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…
Saxophonist, bandleader and composer CHARLIE “Yardbird” PARKER was one of the most legendary figures in the history and evolution of the jazz idiom. Despite his passing away at the young age of 34, Bird’s body of work far surpassed that…
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…
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…
On Wednesday, March 6, the Superstition Jazz Orchestra continues its series of concerts celebrating the music of the jazz masters in its premiere of “Hubtones”, an evening of the music of trumpeter and composer, Freddie Hubbard. From the late 1950’s…
