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Oct
21
2024

Jazz Small Ensembles: The Music of Cedar Walton and J. J. Johnson

Black and white photos of Cedar Walton playing piano and J. J. Johnson playing trombone

When: Monday, October 21, 2024
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM CT

Where: Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, McClintock Choral and Recital Room, 70 Arts Circle, Evanston, IL 60208 map it

Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students

Cost: Tickets are $6 for the general public and $4 for students with valid ID.

Contact: Concert Management Office   (847) 467-4000

Group: Bienen School of Music Concerts and Events

Category: Fine Arts

Description:

 Derrick Gardner and Kevin Fort, conductors 


Cedar Walton was a hard bop jazz pianist who came to prominence as a member of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers. His compositions “Firm Roots,” “Bolivia,” “Holy Land,” “Mode for Joe,” and “Cedar’s Blues” have become classics in the jazz canon, and in 2010 Walton was inducted as a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master. Trombonist, composer, and arranger J. J. Johnson was among the earliest musicians to embrace the bebop genre. A member of the Benny Carter orchestra and the Count Basie big band, he also performed with Max Roach, Bud Powell, Charlie Parker, and Miles Davis. Johnson later became active in the Third Stream movement, fusing jazz with elements of classical music. Enjoy the music of these two jazz giants, performed by the Derrick Gardner and Kevin Fort ensembles.

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