NEC Jazz Orchestra + Ken Schaphorst: If You Could See Me Now (Broadcast)

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NEC Jazz Orchestra, conducted by Ken Schaphorst, performs a program of works for voice and jazz orchestra by Cab Calloway, Tadd Dameron, Gil Evans, John Hollenbeck, Maria Schneider, and Billy Strayhorn.

Throughout the history of jazz, the sound of voice and big band has been a constant. The NEC Jazz Orchestra will present music from this tradition stretching over more than seven decades, from Cab Calloway’s “Minnie the Moocher” to John Hollenbeck’s “A Blessing,” including music by Tadd Dameron, Billy Eckstine, Sun Ra and Kenny Wheeler as well as popular songs like “Angel Eyes,” “Blue Skies,” “I’ve Got the World on a String” and “Orange Colored Sky.”

Learn more about this program in our preview conversation with Ken Schaphorst! 

  1. Cab Calloway | Minnie the Moocher

    Artists
    • Huntley McSwain, voice

  2. Ted Grouya, Edmund Anderson (arr. Billy Strayhorn) | Flamingo

    Artists
    • Yifei Zhou, voice

  3. Irving Berlin (arr. Sy Oliver) | Blue Skies

    Artists
    • Susanna McCarthy, voice

  4. Billy Eckstine (arr. Tadd Dameron) | I Want to Talk about You

    Artists
    • Erika Hallenbeck, voice

  5. Billy Eckstine | Blowin' the Blues Away

    Artists
    • Ari Lerner, voice

  6. Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman (arr. Ken Schaphorst) | If You Could See Me Now

    Artists
    • Sahana Narayanan, voice

  7. Billy Reid (arr. Gil Evans) | Under the Willow Tree

    Artists
    • Yifan Hue, voice

  8. Milton Delugg, Willie Stein (arr. Pete Rugolo) | Orange Colored Sky

    Artists
    • Elizabeth Embser, voice

  9. INTERMISSION

  10. Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler (arr. Nelson Riddle) | I've Got the World on a String

    Artists
    • Helen Bultman, voice

  11. Matt Dennis (arr. Billy May) | Angel Eyes

    Artists
    • Emmy Guo, voice

  12. Memphis Slim (arr. Ernie Wilkins) | Everyday I Have the Blues

    Artists
    • Lucas Hernandez, voice

  13. Sun Ra (arr. Ken Schaphorst) | Space is the Place

    Artists
    • Zion Dyson, voice

  14. Kenny Wheeler, Norma Winstone | For Jan

    Artists
    • Anouk Chemia, voice

  15. John Hollenbeck | A Blessing

    Artists
    • Hyeonseon Baek, voice

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    Personnel

    Winds
    Aaron Kaufman-Levine, alto saxophone, flute
    Ben Eidson, alto and soprano saxophones
    Chris Ferrari, tenor saxophone, clarinet
    Sam Childs, tenor and soprano saxophones
    Nick Biagini, baritone saxophone, bass clarinet

    Trumpets & Flugelhorns

    Mark Tipton
    Richard Stanmeyer
    Lemuel Marc
    Isaac Dubow

    Trombones
    Michael Gerace             
    Aiden Coleman
    Dylan Rogan
    Weza Jamison-Neto

    Rhythm
    Jonathan Paik, piano
    Thatcher Harrison, guitar
    Leo Weisskoff, double bass
    Alex Yoo, drums

    Guests
    Shota Renwick, tenor saxophone
    Koki Renwick, trumpet
    Logan Fischer, Karlee Kamminga, French horn

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