Woolsey Hall

ELLINGTON JAZZ SERIES

The correct start time for this concert is 2:00pm. (It was originally listed as 7:30pm.)

“Among the most important, prophetic, creative statements in the history of jazz.”
– Gunther Schuller

In celebration of Charles Mingus’ 100th birthday, the Ellington Jazz Series presents the revered Mingus Big Band, with Grammy Award-winning saxophonist, YSM Lecturer in Jazz, and Director of the Yale Jazz Ensembles Wayne Escoffery and Yale students, in a performance, conducted by Escoffery and trombonist Ku-umba Frank Lacy, of Mingus’ idiosyncratic jazz-orchestra epic, Epitaph. This rarely performed, enigmatic work reflects the genius of its composer while defying all categorization and offers the world an experience of the man himself and of the ideas that filled him.

Tickets start at $23, students start at $10
(Seating is General Admission by section)

Concerts at YSM are open to asymptomatic individuals. ASTM or N95-equivalent masks are required for all audience members.

WOODWINDS:

Brandon Wright, Mark Gross, Wayne Escoffery, Craig Handy, Sam Dillon, Wes Lewis (student), Alec Chai (student), Lauren Sevian, Michael Rabinowitz, Allie Gruber (student), Margalit Patry-Martin (student)

TRUMPETS:

Alex Norris, Walter White, Philip Harper, Grace Burton (student), Shania Cordoba (student), Truth Templeton (student)

TROMBONES: 

Ku-umba Frank Lacy, Conrad Herwig, Robin Eubanks, Earl McIntyre, Addison Maye-Saxon (student),  Max Saffer-Meg (student), Declan Wilcox (student),  Bridget Conley, Tuba (student)

PIANO:

David Kikoski, Miles Zaud (student)

BASS:

Boris Kozlov, Thara Joseph (student)                                                    

DRUMS

Donald Edwards

VIBRAPHONE:

Chien Chien Lu

GUITAR:

David Gilmore

PERCUSSION:

Makana Medeiros (student)

Mingyu Son (Student)

Conducted by Wayne Escoffery and Ku-umba Frank Lacy who will also perform on Tenor Sax and Trombone, respectively