MK Groove Orchestra - Free - July 25th

[Lois Gilbert]

THE NEW SCHOOL FOR JAZZ AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC AND THE UNION SQUARE PARTNERSHIP PRESENTS THE MK GROOVE ORCHESTRA



Wednesday, July 25, 6:00 p.m., Union Square Park



WHAT:

The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in collaboration with the Union Square Partnership presents the MK Groove Orchestra as a part of the Summer in the Square Series. Brooklyn's MK Groove Orchestra, led by New School alumnus Mike Kammers and featuring a number of talented New School alumni with rising careers of their own as musicians, arrangers and composers, has crafted an energetic and unique sound that integrates heavy, horn driven, funk with jazz. With inspiration from the likes of Duke Ellington, Sun Ra, Stravinski, Blue Note Rare Groove and Machito, for over five years the MK Groove Orchestra has been satisfying a diverse audience performing choice covers as well as originals that reflect their innovative and well planned approach to their music.



WHEN:

Wednesday, July 25 at 6:00pm



WHERE:

Center Lawn, Union Square Park



TICKET INFO:

Free and open to the public



GENERAL INFO:

For more information, the public can contact The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music at 212.229.5896 x4591 or jazzevents@newschool.edu or visit www.jazz.newschool.edu.



The New School For Jazz and Contemporary Music, founded in 1986, is one of the premier institutions in the world for the study of this quintessentially American art form. The program has its roots in the major presence that The New School played in the formation of the jazz movement in New York City in the early twentieth century. The New School was the first university to offer a course in jazz in 1948; followed by a half-century of dynamic public programming featuring outstanding jazz artists from Art Tatum and Louis Armstrong to Jon Hendricks and Pat Metheny. The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, which offers a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, remains at the forefront of music education by combining the teaching model of the community-based, mentor-student style of jazz's early years with the academic rigor and curricular depth of a modern conservatory. In its 20-year history, the program has produced some of the brightest stars in jazz, including Miri Ben-Ari, Peter Bernstein, Walter Blanding Jr., Avishai Cohen, Robert Glasper, Larry Goldings, Roy Hargrove, Susie Ibarra, Ali M. Jackson, Virginia Mayhew, Brad Mehldau, EJ Strickland and more. For more information, visit www.jazz.newschool.edu.