Joe Chambers Moving Pictures Orchestra September 16, 2011

The Centerpiece for the orchestra is the commissioned composition 'Moving Pictures,' a four-movement suite composed and premiered for the Lincoln Center Orchestra in March of 2003. This suite was conceived as a kind of Concerto for Drums (percussion) and Orchestra, synthesizing polyrhythms, "straight ahead" swing and Afro-Cuban rhythms, with lush orchestration. The band features Conrad Herwig Craig Handy, Xavier Davis, Dwayne Burno and Steve Berrios, as well as singer Nicole Guiland. The program will also feature arrangements of compositions by: Joe Henderson, Thad Jones, & Max Roach.