A Little Night

"Herb at 75: Celebrating Jazz at MIT" (here is the MIT news office blurb)

8pm TONIGHT (April 23), come see me playing bari sax with the MIT Alumni Jazz Band!

The alumni band is really remarkable; this is the cream of the last 40 years of jazz at MIT. Many of them have traveled from out-of-state just for this reunion performance. Let me tell you, the alumni band is amazing! This is no herd of out-of-breath geezers -- these are the musicians who have very clearly been actively honing their skills for the last 10-40 years. (Note, there will be a full set by the current MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble; the alumni band plays only three songs.)

This concert celebrates the 75th birthday of FJE founder Herb Pomeroy.

Guests include:

• Herb Pomeroy (both directing and performing solos) -- a phenomenal musician, and director of the FJE for 22 years. (As I wrote two years ago when performing a full concert with him, Herb is amazing...)
• Mark Harvey (as composer, director, and soloist) -- long-time jazz performer, composer, Ellington scholar, and teacher
• Jamshied Sharifi (as composer and soloist), who was hand-picked by Pomeroy to succeed him as FJE director from 1985 to 1993

TONIGHT, Kresge Auditorium. $5 at the door.

Soon, I'll be playing ( six woodwinds )

The performances are at not-quite-random times between April 30-May 8, on the Loeb Main Stage. Warning, I will NOT be performing the night of April 30, so if you want to hear me play, go on any other day.

8pm, Saturday May 3, come see me playing bari sax in the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble!

This concert celebrates the 40th anniversary of the FJE.

Guest conductor: Herb Pomeroy -- founder of the FJE, and its director from 1963-1985. ( Herb is amazing... )

We will be playing tunes from the entire history of the ensemble's repertoire.

May 3, 8pm, Kresge Auditorium. $3 at the door.

8pm, Saturday March 8, come see me playing bass clarinet and bari sax in the

Big Elephant Brass Band!

A joint performance of the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble and the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra.

Guest conducted by Aardvark director Mark Harvey.

Saturday March 8, 8pm, Kresge Auditorium. $3 at the door*.

(* I can get free tickets for friends; just ask in advance.)

8pm, Friday Nov. 15, come see me playing bass clarinet and bari sax in the

MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble!

Featuring:

• Mingus' "Fables of Faubus"
• Souriau's "Lord of the Rings" (*)
• "The Shrike"
• World Premiere of "Them"
• "Toutankhamon"

Guest conducted by Magali Souriau

November 15, 8pm, Kresge Auditorium. $3 at the door.