The Brazosport College Jazz Band and Jazz Singers will present its Fall Jazz Concert at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, October 14 at The Clarion at Brazosport College. The concert is free and the public is cordially invited. 

Selections to be performed include the following: 

My Little Suede Shoes – A relaxed bossa nova by master saxophonist Charlie Parker.

The Defibrillator – A hard-driving shuffle by Shenandoah University music professor Adrien Re.

Blues in the Closet – An up-tempo swing chart by jazz bassist Oscar Pettiford.

Harlem Nocturne – A big band classic reworked by Mike Tomaro into a smoldering contemporary ballad.

I Let a Songo Out of My Heart – An infectious salsa tune written by Philadelphia-based drummer Lars Halle.

Pure & Simple – A funk explosion by Jeff Jarvism, Director of Jazz Studies at Cal State Long Beach. 

Straighten Up and Fly Right – The BC Jazz Singers will be featured on this Nat King Cole hit that spent 10 weeks as the No. 1 hit on the Harlem Hit Parade in 1944.

For more information please contact Vorin Dornan, Director of The Clarion at Brazosport College at (979) 230-3156.