Kenny Burrell Directs Jazz Groups as Part of UCLA Spring Fest of World Music & Jazz

The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, Department of Ethnomusicology

presents

Spring Festival of World Music and Jazz 2015

May 15 – June 2, 2015

Schoenberg Hall, UCLA

jazz players

Friday, May 15, 7pm – Music of India Ensemble, Abhiman Kaushal and Rahul Neuman, co-directors Music of Bali Ensemble, I Nyoman Wenten, director

Saturday, May 16, 7pm – Music of the Balkans Ensemble, Tzvetanka and Ivan Varimezov, co-directors Bluegrass and Old-Time String Ensemble, Timothy Taylor, director; Jeffrey Riggs, assistant director

Sunday, May 17, 7pm – Music of Mexico Ensemble, Jesus Guzman, director; Jessie M. Vallejo, assistant director African American Music Ensemble, James Roberson, director

Friday, May 29, 7pm – Intercultural Improvisation Ensemble (aka Omni-Musicality Group), Steve Loza and Alex Rodriguez, co-directors Music of West Africa Ensemble, Omowale Orisayomi and Francis Awe, co-directors

Saturday, May 30, 7pm – Near East Ensemble, A. J. Racy, director Music of China Ensemble, Chi Li, director

Sunday, May 31, 7pm – Charles Mingus Ensemble, Justo Almario, director (spring) Irish Music Ensemble, Tim Taylor, director; Kevin Levine, assistant director

Monday, June 1, 7pm – UCLA Jazz Combos directed by George Bohanon, Kenny Burrell, Clayton Cameron, Charley Harrison, Charles Owens, and Michele Weir, with special guests, the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance Ensemble

Tuesday, June 2, 7pm – UCLA Big Bands, featuring the Ellingtonia Orchestra, directed by Kenny Burrell; the UCLA LatinJazz Big Band, directed by Dr. Bobby Rodriguez; and the UCLA Jazz Orchestra, directed by Charley Harrison

Free Admission

For further information: 310-825-5947

www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu