New England Conservatory Jazz Orchestra

Music Review: NEC Jazz Orchestra, directed by Ken Schaphorst — Harlem Comes to Jordan

October 31, 2010
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Why should you have been in Jordan Hall on October 21? First, to hear Ken Schaphorst’s reconstruction of Duke Ellington’s “Harlem,” aka “A Tone Parallel to Harlem,” aka “The Harlem Suite,” a score on which Ken labored painstakingly and which the NEC Jazz Orchestra played thrillingly well. Music of Duke Ellington. Performed by New England…

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