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Sunday, April 29th, 2012

2:00pm

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The West Point Band’s Jazz Knights to perform at the Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts
Brooklyn, New York

West Point, NY – On Sunday, April 29 at 2:00 p.m., the West Point Band’s Jazz Knights will perform at the Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts in Brooklyn, New York. The program will consist of a variety of traditional and contemporary big band music to include Duke Ellington’s Harlem Airshaft, as well as tunes by Glenn Miller, Thad Jones, and the premier of Cumberland Gap, written especially for the Jazz Knights by New York City composer Jeff Fairbanks. Vocalist Staff Sgt. Alexis Cole will be heard on arrangements of Invitation and East of the Sun, written for her by Will Swindler. This concert is free and open to the public. For more information, please call 718.951.4500.

Bringing over three decades of musical excellence to their audiences, the West Point Band’s Jazz Knights present the best in big band favorites, popular music, and original compositions and arrangements for jazz ensemble. Members of the group are graduates of some of America's most prestigious music schools such as the University of North Texas, Eastman School of Music, Indiana University, Berklee School of Music and the Manhattan School of Music. They are recruited and selected through a competitive audition process specifically for service in the United States Military Academy Band at West Point.

At West Point, the Jazz Knights provide music for numerous functions throughout the year. In combination with the Concert Band and field music unit, the Hellcats, they help fulfill official musical requirements of the Military Academy and the Army, including military and patriotic ceremonies both at West Point and throughout the country. The Jazz Knights also perform for the summer concert series at the Trophy Point Amphitheatre and for the winter concert series at Eisenhower Hall. Their performances recreate the sounds of the greatest jazz ensembles and the innovative styles of today through their original compositions and arrangements.

For concert information, cancellations and updates, call 845.938.2617 or visit www.westpointband.com. Get West Point Band news by following us on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter.