A Tribute to Duke Ellington with the Fred Stride Jazz Orchestra

A Tribute to Duke Ellington with the Fred Stride Jazz Orchestra

Sponsored by Fraser Valley Beltone

By Fort Langley Jazz and Arts Festival 2024

Date and time

Thursday, July 25 · 1 - 3pm PDT

Location

9167 Glover Rd

9167 Glover Road Langley Township, BC V1M 2R9 Canada

Refund Policy

No Refunds

About this event

Swing by the Fort Langley Community Hall for an incredible big-band jazz concert featuring the music of Duke Ellington performed by the Fred Stride Jazz Orchestra! 

Composer, arranger, and award-winning director, Fred Stride will lead his 16-piece jazz ensemble with a dedication to authentically performing the music of the one and only, Duke Ellington.

Duke Ellington, a jazz, swing, and big-band legend, is renowned for crafting and recording some of jazz music's most beloved standards, including "It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got that Swing)", "Far East Suite" and "Mood Indigo”.

Under Fred Stride's direction, the jazz orchestra will deliver a performance true to the original renditions of Duke Ellington's compositions, utilizing authentic instrumentation and capturing the distinctive sounds of the Duke Ellington Jazz Orchestra.

For more info on Fred Stride’s journey and performances, visit https://www.fredstride.com.

Or watch Dee Daniels and the Fred Stride Jazz Orchestra’s rendition of “Tell Me It’s the Truth” from Duke Ellington’s Sacred Music concert in Vancouver: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg7g1qah6JI

Tickets are only $25! 

**Limited seating

**Doors at 12:30 PM


Organized by

The Fort Langley Jazz & Arts Festival is a not-for-profit organization with a mandate to enrich cultural life in the Fraser Valley by bringing emerging and established jazz acts and visual art together to Fort Langley for all to enjoy. Established in 2018, the festival draws thousands of residents and visitors to the streets of Fort Langley during the last weekend in July.

The festival is organized by a committee of community-spirited individuals from civic, business, and artistic enterprises that see the need and the unique opportunity to create a community arts festival that brings together live jazz music and visual art to the quaint and beautiful setting of Fort Langley, British Columbia. What started as an idea and a few conversations in late 2017, grew quickly into a reality after the favourable support and interest by the Township of Langley, local community groups and businesses and members of the community

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