Jazz Up the Season with Cal Poly's Annual Fall Concert Dec. 1

SAN LUIS OBISPO -- Echoes of Frank Sinatra, Lucille Ball, and Miles Davis will fill Cal Poly’s Alex and Faye Spanos Theatre on Friday, Dec. 1 at 8 p.m. at the University Jazz Bands’ Fall Concert.

Two big bands and two combos will present a fresh and spontaneous approach to jazz, America's great original art form.

"If you close your eyes and listen to student vocalist Matt Donner sing Sinatra's signature tune, 'I've Got You Under My Skin,' you'll almost believe that it's Frank singing," says Paul Rinzler, Cal Poly's director of Jazz Studies. "We will also evoke the memory of Lucille Ball by playing the theme song from her legendary TV show, ‘I Love Lucy.’”

A note-for-note recreation of one of Miles Davis' masterpieces, "Boplicity," will be performed as well.

Tickets for the concert are $10 for the public, $8 for senior citizens and Jazz Federation members, and $6 for students. They are on sale at the Performing Arts Ticket Office from 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 concert is sponsored by Cal Poly's 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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