Sielert plays with the Jim Knapp Orchestra and the Emerald City Jazz Orchestra, among other groups. Sielert and Seales are both frequent performers on the local jazz scene. The piece, Sielert says, has “a new Orleans feel but with more modern harmonies.” The new: Sielert promises the performance will include at least one of his new tunes, “Metronga’s Tonk,” inspired by a club in New Orleans at which Louis Armstrong played early in his career. They have already tapped Don Immel on trombone, Tom Collier on vibes and marimba, Mark Ivester on drums and Doug Miller on bass to join them, with perhaps others to come. Sielert and Mark Seales, associate professor, are the chief planners. ![]() “We know that we’ll have a range of music, from older compositions and contemporary music.”įor the old and the borrowed, an example: Says Sielert, “Listeners might hear a Scott Joplin rag, played in traditional form and then going through its transformations, bringing us up to date.” “I’m not sure yet what we’ll be playing,” says Vern Sielert, assistant professor and trumpeter. The title of the evening’s festivities is, “Jazz: Past, Present and Future,” giving the musicians wide latitude within which to work. Tickets are $12 general admission, $10 for students or seniors. ![]() 10, in Meany Hall, will probably meet all these requirements. A jazz concert, like a traditional wedding, usually has four components: something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue.Īlthough the program is still being planned, the jazz faculty recital from the School of Music, at 7:30 p.m.
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