NEC Jazz & CI Faculty Spotlight
Faculty members of NEC's Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation programs present a collection of representative works.
This performance will be viewable in-person for internal NEC audiences only. A digital broadcast of the performance will air on the NEC website on March 1 at 7:30 pm.
Charlie Parker | Yardbird Suite
Artists- Robert Nieske, double bass
Carla Kihlstedt | 26 Little Deaths (from a work in progress)
Artists- Carla Kihlstedt, voice and violin
Traditional Ewe (arr. Jerry Leake) | Agbekor
Artists- Jerry Leake, percussion and voice
Dr. Dre (arr. Lautaro Mantilla) | Light Speed
Artists- Lautaro Mantilla, guitar, computer
Noble Sissle-Eubie Blake/Jaki Byard | Memories of You/Spanish Tinge #1
Artists- Hankus Netsky, piano
Balla Kouyaté | Souaresy and Jarabi
Artists- Balla Kouyaté, balafon
Two Short Standards, to be announced from the stage
Artists- Jason Palmer, trumpet
- Ethan Iverson, piano
John Klenner | Just Friends
Artists- Mark Zaleski, alto saxophone
- Bert Seager, piano
Udi Hrant Kenkülyan | Hicaz Şarkı: Hastayım yaşıyorum
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Hicaz Şarkı: Hastayım yaşıyorum
Hastayım yaşıyorum
Görünmez hayaliyle
Belki bir gün bir gün diye
Beklerim bir ümit ile
I am desperate by her invisible dream
And yet I keep going
While saying one day, some day
I keep waiting with hopeArtists- Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol, oud, voice
- Mal Barsamian, clarinet
- George Lernis, percussion
Anonymous | Hicaz Türkü: Pencere açıldı Bilal oğlan
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Hicaz Türkü: Pencere açıldı Bilal oğlan
Pencere açıldı Bilal oğlan
Piştov patladı
Window is opened o Bilal
And pistol is firedArtists- Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol, oud, voice
- Mal Barsamian, clarinet
- George Lernis, percussion
J. S. Bach | Modal Realization of Fuga III from "Art of the Fugue", BWV 1742
Artists- Ben Schwendener, piano
- Domenico Botelho, double bass
- Henry Godfrey, drums
Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol | Hasret: Anadolu Jazz
Artists- Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol, piano, voice
- James Heazlewood-Dale, double bass
- George Lernis, drums
David Zoffer | Distance and Magic
Artists- David Zoffer, piano, voice
- Cristi Catt, voice
- Mark Zaleski, soprano saxophone
- Fernando Huergo, electric bass
In this streamed concert, faculty members of NEC's Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation programs present a collection of representative works.