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Diane Moser's Composers Big Band: Tribute To Ed Xiques at The Falcon
Courtesy of Sally Lynch | Posted on May 30, 2018
Where
The Falcon
1348 Rte 9w
Marlboro, NY
Map
845-236-7970
When
Sun, June 3, 2018
8:00 pm
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Musicians
Diane Moser
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TONIGHT! A Tribute to Ed Xiques:
Veteran saxophonist and composer, Xiques played with the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra, the Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band, Herb Pomeroy and Maria Schneider Big Bands, and with Jim McNeely Tentet and the Vanguard Orchestra. He's played in bands backing Sammy Davis Jr., the Jackson 5, Tony Bennett, Liza Minelli, Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Mel Tormé, Lou Rawls, and Gladys Knight.
Xiques released two solo albums - Little Bear (1992) and Spacewalk (1996). Xiques is a member of the BMI Jazz Composers Workshop and the BMI Jazz Composers Orchestra; He has been active as a teacher, performer, and composer in and around NYC, and is on the Vassar College music faculty....