NEC Jazz Orchestra | Reminiscing in Tempo: Music of Duke Ellington

In a concert streamed live from NEC's Jordan Hall, the NEC Jazz Orchestra present two half hour sets starting at 7:30 and 9 p.m., celebrating the music of Duke Ellington.

Ellington’s early masterpiece “Reminiscing in Tempo” will be performed along with many of his other early compositions, including “Daybreak Express,” “East St. Louis Toodle-oo,” “The Mooche,” “Stompy Jones,” and “Transblucency.”

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Conductors

  1. PART I: 7:30 – 8 PM

  2. Duke Ellington | Reminiscing in Tempo

  3. Lawrence Brown and Duke Ellington | Transblucency

  4. Duke Ellington | Daybreak Express

  5. INTERMISSION: 8 – 9 PM

  6. PART II: 9 – 9:30 PM

  7. Duke Ellington and Bubber Miley | East St. Louis Toodle-oo

  8. Johnny Hodges (arr. Duke Ellington) | Good Queen Bess

  9. Duke Ellington | The Back Room Romp

  10. Duke Ellington | Empty Ballroom Blues

  11. Duke Ellington | Junior Hop

  12. Duke Ellington and Irving Mills | The Mooche

  13. Duke Ellington | Stompy Jones

     

    Woodwinds
    Aaron Kaufman-Levine, soprano and alto saxophone, clarinet
    Ben Mizach, alto saxophone
    Ian Buss, tenor saxophone, clarinet
    Chris Ferrari, tenor saxophone, clarinet
    Joey Rosin, alto and baritone saxophone, clarinet

    Trumpets
    Miles Keingstein
    Michael Brehm
    Zoe Murphy
    Simone Trovato
     
    Trombones
    Joseph Dies
    Dylan Rogan
    Luke Sieve
     
    Rhythm
    George Behrakis, piano
    Pritesh Walia, guitar
    Chris Worden, double bass
    James Nadien, drums
     
    Guest
    Isabel Crespo Pardo, voice

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