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MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble: Giant Steps in Jazz

The 19th Annual Herb Pomeroy Memorial Concert featuring special guest trombonist Elliot Mason

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“Elliot’s unbelievable as a trombonist, there’s unworldly facility,
virtuosity and clarity in his playing, he can sing a melody out
from the trombone; it’s like a human voice the way he plays it.”
–Wynton Marsalis

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Thomas Tull Concert Hall
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$20 for general admission, free with MIT ID
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Join the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble and special guest trombonist Elliot Mason for the 19th annual celebration of Herb Pomeroy (1930-2007), “the father of jazz at MIT.” This concert includes music of Ellington, Coltrane, Chick Corea, Miguel Zenón, and others.

Elliot Mason is an internationally acclaimed trombonist, composer, educator, and bass trumpet specialist. For more than two decades, he has been a member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra under the direction of Wynton Marsalis and performs regularly with the Wynton Marsalis Septet.

Alongside his work with Jazz at Lincoln Center, Mason leads his own quintet, co-leads the Mason Brothers Quintet with his brother, Brad Mason, and performs with the Sofijazz Quintet. An accomplished educator, Mason has served on the jazz faculty at The Juilliard School since 2016, as their Jazz Trombone Instructor, Studio Class Resident Artist, and Brass Mentor.

 

Four students playing saxophones.

Throughout his career, he has performed with many of jazz’ most celebrated ensembles, including the Count Basie Orchestra, the Mingus Big Band, the Maria Schneider Orchestra, Maynard Ferguson’s Big Bop Nouveau, and the Toshiko Akiyoshi Orchestra. As a featured performer and collaborator, Mason has shared the stage with an extraordinary range of artists, including Paul Simon, Wayne Shorter, Branford Marsalis, Chick Corea, Kenny Garrett, Bobby Hutcherson, Ahmad Jamal, Chucho Valdés, Chano Domínguez, Chris Potter, Randy Brecker, Joe Lovano, Carl Fontana, and Bill Watrous.

His distinctive musical voice, technical mastery, and fearless innovative improvisation have made Mason one of the most influential jazz trombonists of his generation.

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