May 12, 2011, Thursday - Jazz Thursdays with the The Dakota Combo at MacPhail Center for Music

Time:  8:00pm

Location:  MacPhail Center for Music, Antonello Hall, 501 South 2nd Street

Admission: Free

JAZZ THURSDAYS: MEDITATIONS AND REVELATIONS – THE MUSIC OF CHARLES MINGUS

The Jazz Thursdays series, presenting music by the legendary Charles Mingus, ends with The Dakota Combo, a premier high school jazz group, performing music composed by Mingus. Charles Mingus is known for his ability to inspire collective improvisation and is one of the most influential bass players, bandleaders, and composers of jazz music.

This is an outstanding group of students selected through a live audition under the direction of MacPhail’s director of jazz, Adam Linz. The concert will feature an entire program of the music of jazz great Charles Mingus.

The Dakota Combo performs annually with national guest artists at the Dakota Jazz Club as well as outstanding local artists as part of the Jazz Thursdays series at MacPhail. Recently, the Dakota Combo was honored by being selected to compete at the Charles Mingus High School Band Competition held at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City, where they were awarded the Mingus Spirit Award in the Jazz Combo Division.

Members of the 2010-2011 Dakota Combo include: Quentin Tschofen, Danny Hupp, Jordan Jenkins, Emerson Hunton, Caitlin Kelliher, Brad Allen, John Cushing, and DeCarlo Jackson.

Come join us for a rare opportunity to hear Mingus’s music played live.