Eastman School of Music brings Billy Harper, saxophonist, in concert with the Eastman Jazz Lab Band on Friday, April 12, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall. Billy will be here for a short residency and is available for interviews.

The Eastman Jazz Lab Band is a full 17-piece jazz ensemble consisting of both undergraduate and graduate students, directed by Associate Professor Rich Thompson. The ensemble performs a full range of big band repertoire, as well as arrangements by known Eastman Jazz alumni and current Eastman Jazz student arrangers. The Ensemble’s featured repertoire for the April 12 concert includes a number of Harper’s works, including: “Thoroughbred,” which was the first track on composer Gil Evans’ record, Blues in Orbit, which was released in 1971, and featured Billy Harper; “The Call of the Wild and Peaceful Heart” from his group The Cookers and “Beyond Forever” from the same CD.

This concert is free and open to the public.