Jazz Band I and Jazz Combo I at UAM: Fine Arts Center

This free concert (open to the public) is presented by the University of Arkansas at Monticello's outstanding Jazz Band I and Jazz Combo I, under the direction of saxophonist Gary Meggs, creator and coordinator of UAM's jazz studies program. (Guitarist Les Pack and percussionist C. E. Askew are also conductors for the program.) On 22 February 2015, both groups performed at the 48th annual Elmhurst College Jazz Festival (in a suburb of Chicago); that was the third time since 2009 that jazz bands from UAM had been invited to participate in the prestigious competition, and UAM's Jazz Band I was one of four (out of 36) to win the 2015 festival's outstanding jazz ensemble award...

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This free concert (open to the public) is presented by the University of Arkansas at Monticello's outstanding Jazz Band I and Jazz Combo I, under the direction of saxophonist Gary Meggs, creator and coordinator of UAM's jazz studies program. (Guitarist Les Pack and percussionist C. E. Askew are also conductors for the program.) On 22 February 2015, both groups performed at the 48th annual Elmhurst College Jazz Festival (in a suburb of Chicago); that was the third time since 2009 that jazz bands from UAM had been invited to participate in the prestigious competition, and UAM's Jazz Band I was one of four (out of 36) to win the 2015 festival's outstanding jazz ensemble award. Click on the link at the top of this Jazz Near You entry to view info, photos, and a local map for the campus venue.

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