Two outstanding Big Bands present a concert featuring fresh approaches to writing for this uniquely American ensemble. In a combined concert by Webster University Big Band - James A. Martin, director and the Genesis Jazz Project - Bob Waggoner, director, selections come from the repertoire of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, Gordon Goodwin and the Big Phat Band, Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass, Frank Mantooth, John LaBarbera and many others.

The concert’s title comes from “The St. Louis Blues” by W.C. Handy.  The Webster University Big Band will perform the Bob Brookmeyer arrangement, written for the Jones/Lewis Orchestra in 1966. This brilliant piece explores unique colors of sound and spiky dissonances while the well-known tune unfolds in a surprising fashion.

Webster University Big Band
James A. Martin, director

Cherokee                                 Noble/Mantooth

Tiptoe                                     Thad Jones

St. Louis Blues                         Handy/Brookmeyer

Isfahan                                   Ellington and Strayhorn/Mantooth

No More Blues                          Jobim/Lowden

Genesis Jazz Project
Bob Waggoner, director

The Flintstones Theme            Hanna and Barbera/Pemberton

Doodlin’                                   Silver/LaBarbera

Naima                                      Coltrane/Mendelson

The Joker                                 Morgan/Luster

Picture IV                                 Gordon Goodwin

One Mint Julep                         Toombs/Baylock

When:

Monday, February 25, 2008, 7 p.m.

Where:

Winifred Moore Auditorium, 470 E. Lockwood Ave.

Cost:

$5 adults, $3 seniors,

FREE to students with school ID card

More Info:

Call the Fine Arts Hotline, 968-7128