Special guest trumpeter returns

BRATTLEBORO- The University of Vermont Jazz Ensemble along with special guest, trumpeter Ray Vega, will perform at the Vermont Jazz Center, 72 Cotton Mill Hill,n Saturday, April 28, at 7:30 pm. Admission is free and donations are accepted.
Conducted by UVM Professor Alex Stewart, the concert will feature arrangements by Philip Mossman of works by Dizzy Gillespie, Carlos Santana, Duke Ellington, and Charlie Parker, and original compositions including jazz tango and Brazilian choro. Also a professor at UVM, Vega has performed with a long list of jazz luminaries from Tito Puente and Mongo Santamaria to Ray Barretto and Joe Henderson.
The Brattleboro Union High School Jazz Ensemble will open the concert. For more information visit www.vtjazz.org.