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What Makes It Great? The Train In Classic Jazz From Miller To Marsalis at Jordan Hall

Courtesy of Celebrity Series of Boston | Posted on July 12, 2016

Where

Jordan Hall
30 Gainsborough Street
Boston, MA
Map
(617) 585-1260

When

Fri, January 20, 2017
8:00 pm

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From Glenn Miller's Chattanooga Choo-Choo to Wynton Marsalis' Big Train, the everyday, ordinary sounds of trains have inspired some of the greatest jazz compositions of the 20th century. Railroads were a constant in American culture and deeply connected to the world of working musicians criss-crossing the country. Presented by Celebrity Series of Boston, this installment of What Makes it Great? features Rob Kapilow and the Kyle Athayde Dance Party as they examine and perform iconic jazz classics inspired by trains and composed by Glenn Miller, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, and Wynton Marsalis.

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