Marsalis's Swing Symphony with Paradise Theatre Big Band

Saturday, February 7 at 8:00pm

Sunday, February 8 at 3:00pm

Experience works by Pulitzer Prize-winning composers, including the world premiere of Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels’s suite from the opera Omar, based Omar ibn Said’s 1831 autobiography, the only memoir of an American slave written in Arabic. Wynton Marsalis’s Swing Symphony features the Paradise Theatre Big Band in musical dialogue with the DSO.
Join us immediately following this Paradise Jazz Series performance for The Late Set in the William Davidson Atrium:
-A 90-minute, 1-set performance featuring the best in local Detroit jazz entertainment
-Full bar including signature cocktails
-Small bites and snacks
-A complimentary champagne toast for subscribers

Program:
RHIANNON GIDDENS / MICHAEL ABELS - Omar Suite (World Premiere)
WYNTON MARSALIS - Swing Symphony

Tickets start at $20.95

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