Boston-Area Premiere of Miguel Zenón’s Golden City
Join Jazz After Hours for Miguel's suite for large ensemble exploring the Bay Area’s complex and promising history
MIT presents the Boston-area premiere of Golden City, Grammy Award-winning alto saxophonist/composer and MIT faculty member Miguel Zenón’s powerful suite for large ensemble. The sweeping extended composition is inspired by the demographic and political evolution of San Francisco, from the pre-colonial period to the contemporary tech-dominated era. The piece is performed by a world-class band featuring Zenón’s unparalleled saxophone, a formidable trombone-centric horn section, guitar, piano, bass, and percussion.
The event, which is part of MIT’s Artfinity festival, takes place at 8 p.m. on Friday, March 14, 2025 in the Thomas Tull Concert Hall, Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building. It is free and open to the public, but tickets are required.
Joining Zenón for this performance are Matt Mitchell on piano, Chris Tordini on bass,
Dan Weiss on drums, Miles Okazaki on guitar, Samuel Torres on congas, tripandero and percussion, Diego Urcola on trumpet and valve trombone, Alan Ferber on trombone, and Jacob Garchik on tuba and trombone.
