September 26, 2023
- GUEST JAZZ DUO: Rory Stuart, guitar & Glenn Wilson, baritone saxophone
- Time: 7:30 PM
- Location: COFAC Recital Hall
- Description: This performance is free and open for general seating.
PROGRAM to be selected from the following:
Falling Angel - Rory Stuart
Wednesday's Child
It Could Happen to You
The Forest
Black Orchids
Whose Blues
Purpose
Lee's Keys Please - Glenn Wilson
Autumn Left
If I Only Had Seven Giant Brains
Adams Park
Six and Four - Oliver Nelson
Bittersweet - Sam Jones
Rory Stuart is a critically acclaimed jazz guitarist and composer based in New York. As a leader, he has CDs that have received 4 stars in Downbeat, and been voted 10 Best of the Year in Coda and Cadence. Rory has also performed with a wide range of artists, from Brother Jack McDuff to Steve Coleman, and has been called by Jazz Times “perhaps the most innovative straight-ahead jazz guitarist to emerge in years”.
Glenn Wilson has been called ‘and unsung hero in modern jazz” by the All-Music Guide. He has recorded for several jazz labels over his 50-year career and has toured and recorded with Buddy Rich, Lionel Hampton, Tito Puente, Bob Belden and many others. Glenn also directs furtherjazz.org.
- Related Web Site: WIU SCHOOL OF MUSIC
- Contact Information:
Joanie Herbert
Phone: 309-298-1843
Email: JE-Herbert@wiu.edu - Source: School of Music
