Program Type:
Music & EntertainmentAge Group:
AdultsProgram Description
Event Details
Transitions Saxophone Quartet will present a musical performance highlighting the evolution of jazz through the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. This talented quartet will present the great classic jazz music and the artists that helped to develop, define, and validate the genre as an important American art form, including Scott Joplin, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Paquito D'Rivera, Glenn Miller, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonius Monk, Count Basie, and Duke Ellington, who will be celebrated for their contributions to the evolution of Jazz over the last 100 years. The program will include a multi-media video presentation highlighting the contributions made by the artists and their music using pictures, text and historical film footage. Join us!