ISU Jazz Bands in Concert November 11th

From: Dr. Patrick Brooks, ISU Director of Bands broopatr@isu.edu, 282-3147 The ISU Jazz Big Bands I and II will be performing this coming Friday, November 11, at 7: 30 pm in Jensen Grand concert Hall on the Idaho State University campus. Jazz II will be performing a selection more traditional jazz standards including Zoot Suite Riot and Go Daddy O as recently popularized by the group Big Voodoo Daddy, the Woody Herman classic Wood Choppers Ball, and Duke Ellington’s Don’t Get Around Much Anymore. Jazz I, fresh from their interaction with the Marcus Roberts Trio at the ISCS High School Invitational Jazz Fest, will be performing the swing standards After You’ve Gone, Slide’s Derrangement, and Jada. They will also be performing the Brecker Brothers fusion classic Some Skunk Funk, the Count Basie Band’s version of the Duke Ellinton’s In A Mellow Tone, and Kids Are Pretty People by Thad Jones. The ISU Jazz I Big Band is directed by Dr. Patrick Brooks, Director of Bands, and Jazz II is directed by Kevin York, Associate Director of Bands. Ticket prices for this concert are $8 adults, $6 ISU faculty and staff, $4 pre-college students, and free to ISU students. Children under the age of 6 will not be admitted into concerts.