September 9, 2008

Delfeayo Marsalis to Bring Ellington's Such Sweet Thunder
to Mondavi Center

The greatest playwright of the English language will meet some of today's finest jazz musicians when Delfeayo Marsalis and his band bring Duke Ellington's Such Sweet Thunder to the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, UC Davis. The work, a 12-part suite inspired by the poetry and plays William Shakespeare, which has been called "one of the most remarkable orchestral pieces in all of American music by critic A.B. Spellman, will be played by an eight-piece band in arrangements written by Marsalis, the trombone-wielding member of jazz's first family.

The event will begin at 8 pm on October 9, in the Mondavi Center's Jackson Hall on the UC Davis campus. Tickets are available from the Mondavi Center Ticket Office at 530.754.ARTS (2787) or online at MondaviArts.org. The event is presented as part of the Mondavi Center's 90.0 KXJZ Jackson Hall Jazz series. There will be a Pre-performance Lecture featuring John Abigana, music director at Woodland High School, in the Mondavi Center's Studio Theatre beginning at 7 pm.

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