Jazz Small Ensembles
The Music of Joshua Redman and Jackie McLean
Monday, April 15, 2024 at 7:30pm CDT
McClintock Choral and Recital Room
Derrick Gardner and Darius Hampton, conductors
A virtuosic saxophonist as well as an excellent composer, Joshua Redman is among the most innovative and influential jazz artists of the present day. A 1991 win of the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition led him on a path to becoming one of the most prominent artists in jazz today. To date, he has recorded at least 29 studio albums as a lead or co-lead artist and dozens more as a side man. Saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Jackie McLean began his career playing with numerous jazz luminaries at a young age, recording with Gene Ammons, Charles Mingus, and on Miles Davis’s Dig album and becoming a member of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers. His landmark 1962 album Let Freedom Ring heralded a new direction for the artist, blending hard bop with modal and free jazz. Join the Jazz Small Ensembles for a celebration of the music of Redman and McLean.
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Sold OutSelections by the Darius Hampton Ensemble
Candice Tugby, trumpet, voice
Oliver Koenig, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
Ikenna Eze, bass trombone, alto saxophone
Alexander Wallach, bass
Chase Wilkins, drums
All selections written or arranged by Joshua Redman
Herbs and Roots (arr. Oliver Koenig)
Chill (arr. Candice Tugby)
Jig-A-Jug (arr. Chase Wilkins)
"The Streets of Philadelphia" (Bruce Springsteen, arr. Joshua Redman, adapted by Alexander Wallach)
The Oneness of Two (In Three) (arr. Ikenna Eze)
Disco Ears (arr. Brandon Harper)
Selections by the Derrick Gardner Ensemble
Jack Beckner, trumpet
Eli Sullivan, alto saxophone
Charlie Kunzweiler, trombone
Dylan McGaharn, piano
Austin Aldrich, bass
Calvin Simmers, drums
All selections by Jackie McLean
Melody for Melonae (arr. Charlie Kunzweiler)
Cheers (arr. Dylan McGaharn)
For Hofsa (arr. Jack Beckner)
Demons Dance (arr. Calvin Simmers)
Condition Blue (arr. Eli Sullivan)
Appointment in Ghana (arr. Austin Aldrich)
David and Carol McClintock Choral and Recital Room
Address
70 Arts Circle Drive
Evanston, IL 60208
United States
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Located in the Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, this rooms seats 120 and offers a flexible space for choral rehearsals, small ensemble performances, and student recitals.