The Delta State University Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of associate professor of music Dr. Bret Pimentel, will present a concert April 17 at 7:30 p.m. in the Jobe Hall Auditorium.<\/p>\n
The DSU Jazz Ensemble is a 17-piece \u201cbig band\u201d made up of music majors and non-music majors selected by competitive audition. The band is known in the community for its annual Big Band Bash fundraiser, an evening of dining, dancing and classic Swing Era music.<\/p>\n
Big band jazz is characterized by tightly-coordinated, high-energy playing from a large horn section made up of trumpets, trombones and saxophones, working in partnership with a powerful, driving rhythm section of keyboards, bass and drums. Individual group members often perform solos that are improvised \u2014 composed spontaneously in live performance.<\/p>\n
The DSU Jazz Ensemble\u2019s repertoire includes favorites from the Swing Era of the 1930s and 1940s, as well as more contemporary jazz styles from the 1950s to the present.<\/p>\n
This concert\u2019s lineup includes new and classic jazz music by great composers and arrangers like Hoagy Carmichael, Woody Herman, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder and Neal Hefti.<\/p>\n
The concert is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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