The East Central University Jazz Ensemble will perform at 7:30 p.m. April 24 [TUESDAY] in the Kennedy Band Hall in the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center. Admission is free. The ensemble will open with 鈥淒oxy鈥� by Sonny Rollins /Mark Taylor, featuring Erin Goto, alto sax; Kane Berry, tenor sax; Nathan Enns, trumpet; and Jessika Robertson, trombone.
Charlie Parker鈥檚 鈥淐onfirmation鈥� will showcase Jessika Coleman, alto sax; Tory Grose, trombone; and Darren Heath, drums. Kelsey Molina will be the vocalist for 鈥淒on鈥檛 Know Why鈥� by Jesse Harris/Paul Murtha and for 鈥淎ll of Me鈥� by Simons and Marks/Lennie Niehaus, with soloists Nate Sheeley and Kane Berry, tenor sax; and guitarists Lemuel Overton and Greg Stonecipher.
Soloists for 鈥淔ilthy McNasty鈥� by Horace Silver/John LaBarbera will be Jessika Coleman, alto sax; Elaine Lancaster, trumpet; and Jessica Robertson, trombone. Nathan Enns, trumpet, will be featured in 鈥淪pain鈥� by Chick Corea/Paul Jennings.
Other members of the Jazz Ensemble, which is directed by Dr. Allen Correll, are Brent Biddy, alto saxophone; Clint Prucha, tenor sax; Matt Roland, bari sax; Josh Welch and Chris McClendon, trumpet; Christian Miller, trombone; Taylor Whitehurst, piano; Chelsea Stout, guitar; and Tyler Davis, bass.
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