Jazz Small Ensembles

Monday, November 18, 2019 at 7:30pm CST

McClintock Choral and Recital Room

A contrafact is a new musical composition built from a preexisting one, most often a new melody overlaid onto a previously devised harmonic structure. Contrafacts have served an extraordinary purpose in the jazz tradition. Lennie Tristano turned “Out of Nowhere” into “317 East 32nd Street”; Coleman Hawkins turned “Lover, Come Back to Me” into “Bean and the Boys”; and Thelonious Monk turned “Oh, Lady Be Good” into “Hackensack.” Come hear Northwestern jazz students spin American classics and jazz standards into new blues, swing, and improvisation contrafacts.

Tickets are $6 for the general public and $4 for students with valid ID.