April 8, 2015
MARSHALL, Texas (4/06/15) - The East Texas Baptist University Jazz Band will be in concert on Friday, April 10 at 7:00 p.m. in Baker Auditorium of the Ornelas Spiritual Life Center on the ETBU campus. Admission is $5 or free with ETBU I.D.
The ETBU Jazz Band, under the direction of Professor of Music Dr. Douglas Lockard, will feature great jazz and blues tunes from the past and present, opening with the classic Count Basie riff tune, One O?Clock Jump.
The concert will continue with Bernie's Tune, St. Thomas, and Duke Ellington's What Am I Here For. Other tunes on the program include James Brown's 'Papa's Got a Brand New Bag', the Ray Charles hit 'What'd I Say', and Stevie Wonder's 'Superstition'. Elena Sleazina, a senior vocal performance major from the Republic of Moldova, will be the featured vocalist on Duke Ellington's 'Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me'. The ETBU Jazz Band will close the concert with the 1938 hit for the Bob Crosby Band, Big Noise from Winnetka.
The ETBU Jazz Band will be joined on the concert by the Hallsville High School Jazz Band, directed by Ty Hood. The Hallsville Jazz Band will perform Brass Machine, Fly Me to the Moon, Zoot Suit Riot, and the jazz- rock fusion hit for Weather Report, Birdland.
For information contact the ETBU School of Fine Arts at 903.923.2158