Diane Moser's Composers Big Band returns to Trumpets Jazz Club in Montclair to celebrate their 14th anniversary. The band will feature compositions by it's resident composers Ed Xiques, Rob Middleton, Erick Storckman, Matt Haviland, Jim Cifelli, Rob Henke, Diane Moser as well as it's resident composer-at-large-Russ Vines. Special guests will include baritone saxophonist and tuba player Howard Johnson and vocalist Marcelino Feliciano.
This is the first time the band has been back since their last performance at Trumpets in January of 2009, followed by a performance in February of 2009 at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music as part of a celebration of the music of Charles Mingus, followed by a performance at the Lake George Jazz Weekend in September of 2009.
This is the first time the band has been back since their last performance at Trumpets in January of 2009, and their previous monthly residency that ran from Nov 2003 thru Jan 2009.
