October 13th, 2017 – UW Blue Note Ensemble and UW Afro-Cuban Jazz Ensemble

October 13th, 2017 – UW Blue Note Ensemble and UW Afro-Cuban Jazz Ensemble

The all student Blue Note group is a small jazz ensemble performing music from the post-bop jazz period of the 1950s and 1960s (such as the music of Horace Silver, Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan, Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson or Art Blakey). Each semester focuses primarily on the music of a single jazz artist. The all student Afro-Cuban group is a small jazz ensemble performing music of the Latin-American jazz diaspora, with an emphasis on the rhythmic traditions of Cuba.

5pm, Tandem Press, 1743 Commercial Ave.

Free admission.