Two Signature Theatre productions—Dave Malloy's Octet and Lauren Yee's Cambodian Rock Band—will have further lives. Malloy's Octet, the first production in the Tony nominee's Signature Residency, ...
The Metropolitan Jazz Octet (MJO) is the reawakening of a group that started in the 1950’s by Chicago saxophonist and arranger Tom Hilliard. From 1950 through mid-'80s Hilliard wrote many of the ...
Eight players does not a big band make, but The New World Jazz Composers Octet is a light ensemble offering an assertive sound reminiscent of a big band production. Boasting a cadre of educators and ...