Name: Groove Merchant Innovators - MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble
Start: 2023-03-04T20:00:00-05:00
Location: Kresge Auditorium

Groove Merchant Innovators - MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble

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Join the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble as it celebrates great jazz innovators past and present.

Kresge Auditorium

Saturday, March 4th, 20238:00pm Kresge Auditorium, MITGroove Merchant InnovatorsMIT Festival Jazz EnsembleFrederick Harris, Jr., Music DirectorJoin the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble as its celebrates great jazz innovators past and present. This exciting program includes music by Ellington, Mingus, Monk, Jobim, Thad Jones, (his classic arrangement of Groove Merchant by Jerome Richardson), and fresh music by Guillermo Klein and Miguel Zenón.L﻿IVE STREAM LINK: https://mta.mit.edu/viewlisten/live-kresge-auditoriumABOUT MIT FESTIVAL JAZZ ENSEMBLEThe MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble (MIT FJE) was founded in 1963 by Boston jazz icon Herb Pomeroy and led since 1999 by Dr. Frederick Harris, Jr. This advanced 18 to 20-member big band/jazz ensemble is comprised of outstanding MIT undergraduate and graduate students studying a wide range of disciplines. An advanced combo is formed from the membership of the MIT FJE. MIT FJE performs traditional and contemporary jazz ensemble literature, including student compositions and new works written for the MIT FJE by major jazz composers. Improvisation is a prominent part of the MIT FJE experience. MIT FJE has released five professional recordings including its major jazz label debut on Sunnyside in 2015, Infinite Winds, which received a five-star review from DownBeat and was chosen by the magazine as one of its “Best Albums of 2015 Five-Star Masterpieces.”The FJE has a long history of performing original music by MIT students and composers from around the world. Since 2001, it has presented over 50 world premieres. Among others, Mark Harvey, Herb Pomeroy, Jamshied Sharifi, Ran Blake, John Harbison, Chick Corea, Joe Lovano, Gunther and George Schuller, Kenny Werner, Don Byron, Steve Turre, Magali Souriau, Guillermo Klein, Chris Cheek, Miguel Zenón, Dominique Eade, and Luciana Souza have collaborated with the MIT FJE. In January of 2019 the FJE participated in a highly successful cultural exchange, touring Puerto Rico with Miguel Zenón, presenting concerts in various venues and also STEM workshops in middle and high schools.Learn about the MIT FJE’s collaboration with Grammy-winner Jacob Collier in this <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdtK_oiyJAo&amp;t=3s" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Emmy-winning documentary</a>. Watch the Emmy-nominated documentary <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzpII7AchZc" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Great Clarinet Summit</a>, featuring MIT FJE. See an overview of MIT FJE’s recent <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vptYlSHEoAg&amp;feature=youtu.be" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">tour of Puerto Rico</a>. Watch MIT FJE and Sean Jones <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD-XPI-TTp0&amp;feature=youtu.be" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">perform an original composition</a> by MIT student Alan Osmundson and Warren Wolf perform <a href="https://youtu.be/nK2alHTZpNk" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Heal!</a> by MIT pianist-composer Peter Godart. MIT FJE participated in MIT&#x27;s 2021 virtual Commencement, performing <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8MnxTxxJ98" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Diary of a Pandemic Year</a>. See an overview of MIT FJE’s history <a href="https://youtu.be/YwquocZDN2Q" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>.Don&#x27;t miss a downbeat! <a href="https://mta.mit.edu/newsletter/subscribe" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Click here to subscribe to the Events Newsletter.</a>

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