The Boston University Jazz Ensembles, March 23, 2001

This is the concert program of the Boston University Jazz Ensembles performance on Friday, March 23, 2001 at 8:00 p.m., at 8:00 p.m. Works performed were I'll Remember April by Raye-DePaul and Johnstone, Dam that Dream by Jimmy Van Heusen, Scrapple from the Apple by Charlie Parker, Cheek to Cheek by Berlin, God Bless the Child by Holiday and Herzog Jr., I've Got You Under My Skin by Porter, Adjustment by Horace Silver and Matt Harris, The Diver by Matt Harris, Latin Import by John Fedchock, Down for the Count by Frank Foster, La Bamba by Richie Valens and John Berry, Blues and the Abstract Truth by Oliver Nelson, and Big Dipper by Thad Jones. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Humanities Library Endowed Fund

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