CARDINAL JAZZ ORCHESTRA TO CELEBRATE SWING ERA WITH SEPT. 22 CONCERT

BEAUMONT, Texas, Sept. 21 -- Lamar University issued the following news release:

Lamar University's (LU) Cardinal Jazz Orchestra will celebrate the music of the swing era with its second annual Jazz Swing Concert on Tuesday, Sept. 22, at 7:30 p.m. in the University Theatre. The performance is free and open to the public.

The program will explore American big band music from the 1920s through the 1940s, pairing familiar selections from some of jazz's best-known bandleaders with lesser-known works from the era.

"We'll play familiar hits from the Glenn Miller, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey big band libraries, as well as hidden gems from lesser-known swing era composers," Dr. Logan Banister, assistant professor ...