Tickets are $8 for general admission and $5 for students. All attendees must be over 21.
A Tribute to Al Cobine’s Big Band Legacy will perform. The tribute group features an all-star mix of many of the area’s musicians, including IU Jazz Faculty members and many IU jazz alumni, according to a press release.
The group will play Combine’s big band arrangements of music by Hoagy Carmichael, Duke Ellington, Cole Porter, Henry Mancini and many more.
Al Cobine, tenor saxophonist, band leader, ?composer, arranger and contractor, formed the Al Cobine Big Band in 1955 when he was a student at IU, ?according to the release.
The group started out small, playing at IU campus dances, and eventually grew to be an established Bloomington and Midwest big band tradition, according to the release. The group performed back-up music for musicians such as Bob Hope, Elvis Presley, Henry Mancini, Johnny Mathis and Perry Como.
The Al Cobine Big Band recorded five albums, according to the release, and a digitally remastered CD compilation of Al’s arrangements of Carmichael’s music. “Cobine plays Carmichael” was released in 2000.
Audrey Perkins
