The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire's Ellington Orchestra under the direction of Jeremy Price will be performing The New Orleans Suite on Monday, 28 October, 2019.
The RBC's website reads:
The New Orleans Suite, originally commissioned for the 1970 New Orleans Jazz Festival is work which has great significance for Ellingtonians, as lead alto star Johnny Hodges died shortly after the first recording session; the band having to record the second session without him. This work also provides proof of the calibre of Ellington’s creative output in his later years, confounding critics who thought he had perhaps become formulaic since the collaborative years with Billy Strayhorn.
Scores and parts researched and edited from the original manuscript by Michele Corcella.
Tickets may be purchased here.
A second performance is also scheduled for Monday, 25 November.
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