Westchester Jazz Orchestra: Hard Bop

The Westchester Jazz Orchestra has been called "a ‘local’ ensemble in about the same way as, say, the New York or Berlin Philharmonic Orchestras are local." Join this stellar group as they kick off their sixth season celebrating the hard-driving and bluesy music called Hard Bop. Spearheaded by Horace Silver, Nat Adderley, Art Blakey and others, this style developed from bebop and returned a strong gospel influence to jazz.