Ensembles Jazz It Up With Concerts

The Jazz Ensembles, directed by adjunct music professor Ron McCarley, will perform 8 p.m. April 24 in Deane Chapel on Westmont’s lower campus. Admission is free.

The ensembles with perform “Move” from “Birth of the Cool” by Miles Davis; “Whisper Not”; “Yardbird Suite”; “Anthropology”; “Here's that Rainy Day,” sung by Alicia Burns; “Moonlight Serenade,” sung by Sarah Stockton; “It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing”; “Red Clay” and others.

The audience will be treated to a variety of pieces including a big band number and two vocal songs, a transcription by McCarley from the album “Birth of the Cool,” and three combos.

Solos will be performed by students Brandon Barski, Andy Patterson and Ben Banner.

The Jazz Ensembles will also play at SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State St., 7-10 p.m. April 5.

For more information, contact the public affairs office at (805) 565-7057 or e-mail pubaffairs@westmont.edu. For directions to campus, visit the college Web site at www.westmont.edu.