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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. Featuring world premieres of big band arrangements for the YJE 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.
Unable to attend? View the live stream here:
https://livestream.yale.edu/
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Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall - Yale University, 470 College St, New Haven, CT 06511-6632, United States
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