Vanguard Jazz Orchestra at Ike Hall
The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra Coming to West Point
West Point’s Eisenhower Hall Theatre will present the world-renowned Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Saturday, January 12th at 8 p.m. The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra is the current title for a band that began life as the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra in 1966 and has performed continuously ever since.
Thad Jones and Mel Lewis, along with many of their colleagues needed an outlet for their creative energies and relief from the tedium of studio work. Carrying a handful of arrangements, they approached legendary club owner Max Gordon and were booked at the Village Vanguard for three Mondays in February, 1966. Critical acclaim, awards and international success followed. Three weeks have become a permanent gig spanning over four decades and a name change; to the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. Long after Lewis and Jones died, several key members who played for them remain. The original precepts of sound and swing are proudly held and displayed while the other Jones-Lewis ideals; creativity and experimentation are nurtured and encouraged.
"...the oldest, most successful big band of jazz's postmodern era...forty years after it was founded the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra has grown in to something even greater than it was in the beginning." (Will Friedwald - NY Sun)
Purchase Vanguard Jazz tickets now, online at IKEHALL.COM, at the Eisenhower Hall Theatre Box Office (M-F), and Telecharge-by-phone at 800-233-3123. All seats are $36. Arrive early and enjoy dinner or refreshments at Ike’s Riverside Café.
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