This performance is SOLD OUT.
Derrick Gardner, conductor
The Northwestern University Jazz Orchestra pays tribute to Miles Davis during the centennial anniversary of his birth with the music from his 1957 Columbia Records release Miles Ahead. The album featured Davis on flugelhorn as the only soloist, and it was his first collaboration with arranger Gil Evans following the Birth of the Cool sessions. Miles Ahead was met with critical praise and became recognized as one of the most successful examples of the Third Stream movement, drawing emotional sophistication from its fusion of modern jazz and classical influences.
Johnny Carisi (arr. Gil Evans), Springsville
Léo Delibes (arr. Gil Evans), “The Maids of Cadiz”
Dave Brubeck (arr. Gil Evans), The Duke
Miles Davis (arr. Brandon Harper), Out of the Blue
Ira Gershwin and Kurt Weill (arr. Gil Evans), “My Ship”
Gil Evans, Miles Ahead
Gil Evans, Blues for Pablo
Ahmad Jamal (arr. Gil Evans), New Rhumba
Miles Davis (arr. Bob Mintzer), Joshua
Cost: Tickets are $8 for the general public and $5 for students with valid ID.