Jazz Train at the Radison
By admin | 1st January 2008
The Central Illinois Jazz Society, Serving Central Illinois Since 1978 presents Illinois Central Jazz Train at 6:00 and 8:30 p.m. and the CIJS House Band at 7:15 p.m. Sunday, January 20, 2008 at the Radisson Hotel in the Mozart Room, 117 N. Western Avenue, Peoria.
The Illinois Central Jazz Train, directed by Larry Harms, is the newest performing group-in-residence at Illinois Central College. The Jazz Train was formed in August of 2004 and includes some of the finest young and seasoned jazz musicians in Central Illinois. They performed for the Ameren CILCO Summer Serenades in Peoria and Springfield this past summer. They were also the featured band at the Morton Pumpkin Festival this past fall.
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the West Side Story premiere on Broadway, the Jazz Train will play a suite of new arrangements of the Mambo from West Side Story and from the Buddy Rich library. They will also present a March 25 concert at the ICC Performing Arts Center. The Tazwood Dance Company will provide choreography to the West Side Story numbers in the program.
They play selections by Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Cole Porter and George Gershwin, as well as some original music by David Hoffman. One of the original members, Adam Larson, will graduate from University High School in Normal. He plans to continue his jazz studies in Manhattan. You’ll want to be sure to catch this very talented group. For more information call 692-5330 or 691-3259 or visit www.peoriajazz.com or www.midil.com/cijs.html.
The Central Illinois Jazz Society House Band will perform during the middle set, under the leadership of Larry Harms. The CIJS House Band features outstanding jazz musicians from the area. They will entertain you with a mixture of jazz styles. This talented group is the heart of our monthly jazz offerings for the jazz fans of Central Illinois. We are grateful to them for their variety of live jazz offerings. Come out, support them, and enjoy Live Jazz.
- Admission: $5.00 Members $7.00 Non-Members
- Children 14 years and under are free with an adult