Future of Jazz Orchestra Plays the Blues
About This Event
At Dizzy's Club the Future of Jazz Orchestra presents a blues-focused program that links big-band roots to modern jazz approaches. The lineup pairs the orchestra with saxophonist-arranger Ted Nash—who leads a Miles Davis Centennial project—and situates that repertory alongside the large-ensemble idiom associated with Duke Ellington.
About Miles Davis Centennial Celebration
At Dizzy’s Club in New York City, the Future of Jazz Orchestra marks the Miles Davis centennial with a program shaped by saxophonist, flutist, and arranger Ted Nash. The collective, known for treating repertory as raw material, revisits Davis’s music as a living score rather than a museum piece. In a city where Davis’s bands helped redefine modern jazz on local stages and in local studios, the centennial reads as civic history. One clear point emerges: the arrangements test how far the language can stretch and still sound like Miles.
About the Artists
Future of Jazz Orchestra
The Future of Jazz Orchestra is a collective of musicians dedicated to performing and innovating within the jazz genre.
Ted Nash: Miles Davis Centennial Celebration
Ted Nash leads a Miles Davis Centennial Celebration at Dizzy’s Club, joining the Future of Jazz Orchestra for a program built from Davis’s repertoire and Nash’s arranging perspective. A saxophonist, flutist, and composer, Nash moves between studio work and the bandstand, with a history in large-ensemble settings as well as small-group jazz.
Ted Nash
Ted Nash is a jazz saxophonist, flutist, and composer with deep roots in a working musician’s family, shaped by the studio and bandstand traditions of his father, trombonist Dick Nash, and his uncle, saxophonist Ted Nash.
Miles Davis
Miles Davis is a legendary figure who reshaped the landscape of jazz and 20th-century music through his innovative trumpet playing and visionary compositions. Known for his ability to adapt and evolve, Davis consistently pushed the boundaries of jazz over his five-decade career, influencing countless musicians across various genres.
Duke Ellington
Step into the vibrant world of Duke Ellington, a jazz luminary whose rhythms and melodies have become synonymous with the soul of New York City. Regularly gracing the stage at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Ellington's performances are masterclasses in musical storytelling, blending intricate big band arrangements with the spontaneity of jazz improvisation.