If you're into Big Band Jazz and live in the NYC area don't miss this:
Tickets are now on sale for the Gil Evans Project’s eighth annual residency at Jazz Standard in New York City, Thursday through Sunday, May 16-19,2019! Click the link below to make your reservations:
http://www.jazzstandard.com/?fbclid=...event=20190516
You may also make reservation by calling the club directly (212-576-2232).Whichever way you do it, be sure to make your reservations early as sets tend to sell out quickly.
MUSIC:
Thursday (5/16) & Friday (5/17): Music for the Claude Thornhill Orchestra. Thursday will feature a vocal quartet plus a slightly larger big band, and Friday will include music written in 1947 for an extended ensemble, which includes an additional three-person flute/piccolo section. Over these two nights we will premiere 13 new charts - five of which have never before been performed or recorded.
Saturday (5/18) & Sunday (5/19): Selections from Gil’s well known recordings including Individualism of Gil Evans, Out of the Cool, New Bottle Old Wine, as well as music written for a variety of vocalists, and previously unrecorded works featured on the two, Grammy Award-nominated, Gil Evans Project albums.
PERSONNEL:
CONDUCTOR: Ryan Truesdell
WOODWINDS: Steve Wilson, Dave Pietro, Donny McCaslin, Tom Christensen, Alden Banta, Steve Kenyon (5/16–5/17), Jesse Han (5/17), Jessica Taskov (5/17)
FRENCH HORNS: Adam Unsworth, David Peel
TRUMPETS: Augie Haas (lead), Scott Wendholt, Mike Rodriguez, Riley Mulherkar (5/16)
TROMBONES: Ryan Keberle, Marshall Gilkes, George Flynn (bass trombone)
TUBA: Marcus Rojas (5/17–5/19)
RHYTHM: James Chirillo (guitar), Frank Kimbrough (piano), Jay Anderson (bass), Lewis Nash (drums)
VOCALISTS: Wendy Gilles (5/16–5/19), Tomas Cruz (5/16), Nathaniel Adams (5/16), Dominic Inferrera (5/16)
Jazz Standard | 116 E 27th Street, New York, NY 10016 | 212-576-2232
Thursday through Sunday, May 16-19, 2019 | Two sets per night: 7:30pm & 9:30pm | Cover: $35
** NO food/drink minimum ** RESERVATIONS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED **