Jazz Small Ensembles: Buhaina's Delight: The Music of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
When:
Monday, October 20, 2025
7:30 PM - 9:00 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
events.music@northwestern.edu
Group: Bienen School of Music Concerts and Events
Category: Fine Arts
Description:
Darius Hampton and Joe Clark, conductors
The Jazz Messengers were an iconic jazz ensemble led by drummer Art Blakey from the early 1950s until his death in 1990. A revolving incubator for young talent, the group helped established careers for numerous jazz musicians such as Branford and Wynton Marsalis, Benny Golson, and Terence Blanchard. The Darius Hampton and Joe Clark ensembles perform the timeless music of The Jazz Messengers.
Selections by the Darius Hampton Ensemble
Wayne Shorter (arr. Naman Naik), The Chess Players
Clare Fischer (arr. Owen Barnes), Pensativa
Johnny Burke and Jimmy Van Heusen (arr. Charles Johnson), “Like Someone in Love”
Benny Golson (arr. Andres Turullols), Are You Real?
Cedar Walton (arr. Andrew Schreiber), Ugetsu
Selections by the Joe Clark Ensemble
Horace Silver (arr. Nikhel Kamalia), Ecaroh
Wayne Shorter (arr. Dante Espinoza-Villasenor), Sleeping Dancer, Sleep On
Gigi Gryce (arr. Evan Steinkoler), Social Call
Ray Bryant (arr. Sebastián Ignacio Gómez), Cubano Chant
Dizzy Gillespie (arr. Nathan Yan), “I Waited for You”
Curtis Fuller (arr. Charlie Kunzweiler), Arabia