FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Nov. 11, 2005

CONTACT: Lisa Lacher, (515) 271-3119, lisa.lacher@drake.edu

DRAKE JAZZ ENSEMBLE I TO RELEASE NEW CD AT NOV. 18 CONCERT

Drake University's award-winning Jazz Ensemble I, directed by Andrew Classen, will release its latest CD, “Swing Classics,” at a concert starting at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18, in the Performing Arts Hall, Harmon Fine Arts Center, 25th Street and University Avenue. The concert is free and open to the public.

The new CD includes favorites such as “In the Mood,” “Sing, Sing, Sing” and “Woodchoppers Ball.” Proceeds from sales of the CD will support the ensemble’s 2006 European tour with performances at the North Sea Jazz Festival and Montreux Jazz Festival.
For more information, call professor Classen, director of jazz studies at Drake, at (515) 271-3785.

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