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ADBB Presents: Rhapsody in Blue

Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 7:30 PM (GMT+0400)

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

ADBB Presents: Rhapsody in Blue

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The Abu Dhabi Big Band are proud to present a charity performance of George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue on November 2nd, at Brighton College, Abu Dhabi. The concert will feature the world-renowned concert pianist Yanni Potamousis alongside the acclaimed musicians of the Abu Dhabi Big Band. Andy Berryman, former principal trombone of the Hallé Orchestra, will feature as Guest Conductor at the performance.

The concert will be the UAE premiere of the original 1924 orchestration of the piece, which was scored for a jazz big band, strings and solo piano. The concert will also showcase other Gershwin songs and Big Band classics, along with vocal performances from Sinead Keane and Cara Jane Roberts. The program includes several old favourites, including: Strike Up The Band, S’wonderful and Summertime, from Porgy and Bess.

  

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Brighton College

Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates

Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 7:30 PM (GMT+0400)


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The Abu Dhabi Big Band was formed in 2007 to provide a medium through which locally resident jazz players could perform as a group. The intention is also to introduce the Big Band Swing, Jazz and Latino repertoire to cosmopolitan audiences resident in Abu Dhabi and other Emirates.

The project includes the constitution of a Cultural Jazz Association with the intention to coordinate jazz events, such as concerts, festivals, jazz stages, and of course to have a permanent Big Band in the multicultural city of Abu Dhabi.

The ADBB numbers over twenty multinational musicians among them vocals, seven saxophonists, five trumpets, four trombones, keyboards/piano, guitar, bass, drums and percussion. Players represent countries like Australia, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, USA, Sweden, Lebanon, India, France, and Venezuela.