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| New 17-piece Jazz Band To Debut Nov. 1 At Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre Following the New York Jazzharmonic's highly praised kickoff concert in July at the Washington Square Music Festival, the innovative new big jazz band will begin its inaugural season with an opening concert on Nov. 1 at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre of Symphony Space. The band on Nov. 1 will feature the world premiere of "The Four Seasons of New York Jazz, " a concerto for jazz orchestra composed by Ron Wasserman, Artistic Director of the New York Jazzharmonic. Special guest artist will be Cristina Pato, world renowned player of Galician Bagpipes. Other guests this season will be Jim McNeely, Lara St. John, JP Jofre, and Andrew Litton. There will be three more concerts following the Nov. 1 performance. Seventeen world class musicians make up the orchestra. The new group is headed by Artistic Director (and founder) Ron Wasserman, the principal bass of the New York City Ballet orchestra. His Associate Artistic Director is Miho Hazama, winner of the 2015 BMI Charlie Parker Prize. NY Jazzharmonic is a mixture of jazz standards, newly composed music, crossover and classical. write your comments about the article :: © 2015 Jazz News :: home page |