SEATTLE REPERTORY JAZZ ORCHESTRA
Clarence Acox & Michael Brockman, Co-Directors
2011–2012 SUBSCRIPTION SERIES CONCERTS
(17th Anniversary Season) The Northwest’s premier big band ensemble brings prominent soloists and band leaders to the Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall.
An Evening with Ol’ Blue Eyes: The Music of Frank Sinatra Saturday October 29, 2011: 7:30pm
The big band jazz of Quincy Jones, Count Basie and Nelson Riddle, featuring guest vocalists Danny Qunitero and James Caddell singing their favorites in tribute to “Ol’ Blue Eyes.”
North by Northwest: Music of Seattle’s Jazz Composers Saturday April 21, 2012: 7:30pm
The SRJO presents music from their favorite Seattle composers and arrangers, including Seattle’s own Quincy Jones, Jovino Santos Neto, William O. Smith, Bob Hammer, Milt Kleeb and Wayne Horvitz, as well as great pieces by members of the band. Selections include pieces from Birth of a Band—the definitive 1959 recording by Quincy’s first big band.
SRJO bassist (and Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame inductee), Phil Sparks
Benny Carter’s Peaceful Warrior: A Tribute to Martin Luther King Saturday March 3, 2012: 7:30pm
Benny Carter, composer of SRJO audience favorite “Kansas City Suite”, created this stunning suite in tribute to our nation’s great civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King. Also featured: Duke Ellington’s 1940 hit, Cottontail.
Jazz of the Harlem Renaissance II:
All-Acoustic Jazz Saturday June 16, 2012: 7:30pm
Following its sold-out Harlem Renaissance concerts in 2011, the SRJO presents more fantastic music from the 1920s and 1930s played as it was originally created - with original instrumentation and without amplification. KPLU radio host Robin Lloyd serves as narrator, with literary depictions of the life and spirit of the Harlem Renaissance period.
More info at
www.srjo.org MUSIC OF
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Tickets: 206.215.4747 or
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