MSU Jazz Orchestra I featuring MSUFCU Jazz Artist in Residence Michael Philip Mossman | 10.13.2017

Jazz Orchestra I – Rodney T. Whitaker, Director Things to Come by John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie (1917-1993) New Girl by Columbus Calvin “Duke” Pearson, Jr. 1932-1980) Cubauza by Michael Philip Mossman (b. 1959) Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Jerome Kern (1885-1945) Arr. Michael Philip Mossman A Night in Tunisia by John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie Arr. Michael Philip Mossman Flying Home by Lionel Hampton (1908-2002) Arr. Michael Philip Mossman Jazz Trumpeter Michael Philip Mossman performs with MSU Jazz Orchestra I. Mossman has been active on the international scene since the age of 17, and has performed and recorded with his own groups and with bands led by a virtual who's who of the music industry. He currently is lead trumpeter with Jazz at Lincoln Center's Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra.and is featured as lead trumpet and arranger on their Grammy-winning album, "Song for Chico," as well as on "Un Noche Inolvidable" and "40 Acres and a Burro." He is currently Professor and Director of Jazz Studies at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College in New York City.