Metropolitan
Jazz Orchestra
with Vaughn Wiester
Saturday, Feb. 28 at 8 p.m.
Center for the Arts at George Mason University
The Music of
Stan Kenton
Jim Carroll, artistic director
Audience favorite Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra returns to
celebrate the music of Grammy Award-winning jazz bandleader,
composer, and pianist Stan Kenton. Known for his innovative
and brassy approach to big band jazz, he developed what became
known in the 1940s as “The Wall of Sound.” Many great artists
passed through the Stan Kenton Orchestra, one of the
best-known West Coast ensembles, including saxophonists Art
Pepper and Stan Getz, singer Anita O’Day, and trumpeter Shorty
Rogers. The Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra, comprised of some of
the area’s finest musicians and led by founder, artistic
director, and virtuoso saxophonist Jim Carroll, will be joined
by featured vocalist Darden Purcell, director of George Mason
Dewberry School of Music Jazz Studies Program, and by
inimitable trombonist Vaughn Wiester, a veteran of groups
including the Woody Herman band, the Columbus Jazz Orchestra,
and his own Famous Jazz Orchestra.
Run Time:
approximately 105 minutes, plus an intermission
Program is
subject to change.
This performance is appropriate for all ages.
Tickets: $55, $48, $35; half-price for youth through Grade 12
