Saxophonist Hagelganz featured

Saxophonist David Hagelganz will be the guest in a free concert featuring the award-winning Washington State University Jazz Big Band and VOJAZZ vocal jazz ensemble at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 15, in Kimbrough Concert Hall.

Hagelganz has performed, toured and recorded with some of the finest musicians in jazz including Ben Wolfe, David Friesen, Mal Waldron and Marvin “Smitty” Smith. He is featured on numerous CDs distributed internationally on the Ark label, and has garnered praise in top jazz publications including Down Beat, Jazz Times and Jazziz magazines.

The program will open with VOJAZZ, directed by music instructor Jennifer Scovell, performing “When I Fall in Love” and “Some Other Time,” both arranged by pianist and engineering research assistant Kristin Du Chateau. The group will perform Fred Fisher’s “Chicago,” arranged by WSU Coordinator of Jazz Studies Greg Yasinitsky, and Hagelganz will be featured on John Coltrane’s “Blue Train” and Jimmy Heath’s “Gingerbread Boy.”

The Jazz Big Band, directed by Yasinitsky, will perform Frank Loesser’s “Never Will I Marry” arranged by Don Piestrup. Hagelganz and Scovell will be featured on Buddy Johnson’s “Save Your Love for Me” arranged by Spokane pianist Arnie Carruthers. The program will premiere two compositions by graduate students: Bryan Werry’s “Bloomdogg,” featuring visiting East-Coast trumpeter Eric Bloom, and David Snider’s “Bass on Top Where Paul Likes It,” featuring Hagelganz and trumpeter Matt Reid. Other soloists will include trumpeter Brandan McMurphy, bassist Snider and saxophonists Jr. Tupa’i and Chris Siegmund.

Hagelganz’s appearance is made possible with the assistance of the ASWSU Student Entertainment Board.