Concerts "Sing, Sing, Sing" with swinging jazz
Contact: Christina Chapple
4/21/06
HAMMOND – The Southeastern Louisiana University One O’Clock Big Band’s May 5 concert will include “the most swinging jazz music to hit Hammond,” says the band’s director, Richard A. Schwartz, director of jazz studies for the Department of Music and Dramatic Arts.
Titled “Sing, Sing, Sing!,” the free concert is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at the Pottle Music Building Auditorium.
Schwartz, who has performed with musical legends Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, and Linda Ronstadt, and jazz recording artists Diana Krall, Dave Grusin, Roy Hargrove, and Bob Mintzer, will lead the ensemble through a captivating jazz repertoire.
“Bring the whole family,” said Schwartz. “We’re going to perform tunes made famous by Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Buddy Rich, Bennie Moten, Alf Clausen (of “The Simpsons” fame,) Miles Davis, Benny Carter, and Benny Goodman.”
Other free Southeastern jazz events in the Pottle Music Building Auditorium include the Southeastern Two O’ Clock Big Band on Thursday, May 4, at 7:30 p.m. and the Southeastern Jazz Combos on Tuesday, May 2, at 7:30 p.m.
For more information, visit music.selu.edu/jazz or contact Schwartz at richard.schwartz@selu.edu or the Department of Music and Dramatic Arts at (985)-549-2184.
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