Jazz Small Ensembles
The Century Milestone—The Music of Miles Davis
Monday, February 2, 2026 at 8:00pm CST
McClintock Choral and Recital Room
Joe Clark and Darius Hampton, conductors
2026 marks what would have been the 100th birthday of legendary trumpeter, bandleader, and composer Miles Davis. His Birth of the Cool recording sessions on the Capitol Records label were instrumental in the development of cool jazz, and on the Prestige Records label he recorded some of the earliest hard bop music. Over the course of his career he performed and recorded with jazz giants including Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, and Herbie Hancock, and he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006.
Tickets are $6 for the general public and $4 for students with valid ID.
Sold OutSelections by the Darius Hampton Ensemble
Siddharth Chalasani, trumpet
Andres Turullols, tenor saxophone
Andrew Schreiber, guitar
Naman Naik, piano
Owen Barnes, bass
Charles Johnson, drums
Miles Davis and Bill Evans (arr. Naman Naik), Flamenco Sketches
George Wallington (arr. Owen Barnes), Godchild
Wayne Shorter (arr. Charles Johnson), Masqualero
Frank Churchill (arr. Siddharth Chalasani), “Someday My Prince Will Come”
Gil Evans (arr. Andres Turullols), Blues for Pablo
Miles Davis (arr. Andrew Schreiber), Nardis
Selections by the Joe Clark Ensemble
Sebastián Ignacio Gómez, trumpet
Dario Allais, tenor saxophone
Nikhel Kamalia, guitar
Dante Espinoza-Villasenor, bass
Calvin Simmers, drums
Tony Crombie and Benny Green (arr. Dante Espinoza-Villasenor), So Near, So Far
Joaquín Rodrigo (arr. Sebastián Ignacio Gómez), Concierto de Aranjuez
Miles Davis and Bill Evans (arr. Evan Steinkoler), Blue in Green
Bronisław Kaper (arr. Nikhel Kamalia), “On Green Dolphin Street”
Richard Rodgers (arr. Dario Allais), “It Never Entered My Mind”
Richard Rodgers (arr. Nathan Yan), “The Surrey with the Fringe on Top”
David and Carol McClintock Choral and Recital Room
Address
70 Arts Circle Drive
Evanston, IL 60208
United States
About
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.