Jazz/CMA Small Ensembles: Zaleski and Walker Ensembles

This is an in-person event with a private stream available to the NEC community: https://necmusic.edu/streaming-eben-jordan

TWO SETS: 8 PM & 9 PM

8:00pm- Zaleski Jazz Ensemble

The Mark Zaleski ensemble will focus on developing collaboration skills of its members through study and performance of a combination of original repertoire and music of different eras of the jazz and contemporary music canon.  Development of an original style and sound is the ensemble’s primary objective, from a group and individual standpoint.  The ensemble will have one recording per semester that will be required listening and will be analyzed in depth to determine the characteristics contribute to their unique sound.  In the past, these recordings have included Sam Rivers’ Fuchsia Swing Song, Horace Silver’s Horace-Scope, Hank Mobley’s Soul Station, Mark Turner’s Dharma Days, and Aaron Parks’ Invisible Cinema. 

Mark Zaleski, coach
Dylan Rogan, trombone
Weza Jamison-Neto, trombone
Emma Blanc, saxophone
Yuchi Chen, guitar
Alexander D’Astolfo, piano
Itay Goldstein, bass
Noah Mark, drums
Emmy Guo, voice

9:00pm- Walker World Jazz Ensemble

This ensemble will explore two facets of modern jazz: the authentic use of world rhythms of South America and the Caribbean and the works of high-level jazz composers such as Ralph Towner, Lyle Mays and Paquito D’Rivera, all of whom Walker has worked with and who have utilized these rhythms in ground-breaking compositions.

Mark Walker, coach
Erika Hallenbeck, voice
Weza Jamison-Neto, trombone
Kira Daglio Fine, saxophone
Evan Haskin, guitar
George Maclaurin, piano
William Stark, bass
Nadav Friedman, drums