Monday, March 6, 2017 at 7:30 pm Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall
Yale Jazz Ensemble Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director Stephanie Hubbard, Business Manager Theo Van Dyck, Assistant to the Director Groovin’ Hard
Don Menza Benjy Steinberg – tenor sax
Blues in Hoss Flat
Frank Foster/Count Basie
Nick Indorf – tenor sax; Nick Szabo – baritone sax; Elliot Connors – trumpet; Daniel Shapiro – piano; Ashley Hale – trumpet; JJ Borja – guitar; Hersh Gupta – alto sax
Dale Pa’lante [premiere]*
Jeff Fuller
Elliot Connors – trumpet; Benjy Steinberg – tenor sax; Nick Indorf – flute; Eddie Joe Antonio Pérez – trumpet
Skylark
Hoagy Carmichael/Johnny Mercer Hersh Gupta – alto sax
Tiptoe
Thad Jones Theo Van Dyck – trumpet; Mike Hoot – alto sax; JJ Borja – guitar
Gaining on You
Gordon Goodwin
Nick Indorf – tenor sax; JJ Borja – guitar; Theo Van Dyck – trumpet
A Child is Born
Thad Jones Daniel Shapiro – piano; Theo Van Dyck – trumpet
Harlem Nocturnes
Earle Hagen/arr. Zvacek Hersh Gupta – alto sax; Daniel Shapiro – piano
*Commissioned with funds from the Rosamonde Safier Yale Band Endowment, established in honor of piano prodigy and Tin Pan Alley song composer Rosamonde Safier, to support collaborations between the Yale Bands and the professional world.