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Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler — A Trip To New Orleans Shelly Berg - The Tom and Mayumi Adams Music Director Featuring Herlin Riley, Tonya Boyd-Cannon and Wycliffe Gordon
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Shelly Berg is an in-demand music director, bandleader, Steinway piano artist and five-time Grammy-nominated arranger, orchestrator, and producer. He is also the artistic director for The Jazz Cruise, and artistic advisor for the Jazz Roots series at the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami. An award-winning educator with over 40 years of leadership in higher education, Shelly is currently Dean of the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami.
A native of New Orleans, Herlin Riley started on the drums when he was three. He played trumpet through high school, but he went back to drums in college. After graduating he spent three years touring and recording with Ahmad Jamal and has often worked with Wynton Marsalis as a member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and in Wynton’s small jazz groups. He has also worked with George Beson, Harry Connick, Jr., and Marcus Roberts.
The Barclay Jazz & Beyond Orchestra is a premier ensemble comprised of Orange County musicians that is dedicated to exploring jazz and popular music through the creation and presentation of unique and entertaining concert programs. Led by Music Director Shelly Berg, the Barclay Jazz & Beyond Orchestra brings a fresh approach to the genre through new compositions, compelling arrangements of jazz classics and collaboration with world-class guest soloists.
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Irvine Barclay Theatre
4242 Campus Dr, Irvine, CA 92612, United States
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Irvine Barclay Theatre
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