Hear Jazz from the American Songbook at the Arsenal Center for the Arts

The Arsenal Center’s popular jazz series - The American Songbook: The Jazz View - continues on Saturday, April 14, as six of the area’s finest jazz artists pay tribute to the music of Jimmy Van Heusen.

The series was conceived by world-renowned composer/saxophonist Larry Monroe and vocalist Donna McElroy, longtime fixtures of the Berklee College faculty. The two are joined by Russell Hoffmann on piano, John Repucci on bass, John Ramsay on drums, and Jeff Stout on trumpet.

During his songwriting career, Van Heusen wrote more than 800 songs from the 1940s through the 1960s. His music was featured in more than 180 films and earned Van Heusen four Academy Awards.  A host of his tunes also were made popular by Frank Sinatra such as “My Kind of Town,” “Love and Marriage,” and “Come Fly with Me.”

Van Heusen was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1971. 

This season’s concerts, which began last September, have featured jazz renditions of works by a single American composer.  Previous concerts have showcased the music of Jimmy McHugh, Harry Warren, Frank Loesser, Duke Ellington, and Hoagy Carmichael. 

Saturday’s performance begins at 7:30 p.m. and will be held in the Black Box Theater. Tickets are $20; $18 for students and Arsenal members, plus fees. For tickets or more information, call 617-923-8487 or visit the Arsenal Center’s website.  It is recommended that you buy your tickets early as concerts often sell out.