"Sleigh bells, make way for the saxophones. Tonight's annual Cool Yule concert at the Hammer Theatre will feature the San Jose State University Jazz Orchestra, along with members of the San Jose Jazz High School All-Stars, playing jazzy, swinging arrangements of holiday standards plus newer compositions. Conducting the musicians will be SJSUs Aaron Lington, a professor of music and himself a Grammy Award-winning baritone saxophonist."
"Both groups have a variety of arrangements that are new twists to holiday classics, Lington said. For example, Angels We Have Heard on High' will be played in the style of Neil Hefti's famous song for the Count Basie Orchestra, Cute.' Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. Dec. 2 concert are available online and at the Hammer Theatre box office. Admission is $25 general, $15 for members of the SJSU community, $10 for youths 12 and under and $5 for SJSU students."
The Cool Yule concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 2 at the Hammer Theatre, 101 Paseo de San Antonio, San Jose. The San Jose State University Jazz Orchestra and members of the San Jose Jazz High School All-Stars will perform jazzy, swinging arrangements of holiday standards and newer compositions. Aaron Lington, SJSU professor of music and Grammy Award-winning baritone saxophonist, will conduct. Arrangements include inventive twists on classics, such as playing "Angels We Have Heard on High" in the style of Neil Hefti's "Cute" for the Count Basie Orchestra. Tickets are available online and at the box office with tiered pricing.
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