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U. of S. Jazz Band with guest soloist Kenny Rampton

Saturday, 28 October, 2017

IN CONCERT: University of Scranton Jazz Band with guest soloist Kenny Rampton 

SAT., OCT. 28, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
University of Scranton Houlihan McLean Center (Mulberry St. at Jefferson Ave.) Admission FREE

Kenny Rampton, a member of Wynton Marsalis’s Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and the trumpet voice on “Sesame Street” since 2010, also leads his own quintet and performs with the Mingus Big Band, The Mingus Orchestra, The Mingus Dynasty, George Gruntz’ Concert Jazz Band, and The Manhattan Jazz Orchestra (under the direction of Dave Matthews). He has toured the world with groups as stylistically diverse as The Ray Charles Orchestra and the pop band Matchbox Twenty. As a sideman, Rampton has performed with Mingus Epitaph (under the direction of Gunther Schuller), Bebo Valdez’ Latin Jazz All-Stars, Maria Schneider, the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, Dr. John, Lionel Hampton, Jon Hendricks, Illinois Jacquet, Geoff Keezer, Christian McBride, and a host of others. His Broadway credits are extensive, and his discography includes hundreds of jazz, R&B, Blues, Pop, and Hip Hop recordings. Also an in-demand studio trumpeter, Kenny has recorded jingles for dozens of commercials. The University of Scranton Jazz Band is a 28 member ensemble of big band style instrumentation, made up of University of Scranton student musicians from majors spanning the curriculum. They perform five or more times per year, and the majority of their performances are open to the public, free of admission charge, and often feature a nationally or internationally renowned guest soloist.
(Contact us for information on a trumpet masterclass to be offered earlier in the day)

For more information on this artist, please visit http://kennyrampton.com/

Contact:

Performance Music at The University of Scranton

Phone: (570) 941-7624
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Houlihan-McLean Center, Aula

342 Jefferson Avenue
 Scranton, PA 18510