JCA Orchestra TONIGHT

JCA ORCHESTRA Continues MONTHLY RESIDENCY
at JOHNNY D?S,
SUNDAY, March 7, in SOMERVILLE

On Sunday, March 7, at 9:30 pm, the JCA Orchestra will continue a 2009/2010 monthly residency at Johnny D?s Uptown Restaurant, in Somerville, performing compositions for the 19-piece JCA Orchestra by resident composers Dave Harris, Jim Hobbs, Darrell Katz, Bob Pilkington, Warren Senders, and Norm Zocher. The residency will continue on the first Sunday of each month through the 2010 season. Johnny D?s is located at 17 Holland Street, in Somerville at Davis Square, across from the Davis T-Stop. Admission is $10, with 2-for-1 student tickets, age 21+.

The Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra has been a fixture on Boston?s creative music
scene since its first performance in December 1985. Combining dedicated musicianship,
innovative programming and fresh compositional ideas, JCA concerts are colorful, adventurous and high-energy events. The JCA Orchestra has released four critically acclaimed CDs since 2003: The Same Thing (Cadence), In, Thru and Out (Cadence), The Death of Simone Weil (Innova), and Celebration of the Spirit (C.I.M.P.), all of which feature the diverse writing styles of the JCA resident composers. A fifth CD was recently recorded at WGBH?s new studios and is scheduled for release in 2010.

Drawing on influences that span the history of jazz and encompass the world's musical
traditions, the JCA composers bring together a huge palette of sounds, structures and concepts to make the JCA Orchestra's concerts unique sonic experiences. Many of the band?s featured soloists are bandleaders and composers in their own right, and are some of New England?s most creative musicians, including Hiro Honshuku (flute), Jim Hobbs (alto sax), Mike Peipman (trumpet), Phil Scarff (tenor sax), David Harris and Bill Lowe (trombone) (and Rebecca Shrimpton (voice).

The Jazz Composers Alliance would also like to announce that it has received operating support from The Massachusetts Cultural Council for 2009-10.

For further information on the Jazz Composers Alliance, call the JCA at (781) 899-3130, email info@jazzcomposersalliance.org, or visit www.jazzcomposersalliance.org.

This project is funded in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

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