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 JAZZ
NIGHT
Saturday, May 15
7:00pm
St. Mark’s Mahon Hall
Join
us for a gala evening of New Orleans
dishes, dancing, and some of the best
big band jazz music to be heard anywhere!
Proceeds from the event will be used
to fund a scholarship for the new St.
Mark's pre-school.
Under
the direction of Doug Beach, the Elmhurst
College Jazz Band has earned worldwide
acclaim as an outstanding ensemble.
The
band has performed in Greece, Romania,
England, Croatia, France, Belgium, Holland,
Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy,
Indonesia,, Malta, Portugal, Spain,
Canada and the Bahamas. It has twice
toured Europe at the invitation of the
U.S. State Department. It has appeared
at the Montreux Jazz Festival, the Northsea
Jazz Festival, the Umbria Jazz Festival
and others. In 1997, the band was the
only college jazz ensemble invited to
perform at the Jak Jazz Festival in
Jakarta, Indonesia.
Closer
to home, the Jazz band has performed
at festivals across the United States,
received outstanding ratings from jazz
greats Clark Terry, Lee Konitz, Rob
McConnell, Nicholas Payton, Randy Brecker
and Bob Brookmeyer among others. In
2001, the band accompanied Dee Dee Bridgewater
at the Chicago Jazz Festival in Grant
Park.
The
band regularly appears with some of
the top musicians in professional jazz.
Recent guest artists have included Bobby
Shew, the Yellowjackets, Patti Austin,
John Pizzarelli, Nnenna Freelon, Denis
DiBlasio, Michael Davis, Tom Scott,
Bill Watrous, Patrick Williams and Clark
Terry.
Tickets
are $25.00 each and must be reserved
in advance. No tickets will be sold
at the door. Please call the parish
office to make your reservation at 630-858-1020.
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