Southeastern Jazz Ensembles to perform Nov. 14 at Columbia
Contact: Christina Chapple
11/8/06
HAMMOND – The Southeastern Louisiana University Jazz Ensembles 1 and 2 will present their fall concert, “The Start of Something Big,” on Nov. 14.
The crowd-pleasing concert, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at the Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts, will explore a wide variety of musical styles, genres, and eras.
Jazz Ensemble 2, led by Richard Schwartz, will begin the program with John Edmondson’s tribute piece, “Basic Basie.” The piece will feature guest vocalist Gingerbread Tanner, a freelance musician from New Orleans, singing Jerome Kern’s “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man.”
The band will also perform the music of Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk, and Henry Mancini, including a famed arrangement of “Days of Wine and Roses.”
Jazz Ensemble 1, directed by Glen Hemberger, will dedicate its performance to the memory of legendary trumpeter Maynard Ferguson, who died last August.
The band will begin with “This Could Be the Start of Something Big,” made famous by Steve Allen on the Tonight Show in the mid-1950s. Southeastern vocal major Betty Turner of Hammond will be showcased singing “Over the Rainbow,” and alto saxophonist Nick Murray of Lafayette will take the spotlight in the blues classic, “You Can’t Win None of ‘em.
Also on the program will be “Hill Where the Lord Hides,” made famous by flugelhornist Chuck Mangione, and the rock classic championed by Ferguson, “Hey Jude,” originally composed by Paul McCartney and John Lennon.
General admission tickets are $3. The concert is free for all students with I.D. Doors to the Columbia Theatre will open at 6:45 p.m.
For more information, contact the Southeastern Bands at (985) 549-2599.
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