JAZZ MASTERS’ SERIES The Superstition Jazz Orchestra: “500 MILES HIGH –– Celebrating Chick Corea” CHICK COREA was one of the great jazz composers, pianists and bandleaders of the last 50 years. His enormous body of work has become standard in…
JAZZ MASTERS’ SERIES The Superstition Jazz Orchestra presents: “Ellington Re-Imagined” A musical celebration of one of America’s most beloved composers, Duke Ellington. Come listen to exciting, new arrangements of some of Ellington’s best known tunes, written by orchestra director Mike…
The Superstition Jazz Orchestra presents: Rosewood: Exploring the Musical Genius of Woody Shaw WOODY SHAW was without question one of the most influential jazz trumpet players and composers of the 20th century. His recordings and performances from the 1960’s through…
featuring The Crotty & O’Neill Sextet Mike Crotty – saxes, flutes & trumpet, Deater O’Neill – vocals, Michael Collins – piano, Dwight Kilian – bass, Sam Russo – drums, Brett Reed – vibes For nearly three decades, Mike Crotty and…
The Superstition Jazz Orchestra presents: Something old. Something new. Something borrowed and the blues. Celebrating the vast riches of big band music, the Superstition Jazz Orchestra, under the direction of multi-instrumentalist/composer Mike Crotty, will present a musical, Thanksgiving cornucopia, featuring…
Phoenix College and The Superstition Jazz Orchestra present The Composer’s Forum. Explore the composer’s art with The Superstition Jazz Orchestra in a night of music to remember! Original works by Oliver Nelson, Gil Evans, Bill Holman, Bob Mintzer, Mike Crotty…
Deater O’Neill-vocals, Mike Crotty-trumpet/saxophone/flutes, Michael Collins-piano, Sean Brogan-bass, Glenn Davis-drums, Brett Reed-vibes The Crotty & O’Neill Sextet returns to The NASH on Saturday, December 14 with “Have Yourself a Jazzy Little Christmas”. Vocalist Deater O’Neill and multi-instrumentalist Mike Crotty join an all-star rhythm section to…
Superstition Jazz Orchestra – Music of the Modern Jazz Pianist Throughout the evolution of jazz, the pianist has often been the source for many of the great compositions that have shaped the idiom. Their works frequently become the “standards,” which…
In 1964, a new rock group from Liverpool, England, came to perform in the United States and, in doing so, they profoundly changed the popular music of the time. This group – The Beatles – brought their unique songwriting and…
