The Shedd Institute welcomes trumpeter and composer Dave Douglas back to Jaqua Concert Hall with Seattle-based brass quartet The Westerlies -- Riley Mulherkar and Zubin Hensler on trumpet, and Andy Clausen and Willem de Koch on trombone. Performing with the group is Philadelphia drummer extraordinaire Anwar Marshall. The new music Douglas is writing for the group explores great American themes in a rich panoply of warm brass sounds. Full of power and soul.
This concert is eligible for The Shedd's
Free Shedd Jazz Student Ticket program, which makes a limited number of free tickets to 2015-16 Shedd jazz concerts available to students elementary through college. The program is made possible by a grant from
Chamber Music America and
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Contact The Shedd Ticket Office for information.