Rhapsody and the Blues - The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
Nov 17 2021

Rhapsody and the Blues

Rhapsody and the Blues
contemporary
Schoenberg Hall

An All-Star evening featuring the West Coast premiere of George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with Big Band along with the music of Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson, Tommy Dorsey and Dizzy Gillespie.

Hosted by Acclaimed Trumpet Soloist Jens Lindemann, ‘Rhapsody and the Blues’ features groundbreaking piano virtuoso Inna Faliks in Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, masterfully arranged and conducted by Award-winning conductor Matt Catingub.

The evening also features legendary jazz singer Barbara Morrison along with 14-time “Trombonist of the Year” Wycliffe Gordon.