Feb. 20, 2006
Contact: Michele Abba
Cal Poly Music Department
(805) 756-2406
music@calpoly.edu;
http://music.calpoly.edu
Cal Poly Jazz Concert to Feature First Woman to Perform With Stan Kenton’s Big Band Orchestra
SAN LUIS OBISPO - The first woman to play in one of the world’s greatest big bands, the Stan Kenton big band, will headline Cal Poly's annual Just Jazz concert at 8 p.m., Friday, March 10, in Cal Poly’s Spanos Theatre.
Alto saxophonist Mary Fettig will perform with the University Jazz Band #1 in selections arranged by Stan Kenton, Charles Mingus, Quincy Jones, and Cole Porter.
Also appearing will be the University Jazz Band #2 and two jazz combos. All bands are led by Cal Poly Jazz Studies Director Paul Rinzler.
Fettig has toured with Marian McPartland, Tito Puente and Joe Henderson, and has performed at the Concord, San Francisco, Monterey, Playboy, Hollywood Bowl, Chicago, Detroit, Buffalo, Montreaux and North Sea jazz festivals.
Tickets to Just Jazz are $6 to $10 and may be purchased at the Performing Arts Center Ticket Office, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. To order by phone, call SLO-ARTS (756-2787).
Patrons who buy season tickets to four Music Department events through the Performing Arts Ticket office will receive a 10 percent discount; a 15 percent discount is given to those who buy tickets to five or more events.
The Just Jazz concert is sponsored by the Cal Poly Music Department, College of Liberal Arts and Instructionally Related Activities program. For more information, call the Music Department at 756-2406.
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