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Rutgers University Jazz Ensemble
Wednesday, October 28, 7:30 p.m.
Annual Prof. Fielder Memorial Concert With Guest Soloist, Walter White
Join us for a virtual Facebook concert performed by the Rutgers University Jazz Ensemble, directed by Conrad Herwig.
The Rutgers University Jazz Ensemble is the top student jazz ensemble at the Mason Gross School of the Arts. The group has played commercials with Ray Charles, the fifth-anniversary celebration of Harmony Hall in Fukui, Japan, and is featured frequently at the legendary Blue Note jazz club in New York City.
Professor William Butler Fielder, known as “Prof” to his students, joined the Mason Gross faculty in 1980 until his death in 2009. Fielder, with equal command over jazz and classical genres, performed with many of the biggest names, including Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Slide Hampton, and Kenny Burrell, as well as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Civic Symphony. His students include Wynton and Branford Marsalis, Terence Blanchard, Sean Jones and Terell Stafford. The Rutgers University jazz program has since dedicated the first performance of each fall in Professor Fielder’s honor.
The performance includes: “Body & Soul” (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton; Arr by Conrad Herwig), “Love Progression” (William Fielder; Arr by Marc J. Stasio), and “The River / The Way Up” from “The Gussman Suite” (Walter White)
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