Yale University Bands
Thomas C. Duffy, Director presents
Yale Jazz Ensembles Big Band
Music by the Tenor Sax Masters
Wayne Escoffery, Music Director
Wednesday, November 13, 2024, at 7:30 p.m.
Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall
Shiny Stockings FRANK FOSTER
Teddy Horangic - vocals
Half Step Down Please TADD DAMERON/COLEMAN HAWKINS
arr. Jeffrey Sultanof
Teddy Horangic - vocals
Grand Street SONNY ROLLINS
arr. Michael Philip Mossman
Rohan Wassink – tenor sax
Recordame JOE HENDERSON
arr. Michael Philip Mossman
Wes Lewis – tenor sax
He’s Younger Than You SONNY ROLLINS
arr. Michael Philip Mossman
Wes Lewis – tenor sax
Lazy Bird JOHN COLTRANE
arr. Bill Stapleton
Miss Fine OLIVER E. NELSON
John Coltrane’s revolutionary hard bop and modal jazz work includes the albums My Favorite Things, Giant Steps and A Love Supreme. Sonny Rollins recorded over 60 albums and composed standards like “Oleo” and “Doxy.” Joe Henderson recorded with Blue Note, Milestone, and Verve and is best known for his album Page One, which features the jazz standard “Blue Bossa” and his own composition, “Recordame.” Frank Foster led, arranged, and composed for the Loud Minority Big Band and the Count Basie Orchestra. Coleman Hawkins’ work spans blues to post-bop, and he continues to perform today.
Yale Jazz Ensembles Big Band 2024-2025
Wayne Escoffery, Music Director
Stephanie Hubbard, Operations and Productions Manager
Alto Saxophones
Christopher Sylvester DC ’26
Solomon Geleta MC ’28
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
Leo Craig BR ’28
Mia Kohn GH ’27
Trombones
Aaron Parr ES ’28
Jacob Lebroda ES ’27
Joshua Gabrielson TC ’28
Guitar
Yiannis Scotiniadis MY ’28
Piano
Davis Morgenstern MY ’26
Bass
Thara Joseph GH ’26
Drums
Christopher Palazzo SY ’27
Vocals
Teddy Horangic ES ’25
~ The Yale Jazz Ensembles are brought to you, in part, through the generosity of the Adam R. Rose ’81 Yale Jazz Ensemble Endowment ~
Upcoming
Yale Bands Performances 2024-2025
Friday, December 6 – 7:30 p.m. Yale School of Music Ellington Series: New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band with the Yale Concert Band (Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director). The New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band will perform its famed Pan American Nutcracker Suite, a jazz/Afro-Caribbean reconceptualization of Tchaikovsky’s timeless masterpiece, alternating movements with the Yale Concert Band performing the traditional classical arrangement. Woolsey Hall. $ Tickets: music.yale.edu/events (or scan QR code at right).
Friday, February 14 – 7:30 p.m. Yale Concert Band, Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director. First Suite in Eb (G. Holst), Deciduous (Viet Cuong). Free/no tickets required.
Wednesday, March 5 – 7:30 p.m. Yale Jazz Ensembles Big Band, Wayne Escoffery, Music Director. Program TBA. Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall. Free/no tickets required.
Friday, March 7 – Yale Jazz Ensembles Big Band at Scullers Jazz Club, Boston. Wayne Escoffery, Music Director. With the Harvard Jazz Band, Yosvany Terry, Director of Jazz Ensembles. Info/$Tickets TBA. scullersjazz.com/upcoming-events/
Friday, April 12 – 7:30 p.m. Yale Concert Band, Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director. The Thomas C. Duffy Annual Spring Concert. Feat. Dust (Jennifer Jolley), Seraph Brass, guest artists. Woolsey Hall. Free/no tickets required.
Monday, April 15 – Yale Jazz Ensembles Big Band at Dizzy’s Club, New York. Wayne Escoffery, Music Director. Info/$ Tickets TBA. jazz.org/dizzys
Sunday, May 18 – 7:00 p.m. Yale Concert Band Annual Twilight Concert. Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director. Celebratory music and Yale songs on the eve of Yale’s Commencement. Outside on the Old Campus (chairs provided).
Yale University Bands, P.O. Box 209048, New Haven, CT 06520-9048 | phone (203) 432-4111 | stephanie.hubbard@yale.edu | www.yale.edu/yaleband