Jazz Ensemble Debuts – Northwood School

When:
August 24, 2012 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
JAZZ EMSEMBLE DEBUTS
The North Country Jazz Ensemble will present a concert next Friday night, August 24, 7:30 at the Northwood School in Lake Placid.  Admission will be free.  The ensemble is a full big band—saxophones, trumpets, trombones, piano, guitar, bass, and drums. The musicians are of all ages, high school to retired, and come from Keene, Lake Placid, and Saranac Lake.  The band includes both professional and amateur musicians. This will be its first public performance.  The music will consist of 10  big band arrangements in various styles (swing, Latin, ballad, funk) by great jazz composer/ arrangers like Sammy Nestico, Benny Carter, and Les Hooper.