Dave Morgan, bass player, composer and professor of music at Youngstown State University, will present his composition "The Way of the Sly Man." This composition draws upon a variety of musical influences in addition to American jazz and pop idioms, including the music of the Middle East, India and Africa.
Vocalist Shannon Eller will be featured on new arrangements of Dave Morgan's. Additionally Morgan’s arrangement of Frank Zappa’s masterpiece “Echidna’s Arf (Of You)” will be performed. This concert will feature a 14-piece ensemble with some of the region's top jazz artists, including Howie Smith, Jack Schantz, Jamey Haddad, Chris Anderson and more.