DESCRIPTION:
"Shed a Little Light" by James Taylor, arranged by Todd Anderson. Guest vocalists: Libby Johnson, Shanny Wise ('16), Pierre Cook

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The Martin Luther King Friends Benefit Shelter Concert is an annual event hosted by the Meetinghouse Jazz Orchestra to benefit the 15th Street Homeless Shelter at Friends Seminary and raise awareness of homelessness around New York City. For more information and to find out how you can help, please visit: http://www.friendsshelter.org/dev/about.html

MEETINGHOUSE JAZZ ORCHESTRA (FOUNDED 1994)

Saxophones:
Charles Lee, alto, flute
Hailey Niswanger, alto, flute
Todd Anderson, tenor, flute, clarinet
Bob Rosen, tenor, clarinet
Tim Stocker, baritone, bass clarinet

Trumpets:
Greg Ruvolo, Bryan Davis, Mat Jodrel, David Zalud, Aquiles Navarro

Trombones:
Art Baron, Gina Trombetta, Pat Hall, Becca Paterson

Guitar:
David Acker

Bass:
Dmitri Kolesnik

Piano:
Arcolris Sandoval

Drums:
Michael Campenni

Artistic Director:
Bob Rosen

ABOUT THE MEETINGHOUSE JAZZ ORCHESTRA
Founded by Bob Rosen in 1994, the Meetinghouse Jazz Orchestra has been a large ensemble that performs the work of celebrated composers and arrangers who write in the jazz idiom. The ensemble has performed with notable jazz artists over the years including instrumentalists, Bobby Watson, Houston Person, Bob Mintzer, Kenny Barron and singers Andy Bey, Janis Siegel, Etta Jones, and Peter Eldridge. Past projects have included arrangements written for the ensemble as diverse as the tangos of Astor Piazzolla, a synthesis of Eastern European Jewish themes with the strains of Arabic music from the Middle East and hip-hop funk rhythms coupled with ingenious harmonic language. Hundreds of musicians have played in the Meetinghouse Jazz Orchestra and dozens of composers have heard their works. It is only in a city like New York that such a high caliber of musician can be called upon to form this unique jazz coalition. The ensemble thanks Friends Seminary and the 15th Street Meeting for its continued support.

THANKS
We wish to thank the following people who helped make this annual event possible.
Robert Bo Lauder & Friends Seminary, the 15th Street Meeting, Ahmet Beydur, Carol Summar, The Friends Shelter Committee, Ray Leslee, webdesign and Tom Franken, 20 years of posters.

Video: Jacob Hiss