| Hosted by | Yale University Bands |
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| Details | The Yale Jazz Ensembles Big Band, Wayne Escoffery, Music Director, will present its spring concert on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, at 7:30 p.m., in Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall. Admission is free (no tickets or registration required). The YJE Big Band continues its celebration of the centennial of the birth of American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer Miles Davis. Tonight’s concert will feature world premieres of big band arrangements for the Yale Jazz Ensembles Big Band by Michael P. Mossman, including Blues for Pablo, Springsville and The Duke, from “Miles Ahead,” Davis’s second landmark 1957 collaboration album with composer and arranger Gil Evans and regarded as one of the most famous recordings of “Third Stream,” a fusion of jazz, European classical, and world musics. Also featuring the world premiere of “Through the Sunbreak” by Miles Zaud, Yale Class of 2026. |
| Admission | Free (no tickets or registration required) |
| Location | Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall |
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| More Info | info link |