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

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!