The Yale Jazz Ensembles Big Band Season Opener, Wayne Escoffery, Music Director. Featuring music by masters of the tenor saxophone, including John Coltrane and NEA Jazz Masters Sonny Rollins, Joe Henderson, Frank Foster, and George Coleman. Admission is free (no tickets required).

Coltrane’s revolutionary hard bop and modal jazz work includes Giant Steps and A Love Supreme. Rollins recorded over 60 albums and composed standards like “Oleo” and “Doxy.” Henderson recorded with Blue Note, Milestone, and Verve and is best known for Page One, featuring “Blue Bossa” and his own composition, “Recorda Me.” Foster led, arranged, and composed for the Loud Minority Big Band and the Count Basie Orchestra. Coleman’s work spans blues to post-bop; he continues to perform today.