Jazz For The Holidays North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra With Special Guest René Marie Mon, Dec 8, 2014 • 7:30pm Back by popular demand, North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra (NCJRO) returns to Memorial Hall with sizzling vocalist René Marie to celebrate the holidays in style. Led by co-founder and trumpeter Jim Ketch, director of jazz studies and professor of music at UNC-Chapel Hill, NCJRO showcases North Carolina’s finest jazz musicians, performing classic jazz and big band music by giants such as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie, Glenn Miller, and more. Singer/actress/writer René Marie, one of the most provocative risk-takers among today’s jazz divas, combines a distinctly American mélange of jazz, soul, blues, folk, and gospel with an innate theatrical ability to interpret a song deeply and live its truth, drawing hordes of devoted fans. CPA10 Artist
"a terrific group of musicians that represent everything that is great about jazz” – John Pizzarelli on NCJRO
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North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra