November 10, 1998

KU JAZZ GROUPS TO PERFORM IN LIED CENTER

LAWRENCE -- Four vocal and instrumental jazz groups at the University of Kansas will perform in concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, in the Lied Center. Performing in the concert, featuring Dick Wright, professor emeritus of music history, as master of ceremonies, are the KU Vocal Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Singers as well as the KU Jazz Ensembles II and III.

To open the fall jazz program, the KU Vocal Jazz Ensemble, directed by Dan Gailey, director of jazz studies at KU, will perform "Easy To Love," arranged by Paris Rutherford; "Everything I Love" by Cole Porter, arranged by Gailey; and "The Best Is Yet To Come," arranged by Sharon Broadley. The group includes four voices and three rhythm players.

For its portion of the program, the 19-piece Jazz Ensemble III will perform "It's Just a Blues" and "The Path Not Chosen" by the group's director Darren Jenkins, Topeka graduate student, as well as "Basie's Buddy B" by John LaBarbera, "Council Grove Groove" by Frank Mantooth, "If I Had Known" by Jeff Jarvis, "Salina" by Maria Schneider, and "Special Delivery" by John Fedchock.

KU Jazz Ensemble II, a 17-piece jazz band directed by Tina Claussen, Lawrence graduate student, will play "Dancing Song" by Clare Fischer; "See The World" by Pat Metheny, arranged by Bob Crunow; "In Your Tender Care" by Steve Owen; and "Three Feet Deep" by Jesse Krebs.

The final act on the jazz program is the KU Jazz Singers, a group of six voices and four rhythm players directed by Mitos Cox, Lawrence graduate student. The group will perform "Blue In Green" by Bill Evans, arranged by Cox; "Cottontail" by Duke Ellington, arranged by Darmon Meader; "Mo-Dot" by Kerry Marsh, "Shining Star" by Earth Wind and Fire, arranged by Gailey; "Twisted," arranged by Keith Power; and "We Will Meet Again" by Bill Evans, arranged by Gailey.

General admission tickets for the jazz concert are now on sale in the KU box offices: Lied Center, 864-ARTS; Murphy Hall, 864-3982, SUA Office 864-3477. Tickets are $5 for the public and $4 for students and senior citizens. Both VISA and MasterCard are accepted for phone orders.

Story by Charla Jenkins, (785) 864-2684

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