbard, with a sprinkling of band originals in the Messengerโs swinginโ, hard-bop tradition.
