NEC Jazz Orchestra: Music of Charles Mingus

Ken Schaphorst directs the NEC Jazz Orchestra in the performance of music by Charles Mingus. Program will include many of Mingus's most beloved compositions, including Boogie Stop Shuffle, Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, Sue's Changes, Children's Hour of Dream, and The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife are Some Jive-Ass Slippers.

The NEC Jazz Orchestra was named Best College Big Band in the 2004 Downbeat Student Music Awards, and performs original music and traditional big band repertoire under the direction of Ken Schaphorst and guest artists.