May 17: Battle of the Bands: New Orleans Jazz Orchestra & Captain Black Big Band
Upcoming Live Concerts • 2h 41m
When The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra with Adonis Rose (a 20-piece ensemble of intergenerational voices) faces off against the Captain Black Big Band with Orrin Evans (a bold, swinging assemblage of artists from Philadelphia and the mid-Atlantic), expect a high-energy, roof-shaking rumble, as they duke it out to the music of Count Basie, Sun Ra, Stevie Wonder, and more, in one of jazz's most beloved traditions, in The House of Swing.
Up Next in Upcoming Live Concerts
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May 20, Set 1: Christian X. M. McGhee...
Award-winning multi-instrumentalist and film composer Christian X. M. McGhee leads his 10-piece string orchestra and band The Xtet at Dizzy’s Club, premiering his debut album and BMI commission A Winged Resilience. Signaling McGhee’s creative poise and burgeoning mastery, the album combines his l...
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May 20, Set 2: Christian X. M. McGhee...
Award-winning multi-instrumentalist and film composer Christian X. M. McGhee leads his 10-piece string orchestra and band The Xtet at Dizzy’s Club, premiering his debut album and BMI commission A Winged Resilience. Signaling McGhee’s creative poise and burgeoning mastery, the album combines his l...
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May 22, Set 1: Sun Ra at 110 – Sulliv...
Celebrating what would have been Sun Ra's 110th birthday on May 22, Grammy-winning New Orleans pianist Sullivan Fortner has summoned his most galactic-minded of friends to delve into Sun Ra's inventive and adventurous music. From swing to free to earthy and spacey, Fortner and his fellow explorer...
