Multi Grammy Award winning composer and trumpeter Terence Blanchard, Grammy Award winning trumpet guru Brian Lynch and new department chair and recording artist John Daversa perform two of Gil Evans’s and Miles Davis’s most admired suites, Miles Ahead and Porgy & Bess. Originally recorded by Evans and Davis in 1957 and 1959, Blanchard, Daversa and Lynch bring their own special artistry to these extraordinary classics, in collaboration with the Frost Concert Jazz Band, Frost Studio Jazz Band, and members of the Frost School’s Henry Mancini Institute. Los Angeles-based lead trumpeter Wayne Bergeron and noted festival producer Darlene Chan also join this landmark occasion. Don’t miss it! FROST CONCERT JAZZ BAND JOHN DAVERSA, director FROST STUDIO JAZZ BAND STEPHEN GUERRA, JR, director and members of the Henry Mancini Institute TERENCE BLANCHARD, trumpet WAYNE BERGERON, lead trumpet JOHN DAVERSA, trumpet BRIAN LYNCH, trumpet DARLENE CHAN, producer