John Clayton will direct an eighteen-piece ensemble featuring soloists Jay Thomas and Bill Ramsay at 7:30 pm on Saturday, September 19, at the Joseph F. Wheeler Theater in Fort Worden State Park. Centrum’s Workshop Band will play the classic jazz tunes of Count Basie and contemporary jazz compositions by John Clayton himself.
Ticket Information. Tickets are $10 dollars; youth 18 and under can attend for free with advance registration. Tickets are available online or by calling Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800-838-3006. Tickets are also available at the box-office door beginning at 7 pm.
"Using the model that has been established by the classic, historic big bands, the Workshop Big Band will be comprised of soloists whose voices are honed to collectively produce a unique sound,” said Clayton. Count Basie and others were all bands comprised of musicians who could improvise. This successful formula will be explored in our show."
In addition to the two soloists, the Workshop Big Band will feature members of Centrum’s big band workshop, brought to a fever pitch by intense playing the weekend of September 17-20. The public performance culminates the jazz workshop.
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