Jazz at the MAC: Duke Ellington Show

Thursday, November 16, 2017 at 7:30pm

Tony Hagood explores the fruitful collaboration of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, which lasted over three decades. They gave the world "Take the 'A' Train," "Lush Life," and countless other pieces. Come enjoy both old and new favorites from these legendary musicians.

Westerville native Tony Hagood, obtained his Jazz Studies degree from Capital University. Since then he has played piano for audiences all around the world including China, Japan, South Korea, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, and several cities in the Caribbean. Here in the states, he plays for a large range of performances from restaurants to stadiums.

Anthony Stanco is a jazz trumpeter from Southeast Michigan with a bombastic, aggressively swinging sound and virtuosic command of his instrument. When not touring internationally with his band, The Crucial Elements, he teaches at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.

Saxophonist and composer, Pete Mills is currently Coordinator of Jazz Activities at Denison University. His discography includes 4 releases as a leader with his most recent, Sweet Shadow, released on Vancouver’s Cellar Live Records. A native of Toronto Canada, Mills has received grants from The Canada Council and was a recipient of the North Carolina Arts Council Jazz Composer’s Fellowship. As a sideman he appears on over a dozen CDs and performs regularly throughout the U.S and Canada. He holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music and The University of North Texas and in addition to his duties at Denison, Mills is Program Director for the music series, ‘JAG Presents’ (through the Jazz Arts Group of Columbus) and is a member of the saxophone section of The Columbus Jazz Orchestra.

Bradley Mellen is an accomplished bass player with a degree in Jazz Studies and Composition from the Ohio State University and Jazz Performance from SUNY Purchase. He plays with quite a few musicians around town, in addition to playing the cello for our top 40s through the ages group, Beyond the Bar.

Zach Compston has applied his Jazz Studies at Capital University and Indiana University to a wide variety of performances and education programs. He can be seen weekly in the house band at the Park Street Tavern Tuesday Jazz Jam Session. He is passionate about education and continuing the jazz tradition in Columbus, not only as a performer but as the Director of Education and Community Engagement at Jazz Arts Group.

Tickets: $20 in advance, $25 at the door