SOLD OUT: Jazz Small Ensembles
The Music of Kenny Garrett and Antônio Carlos Jobim
Monday, January 26, 2026 at 8:00pm CST
McClintock Choral and Recital Room
This performance is SOLD OUT.
Derrick Gardner and Kevin Fort, conductors
Saxophonist, flutist, composer, and bandleader Kenny Garrett began his career as a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra, also playing and recording with Art Blakey, Miles Davis, and Freddie Hubbard. Garrett’s solo work ranges from post-bop to soul, R&B, and spiritual jazz. He is the recipient of a 2010 Grammy Award and a 2022 NAACP Image Award, and in 2023 he was named a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master. Pianist, guitarist, composer, and singer Antônio Carlos Jobim is widely considered one of the great exponents of Brazilian music, merging samba with cool jazz during the 1960s to create the internationally successful bossa nova style. His hit “The Girl from Ipanema,” from the Grammy-winning 1965 album Getz/Gilberto, has become one of the most recorded songs of all time.
Tickets are $6 for the general public and $4 for students with valid ID.
Sold OutSelections by the Derrick Gardner Ensemble
Jun Byun, trumpet
Ethan Weisman, alto saxophone
Isaiah McCray, piano
Liam Powers, bass
Chase Wilkins, drums
Kenny Garrett (arr. Ethan Weisman), Wayne’s Thang
Kenny Garrett (arr. Liam Powers), Haynes Here
Kenny Garrett (arr. Ethan Weisman), Backyard Groove
Kenny Garrett (arr. Chase Wilkins), November 15
Kenny Garrett (arr. Jun Byun), Beyond the Wall
Selections by the Kevin Fort Ensemble
Milo Kaplan, alto saxophone
Eli Fisher, tenor saxophone
Nathaniel Stall, bass trombone
Octavio Escamilla, guitar
Isaiah McCray, piano
Daniel Ellis Perez, bass
Calvin Simmers, drums
Antônio Carlos Jobim (arr. Octavio Escamilla), Lamento no morro
Antônio Carlos Jobim (arr. Calvin Simmers), Wave/Tide
Antônio Carlos Jobim (arr. Eli Fisher), Children’s Games
Antônio Carlos Jobim (arr. Milo Kaplan), “Modinha”
Antônio Carlos Jobim (arr. Isaiah McCray), “Meditation”
Antônio Carlos Jobim (arr. Nathaniel Stall), God and the Devil in the Land of the Sun
David and Carol McClintock Choral and Recital Room
Address
70 Arts Circle Drive
Evanston, IL 60208
United States
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Located in the Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, this rooms seats 120 and offers a flexible space for choral rehearsals, small ensemble performances, and student recitals.