TICKETS are $10 General/$5 Student. Concert will be two, 1-hour sets.

This concert is underwritten by WETF-LP, 105.7 FM. The Jazz Station!

The is a 13-piece group based in Boston. The group was formed in 2005 to explore the previously unrecorded compositions of (1931-2001), a prolific, innovative, and unsung multi-instrumentalist, educator, and composer whose contributions to the development of jazz from the 1960s onward remain under-recognized. Upon Dr. McIntyre's passing, 350 unrecorded compositions were discovered - a significant body of work that would have remained unknown to the public without the Makanda Project's efforts. Leader/arranger/pianist John Kordalewski, a former McIntyre student, has arranged over 60 of these compositions for the large ensemble.Makanda ProjectMakanda Ken McIntyre

Because there is no record of Dr. McIntyre having performed these pieces, the Makanda Project differs from "tribute bands" whose performances can be compared to original recordings. Rather, the McIntyre compositions have been a vehicle…