Yale University Bands Thomas C. Duffy, Director
presents
Yale Jazz Ensemble Big Band
Celebrating the Centennial of the Birth of Charles Mingus Wayne Escoffery, Music Director
Monday, March 7, 2022, at 7:30 pm ~ Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall
Moanin’
CHARLES MINGUS
arr. Sy Johnson
Aaron Yu – baritone sax
Us Is Too
CHARLES MINGUS
arr. Sy Johnson
Duke Ellington’s Sound of Love Nostalgia in Times Square
CHARLES MINGUS
Alaman Diadhiou – vocals
CHARLES MINGUS
Teddy Horangic – vocals, Alaman Diadhiou – tap dance
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
CHARLES MINGUS
arr. Sy Johnson
Graham Stodolski – tenor sax, Teddy Horangic – vocals, Alaman Diadhiou – vocals
Slop
THAD JONES
arr. Michael Philip Mossman
Charles Mingus (1922-1979) was one of the most important composers and advocates for social justice in Jazz. A prolific composer and bass virtuoso, he embraced the music of Duke Ellington, mastered the vocabulary of the BeBop era, and went on to contribute significantly to the modern Jazz idiom. He was a pioneer of third stream music and his music routinely made reference to the inequities and practices of racial injustice in America during his lifetime. It has been said that while many other musicians where writing tunes, Mingus was writing compositions. Wayne Escoffery, this year’s Yale Jazz Ensembles Music Director, is a 22-year veteran of the Mingus Big Band. He tours regularly with the ensemble, and is featured on several Mingus Big Band recordings, including the Grammy Awardwinning album Mingus Big Band, Live at Jazz Standard.
Yale Jazz Ensemble 2021-2022 Wayne Escoffery, Music Director Stephanie Hubbard, Business Manager
Alto Saxophones Nathan Miranda SOM ’23 Jose Key TC ’22 Tenor Saxophones Ethan Dodd JE ’22 Graham Stodolski PC ’23 Baritone Saxophone Aaron Yu MC ’25 Trumpets Grace Burton YSM ’22 Josh Bialkin YSM ’22 Connor Holland YSM ’22 Trombones Max Saffer-Meng BR ’24 Andy Pantoja BK ’22 Michael Gancz MY ’22
Piano Aidan Kluger TD ’24 Guitar Isaac Wilks SY ’23 Bass Calvin Kaleel TD ’22 Drums Jarron Long GH ’23 Vocals Teddy Horangic ES ’25 Vocals & Tap Dance Alaman Diadhiou BF ’23
Upcoming Yale Bands Concerts • Thursday, April 14, 2022: Yale Concert Band Concert, Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director. Works by Thomas C. Duffy, composer and Director of Yale University Bands since 1982, celebrating his 40th year at Yale University. Feat. George Gershwin's An American in Paris and Duffy's A Parisian in America, Crystals, And Flights of Angels Sing Thee to Thy Rest, To The Horizon, Butterflies and Bees!, and Duffy's transcription of Alan Hovhaness’ Fantasy on Japanese Woodprints, Alex Wynn TD '22, marimba. 7:30 p.m., Woolsey Hall. Free admission but required tickets available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/288691322517. • Tuesday, April 26, 2022: Yale Jazz Ensemble Big Band in New York. Wayne Escoffery, Music Director. Celebrating the Centennial of the Birth of Charles Mingus. Featuring special guests trumpeter and arranger Michael Philip Mossman and trombonist Frank Lacy. 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Dizzy’s Club, 10 Columbus Circle, New York. Tickets: www.jazz.org/dizzys or call (212) 258-9595. ______________________________________________
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