Mighty Mo Jazz Orchestra Presents Modern Threads

Description

Jazz is today! Interweaving styles like hip-hop and fusion while diving into contemporary jazz found in our pop culture landscapes, this concert showcases Kansas City’s unique position as a UNESCO heritage City, cradling musical innovation and tradition of this American art form.

Admission to Mighty Mo Jazz Orchestra performances is free.

Program Subject to Change

traditional, arr. Jamey Simmons: Amazing Grace

Pat Metheny, arr. Bob Curnow: Beat 70

Grover Washington Jr., arr. Roger Holmes: Mr. Magic

Yoko Kanno, arr. Paul Murtha: “Tank!” from Cowboy Bebop

Steely Dan, arr. Mike Tomaro: Bla ck Cow

Gordon Goodwin: Crunch Frog

Mike Dana: Beware the Moose in Love

Tom Kubis: Catwalk

Eliot Daniel, arr. Paul Baker: I Love Lucy

Chick Corea, arr. Mike Tomaro: Crystal Silence

Lin-Manuel Miranda, arr. John Wasson: You're Welcome

McKenna Reeve: Another Food Blues

arr. Russell Scarbrough: Abandoned in Place

arr. Rick Hirsch: Dark Forest