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Billings Symphony jazz group will perform at the Babcock
Billings Symphony s jazz group to play at Babcock
By: David Jay
and last updated 2021-05-15 13:28:47-04
The Rocky Mountain Jazz Collective will perform its first concert in connection with the Billings Symphony on Saturday.
The 17-piece big band will play Duke Ellingtons Far East Suite at the Babcock Theater, which will be the first event at that venue for the symphony.
Scott Jeppesen, Rocky Mountain Collective music director.
KTVQ photo It s one of the last pieces that Duke Ellington did with his partner in crime Billy Strayhorn, said Scott Jeppesen, the group s music director. They did it based off of a tour that they took in 1963. Even though his music is always distinctly Ellington, this piece is neat because, it happening in the 60s, you can hear a lot of influences from modern jazz musicians of the time.
The Rocky Mountain Jazz Collective will perform its first concert in connection with the Billings Symphony on Saturday. The 17-piece big band will play Duke Ellingtons "Far East Suite" at the Babcock Theater, which will be the first event at that venue for the symphony.
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