Yale Jazz Ensembles: Celebrating the Centennial of Miles Davis

Upcoming Shows

  • Wednesday, April 8 at 7:00 PM
    Jazz at Lincoln Center Tickets
    [Details]
    Broadway at 60th Street New York, NY 10019
    The Yale Jazz Ensembles Big Band, under the direction of Wayne Escoffery, celebrates the centennial of the birth of American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer Miles Davis. This special concert will feature newly commissioned big band arrangements by Michael Philip Mossman, drawn from Davis’ first two landmark collaborations with composer and arranger Gil Evans—Birth of the Cool and Miles Ahead. PERFORMANCE LINEUP Wayne Escoffery, music director Christopher Sylvester, alto saxophone Solomon Geleta, alto saxophone Rohan Wassnik, tenor saxophone Rory Ashmeade, tenor saxophone Allie Gruber, baritone saxophone Jared Wyetzner, trumpet Truth Templeton, trumpet Victor Herrera, trumpet Leo Craig, trumpet Jacob Lebroda, trombone Daniel Fried, trombone Joshua Gabrielson, trombone Yiannis Scotiniadis, guitar Hari Viswanathan, piano Thara Joseph, bass Christopher Palazzo, drums
  • Wednesday, April 8 at 9:00 PM
    Jazz at Lincoln Center Tickets
    [Details]
    Broadway at 60th Street New York, NY 10019
    The Yale Jazz Ensembles Big Band, under the direction of Wayne Escoffery, celebrates the centennial of the birth of American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer Miles Davis. This special concert will feature newly commissioned big band arrangements by Michael Philip Mossman, drawn from Davis’ first two landmark collaborations with composer and arranger Gil Evans—Birth of the Cool and Miles Ahead. PERFORMANCE LINEUP Wayne Escoffery, music director Christopher Sylvester, alto saxophone Solomon Geleta, alto saxophone Rohan Wassnik, tenor saxophone Rory Ashmeade, tenor saxophone Allie Gruber, baritone saxophone Jared Wyetzner, trumpet Truth Templeton, trumpet Victor Herrera, trumpet Leo Craig, trumpet Jacob Lebroda, trombone Daniel Fried, trombone Joshua Gabrielson, trombone Yiannis Scotiniadis, guitar Hari Viswanathan, piano Thara Joseph, bass Christopher Palazzo, drums

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