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FREE PERFORMANCE — The Jazz Ambas-sasors from Washington, D.C. will give a free performance Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 7:30 p.m. at Covington High School’s Curfman Hall. The event is being co-sponsored by the Alleghany Highlands Arts Council and the Virginian Review. (Photo Courtesy Alleghany Highlands Arts Council)
FREE PERFORMANCE — The Jazz Ambas-sasors from Washington, D.C. will give a free performance Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 7:30 p.m. at Covington High School’s Curfman Hall. The event is being co-sponsored by the Alleghany Highlands Arts Council and the Virginian Review. (Photo Courtesy Alleghany Highlands Arts Council)
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The internationally-acclaimed Jazz Ambas-sadors of Washington, D.C., will continue its long tradition of presenting free public performances when it appears for the fourth time at Curfman Hall in Covington High School on Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 7:30 p.m.
The free concert is the opening event of the Alleghany Highlands Arts Council’s Performing Arts Series for 2014-15.
The Jazz Ambassadors is the official touring big band of the United States Army. Formed in 1969, this 19-member ensemble has received great acclaim at home and abroad performing America’s greatest original art form, jazz.
Concerts by the Jazz Ambassadors are programmed to entertain all types of audiences. The band’s diverse repertoire includes big band swing, bebop, Latin, contemporary jazz, standards, popular tunes, Dixieland, vocals, and patriotic selections, many of which are written or arranged by members of the Jazz Ambassadors.
The Jazz Ambassadors has appeared in all 50 states, Canada, Mexico, Japan, India, and throughout Europe.
Recent notable performances include concerts at the Toronto Jazz Festival, the Richmond Jazz Festival at Maymont, the Kennedy Center Honors, the Jazz Education Network Conference, and an appearance on the Colbert Report.
Gordon Goodwin, Bobby Shew, Ernie Watts, and the Dave Brubeck All-Star Quintet are just a few of the outstanding jazz artists who have shared the stage with the Jazz Ambassadors.
The band has been featured in joint concerts with Marvin Hamlisch and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the San Diego Symphony Orchestra, the Seattle Symphony Pops, the Colorado Pops Orchestra, and the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall. The band’s rigorous touring schedule and reputation for excellence has earned it the title “America’s Big Band.”
As in the past, the Virginian Review is co-sponsoring the event with the Alleghany Highlands Arts Council and free tickets to the performance can be obtained in the offices of both businesses.
For more information about the Jazz Ambassadors, contact the Arts Council office at 962-6220 or come by the office at 450 W. Main Street, Suite 100 in Covington.
