Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra: Ridin’ on a Blue Note
Saturday, November 14 at 2:00pm
Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra presents a program of jazz chamber music, featuring works by Duke Ellington, Alec Wilder, and more. Enjoy riffs from the 1930s to the contemporary era, with some novel twists on the music of favorite Classical and Romantic composers. Andrew Fox, bandmaster of the acclaimed Cascade Swing Orchestra, leads an ensemble of SMCO artists and Northwest jazz players.
Andrew Fox, clarinet and leader
Jory Tindall, clarinet and flute
Brandt Fisher, saxophone
Brittany Harrington, bassoon
Bhavani Kotha, oboe
Don Tran, bass
Jack Swiggett, piano and harpsichord
Rocky Martin, drums
Program
Oliver Wallace and Harold Weeks: Hindustan
Frederic Chopin, arr. Gerry Mulligan: Prelude in E minor (arrangement for jazz sextet)
Buster Bailey: Haydn Gets Hip
Franz Liszt, arr. Girard: Liebestraum
Vernon Duke: April in Paris
Duke Ellington: Ridin’ on a Blue Note
Charlie Shavers: Arabian Nightmare (after Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade)
Alyssa Morris: Duo Displasia for Oboe and Alto Saxophone
Alec Wilder: Jazz Octets
