CORNELL JAZZ ENSEMBLE & BILL EASLEY

Cornell Jazz Ensemble with guest saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Bill Easley, who  plays saxophone, flute, and clarinet.  plays saxophone, flute, and clarinet. He has worked with George Benson in the late 1960s and with Isaac Hayes in the 1970s. He also did sessions at Stax and Hi Records with Ann Peebles and Al Green.

He has also worked with Roland Hanna, Jimmy McGriff, Jimmy Smith, Ruth Brown, James Williams, Bill Mobley, George Caldwell, Mulgrew Miller, Grady Tate, Victor Gaskin, Panama Francis, Mercer Ellington, and Billy Higgins.

Songs by Oliver Nelson, Thad Jones, Duke Ellington, Freddie Hubbard, and Ned Washington with arrangements by Melba Liston, Frank Foster, and John LaBarbera.

Student composition premieres by Turner Aldrich and Cedric Orton-Urbina.

Tickets: Free