Jazz Composers Alliance Presents the JCA Orchestra
The Lily Pad, 1353 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA
Admission: $20
$20 admission / $15 for students and seniors / 1:45 doors / 2pm start New Music for the 21 piece Jazz Orchestra by resident composers David Harris, Darrell Katz, Bob Pilkington and Mimi Rabson. The Jazz Composers Alliance was founded in 41 years ago to support, develop and promote the art of music composition in the jazz idiom. The JCA Orchestra was founded to realize that goal, and it has been a fixture on Boston’s creative music scene ever since its first performance in December 1985. The JCA Orchestra has released 12 critically acclaimed CDs. Wheelworks was on Downbeat’s Best of 2016 list. The group has performed (and on a few occasions, recorded with) an illustrious group of guest performer/composers, including Sam Rivers, Julius Hemphill, Dave Holland, Maria Schneider, Henry Threadgill, Steve Lacy and Oliver Lake. Drawing on influences that span the history of jazz and the world's musical traditions, the JCA Orchestra has brought together a huge palette of sounds, structures and concepts. This group has premiered well over 125 pieces. Our concepts include extended forms, group improvisation from a variety of approaches, notated and not notated music, and striving to combine…