Free I No ticket required

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Duke Ellington UW-Madison Residency 50th Anniversary Celebration
Part of the Madison Jazz Festival

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Event schedule:
5:30 pm: Sun Prairie and Middleton High School Jazz Bands perform Duke’s music with guest artist Victor Goines

7 pm: Panel discussion with Emeritus Professor Jim Latimer (organizer of the 1972 Ellington residency), award-winning jazz journalist and former Ellington publicist Patricia Willard, and former Ellington vocalist and current Madison resident Jane Coyne

8:30 pm: Concert of Duke Ellington’s music, including his “UWIS Suite” (composed for the 1972 residency), performed by the UW-Madison Jazz Faculty and Alumni Band, featuring Les Thimmig, Anders Svanoe, Nick Berkhout, Alex Charland, and Zach Ramirez (saxophones); Nate Schmidt, Dave Cooper, Dan Cross, and Russ Johnson (trumpets); Nat McIntosh, Tom Kelley, and Cole Bartels (trombones); Johannes Wallmann (piano); Peter Dominguez (bass); Matt Endres (drums); and special guest vocalist Jane Coyne.
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