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Side by Side: The New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band & The Yale Concert Band
Friday December 6 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
| $11 – $31Presented in the spirit of the season as part of the Yale School of Music’s Ellington Jazz Series, Joe McCarthy’s Latin Grammy Award-winning New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band and the Yale Concert Band will perform two, interspersed settings of Tchaikovsky’s beloved Nutcracker Suite.
The New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band will perform its famed Pan American Nutcracker Suite, a jazz/Afro-Caribbean reconceptualization of Tchaikovsky’s classic, co-created and arranged by drummer Joe McCarthy and Vince Norman that unites diverse musical traditions of the Americas and beyond. Each movement of the Pan American Nutcracker Suite will be followed by one from the traditional, classical arrangement performed by the Yale Concert Band, led by Thomas C. Duffy, in a presentation that juxtaposes two complementary versions of this timeless masterpiece.
In addition to McCarthy on drum set, the NYABABB includes Hector Martignon, piano; Luisito Quintero, percussion; Boris Kozlov, bass; Vinny Valentino, guitar; Nick Marchione, lead trumpet; Tony Kadleck, David Neves and Diego Urcola, trumpet; Alejandro Aviles, lead alto saxophone; Andrew Gould, alto saxophone; Luis Hernandez and Lucas Pino, tenor saxophone; Matt Hong, baritone saxophone; Joe Fielder, lead trombone; Juanga Lakunza and Sam Blakeslee, trombone; and James Borowski, bass trombone.
Tickets start at $26, Yale faculty/staff start at $19, Students start at $11
$3 surcharge for tickets purchased at the door.
Seating in Woolsey Hall is General Admission by section.
Save up to 15% on single-ticket prices when you purchase a Pick 3 or Pick 5 package.
$3 surcharge for tickets purchased at the door.
Seating in Woolsey Hall is General Admission by section.
Save up to 15% on single-ticket prices when you purchase a Pick 3 or Pick 5 package.
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