Jazz Small Ensembles: The Century Milestone—The Music of Miles Davis
When:
Monday, February 2, 2026
8:00 PM - 9:30 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:
Joe Clark and Darius Hampton, conductors
2026 marks what would have been the 100th birthday of legendary trumpeter, bandleader, and composer Miles Davis. His Birth of the Cool recording sessions on the Capitol Records label were instrumental in the development of cool jazz, and on the Prestige Records label he recorded some of the earliest hard bop music. Over the course of his career he performed and recorded with jazz giants including Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, and Herbie Hancock, and he was poshumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006.
Darius Hampton Ensemble
Miles Davis and Bill Evans (arr. Naman Naik), Flamenco Sketches
George Wallington (arr. Owen Barnes), Godchild
Wayne Shorter (arr. Charles Johnson), Masqualero
Frank Churchill (arr. Siddharth Chalasani), “Someday My Prince Will Come”
Gil Evans (arr. Andres Turullols), Blues for Pablo
Miles Davis (arr. Andrew Schreiber), Nardis
Joe Clark Ensemble
Tony Crombie and Benny Green (arr. Dante Espinoza-Villasenor), So Near, So Far
Joaquín Rodrigo (arr. Sebastián Ignacio Gómez), Concierto de Aranjuez
Miles Davis and Bill Evans (arr. Evan Steinkoler), Blue in Green
Bronisław Kaper (arr. Nikhel Kamalia), “On Green Dolphin Street”
Richard Rodgers (arr. Dario Allais), “It Never Entered My Mind”
Richard Rodgers (arr. Nathan Yan), “The Surrey with the Fringe on Top”