Monday, March 6, 2017 at 7:30 pm Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall
Yale Jazz Ensemble Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director Stephanie Hubbard, Business Manager Theo Van Dyck, Assistant to the Director Groovin’ Hard
Don Menza Benjy Steinberg – tenor sax
Blues in Hoss Flat
Frank Foster/Count Basie
Nick Indorf – tenor sax; Nick Szabo – baritone sax; Elliot Connors – trumpet; Daniel Shapiro – piano; Ashley Hale – trumpet; JJ Borja – guitar; Hersh Gupta – alto sax
Dale Pa’lante [premiere]*
Jeff Fuller
Elliot Connors – trumpet; Benjy Steinberg – tenor sax; Nick Indorf – flute; Eddie Joe Antonio Pérez – trumpet
Skylark
Hoagy Carmichael/Johnny Mercer Hersh Gupta – alto sax
Tiptoe
Thad Jones Theo Van Dyck – trumpet; Mike Hoot – alto sax; JJ Borja – guitar
Gaining on You
Gordon Goodwin
Nick Indorf – tenor sax; JJ Borja – guitar; Theo Van Dyck – trumpet
A Child is Born
Thad Jones Daniel Shapiro – piano; Theo Van Dyck – trumpet
Harlem Nocturnes
Earle Hagen/arr. Zvacek Hersh Gupta – alto sax; Daniel Shapiro – piano
*Commissioned with funds from the Rosamonde Safier Yale Band Endowment, established in honor of piano prodigy and Tin Pan Alley song composer Rosamonde Safier, to support collaborations between the Yale Bands and the professional world.
Yale Jazz Ensemble 2016-2017 Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director Stephanie Hubbard, Business Manager Theo Van Dyck, Assistant to the Director
Alto Saxophones Hersh Gupta CC 20 Mike Hoot BR 17 Tenor Saxophones Nick Indorf DC 19 Benjy Steinberg MC 17
Trombones Alex Walden MUS 17 Wil Wortley MUS 18 Matthew Kegley DC 19 Eliud Garcia MUS 17 Piano Daniel Shapiro MC 20
Baritone Saxophone Nick Szabo BK 20
Guitar JJ Borja BK 20
Trumpets Andrew Stadler MUS 17 Theo Van Dyck MUS 18 Elliot Connors MC 20 Ashley Hale MUS 18 Eddie Joe Antonio Pérez JE 19
Bass Jeff Fuller ES 67/MUS 69 Drums Colum O’Connor BR 18
_____________________________________________________ Upcoming Yale Bands Concerts • Friday, March 10, 2017 4:00-5:00 pm: Yale Jazz Ensemble. Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director. Opening Act: Jazz: A Celebration of America’s Sound. Schwarzman Center. Free. • Friday, April 7, 2017 at 7:30 pm: Yale Concert Band Spring Concert. Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director. Symphony from Ivy Green (Mark Camphouse) [based on the writings of Helen Keller], Janna Baty, soprano; Danzon (Arturo Márquez); From the Delta (William Grant Still); Postcard (Frank Ticheli). Woolsey Hall. Free. • Sunday, April 9, 2017 at 2:00 pm: Yale Jazz Ensemble. Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director. Stan Wheeler Memorial Jazz Concert, with the Reunion Jazz Ensemble. 2:00 pm, Levinson Auditorium, Yale Law School, 127 Wall Street. Free. ______________________________________________________ Yale University Bands P.O. Box 209048 New Haven, CT 06520-9048 phone: (203) 432-4111 fax: (203) 432-7213 stephanie.hubbard@yale.edu www.yale.edu/yaleband