Yale Jazz Ensemble Big Band Program - Nov 1, 2023

Yale University Bands Thomas C. Duffy, Director presentss

Yale Jazz Ensemble Big Band Celebrating the Legacy of Wayne Shorter Wayne Escoffery, Music Director Wednesday, November 1, 2023, at 7:30 pm ~ Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall

One By One

Wayne Shorter arr. Mark Taylor

On the Ginza Wayne Shorter

arr. Mark Taylor Footprints Wayne Shorter arr. Mike Tomaro Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum Wayne Shorter arr. Mike Tomaro Infant Eyes Wayne Shorter Truth Templeton – trumpet Wes Lewis – tenor sax Miles Zaud – piano Thara Joseph – bass Christopher Palazzo – drums

Children of the Night Wayne Shorter

arr. Mark Taylor

Yes or No Wayne Shorter

arr. Mike Tomaro

“Wayne Shorter is not only one of jazz’s greatest composers, but its angel of esotericism, an enlightened and arcane elder.” – The New York Times On March 2, 2023, the jazz community and the global community of creatives suffered a great loss with the passing of saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter.

Considered to be one of the world’s greatest composers and one of the greatest jazz saxophonists of all time, Wayne Shorter was a recipient of 11 Grammy Awards, a Lifetime Achievement Grammy, five honorary doctorate degrees, the Kennedy Center Honor, Polar Music Prize, Lifetime Achievement Award from the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, and many other awards and honors for his contributions to music. Shorter’s compositions have become jazz standards, and his music has earned worldwide recognition, critical praise, and various commendations. He has also received acclaim for his mastery of the soprano saxophone after switching his focus from the tenor in the late 1960s beginning an extended reign in 1970 as DownBeat’s annual poll-winner on that instrument, winning the critics’ poll for 10 consecutive years and the readers’ for 18. The New York Times described Shorter in 2008 as “probably jazz’s greatest living small-group composer and a contender for greatest living improviser.”

“Wayne Shorter’s mastery of the saxophone, seminal compositions, and fearless commitment to originality and creativity have influenced generations of musicians on every instrument and across multiple genres of music. His professional accomplishments are a source of pride for the African American community, the Jazz Community, and the multifaceted community of creative minds globally. His examples of artistic and creative excellence have always been and will continue to serve as huge source of inspiration for me in my musical and creative endeavors.” — Wayne Escoffery (Lecturer in Jazz & Director of Jazz Ensembles)

Yale Jazz Ensemble Big Band 2023-2024 Wayne Escoffery, Music Director Stephanie Hubbard, Operations and Productions Manager

Alto Saxophones Chris Sylvester DC ’26 Elizabeth Seward DC ’27 Tenor Saxophones Wes Lewis GSAS ’25 Rohan Wassink ES ’26 Baritone Saxophone Allie Gruber PC ’26 Trumpets Jared Wyetzner PC ’27 Truth Templeton BF ’26 Grace Burton TD ’25 Mia Rose Kohn GH ’27

Trombones Max Saffer-Meng BR ’24 Daniel Fried TD ’26 Jacob Lebroda ES ’27 Will Crall ES’17 Piano Miles Zaud SY ’26 Bass Thara Joseph GH ’26 Drums Christopher Palazzo SY ’27

Upcoming Yale Bands Concerts • Friday, December 1 – 7:30 p.m. Yale Concert Band, Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director. Dance of Deceit (Rory Bricca ES ’26), Trains of Thought (Alex Shapiro) (with projections), Russian Christmas Music (Alfred Reed), A Child’s Garden of Dreams (David Maslanka). Woolsey Hall. Free (no tickets).

• Saturday, February 10 – 8:00 p.m. Yale and Harvard Jazz Ensembles in Boston. Wayne Escoffery and Yosvany Terry, Music Directors. Scullers Jazz Club, 400 Soldiers Field Road, Boston MA. $ Admission/Info TBA. • Friday, February 16 – 7:30 p.m. Yale Concert Band, Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director. Mother of a Revolution (Omar Thomas), Luminance (Shuying Li), Cave of the Winds (Russell Peck), The Firebird Suite (Igor Stravinsky). Free (no tickets).

• Wednesday, March 6 – 7:30 p.m. Yale Jazz Ensemble Big Band, Wayne Escoffery, Music Director. Program TBA. Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall. Free (no tickets).

• Monday, April 8: Yale Jazz Ensemble Big Band in New York. Wayne Escoffery, Music Director. Dizzy’s Club, 10 Columbus Circle, New York, NY. $ Admission/Info TBA. • Friday, April 12 – 7:30 p.m. Yale Concert Band, Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director. African American Symphony (William Grant Still), Medieval Suite (Ron Nelson), New England Triptych (William Schuman). Woolsey Hall. Free (no tickets).

Yale University Bands, P.O. Box 209048, New Haven, CT 06520-9048 phone (203) 432-4111 | stephanie.hubbard@yale.edu | https://bands.yalecollege.yale.edu/