The Yale Jazz Ensembles Big Band, under the direction of Wayne Escoffery, celebrates the centennial of the birth of American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer Miles Davis. This special concert will feature newly commissioned big band arrangements by Michael Philip Mossman, drawn from Davis’ first two landmark collaborations with composer and arranger Gil Evans—Birth of the Cool and Miles Ahead.

PERFORMANCE LINEUP
Wayne Escoffery, music director
Christopher Sylvester, alto saxophone
Solomon Geleta, alto saxophone
Rohan Wassnik, tenor saxophone
Rory Ashmeade, tenor saxophone
Allie Gruber, baritone saxophone
Jared Wyetzner, trumpet
Truth Templeton, trumpet
Victor Herrera, trumpet
Leo Craig, trumpet
Jacob Lebroda, trombone
Daniel Fried, trombone
Joshua Gabrielson, trombone
Yiannis Scotiniadis, guitar
Hari Viswanathan, piano
Thara Joseph, bass
Christopher Palazzo, drums