East River Jazz

Presents 

Dunbar Jazz Alumni Ensemble in concert

$20 advance sales / $25 day of event

Complimentary

Lite-fare | Ginger Beer | Water

Included 

Dunbar Alumni Jazz Ensemble

Charles Funn, trombone

Trombonist Charles Funn is a dedicated music instructor. The 18-member Dunbar Jazz Ensemble consists, mostly, of former students of Baltimore’s Dunbar High School who were instructed by Mr. Funn.

Established in 1995, the ensemble has performed with Wynton Marsalis at Baltimore’s Meyerhoff Symphony Hall and at the prestigious International Association of Jazz Educators convention in New York. In March 2001, it won first place at a high-school band competition at the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore.

Regrettably the music program in Baltimore City schools is greatly reduced compared to it’s glorious past however we are truly blessed that dedicated educators like Charles Funn hasn’t stopped working with these young gifted musicians. The group performs the music of composers from Duke Ellington, William Thomas “Billy” Strayhorn, William “Count” Basie to Maurice White of Earth, Wind & Fire.