Charlottetown Jazz Ensemble: From Disney to The Duke Concert

The 19-member Charlottetown Jazz Ensemble will perform music ranging from Toy Story, The Simpsons, and The Incredibles to Fats Waller, Sinatra, and Duke Ellington at Florence Simmons Performance Hall on May 30 at 7:30 pm. The band will also accompany guest vocalist James Ronahan in an eclectic mix of standards and show tunes.

James Ronahan, a UPEI music student entering his third year of studies, recently performed to great acclaim in a revival of Godspell staged in Charlottetown and Summerside. His vocal talents will be featured on the Disney hit “You’ve Got a Friend in Me,” Fats Waller’s “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” the Sinatra standard “Come Fly With Me,” and the Thad Jones ballad “A Child Is Born.”

The Charlottetown Jazz Ensemble, founded in 1995, boasts several of PEI’s leading jazz soloists, including Dan Rowswell (alto sax), Peter Wynne (tenor sax), Jacob Reddin (trombone), and Leo Marchildon (piano). Among the selections on the band’s setlist are music from The Incredibles, Duke Ellington’s version of Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker Overture,” a raucous romp through “The Simpsons Theme,” and an epic big band showcase called “Latin Dance.”

This is an all-ages and licensed event. Tickets are available online through Ticketpro.