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The Musical Legacy Of Melton Mustafa—frost Studio Jazz Band at Gusman Concert Hall

Courtesy of Frost Music Live | Posted on August 19, 2021

Where

Gusman Concert Hall
1314 Miller Drive
Coral Gables, FL
Map
305-284-2241

When

Fri, September 24, 2021
7:30 pm

Musicians

About

Etienne Charles, director

Jesse Jones Jr. and Melton Mustafa Jr., guest saxophonists

The DownBeat Awarding-winning Frost Studio Jazz Band celebrates a pillar of South Florida's musical community, Melton Mustafa. His brother, South Florida Jazz Hall of Famer Jesse Jones Jr., and GRAMMY®-Nominated Melton Mustafa Jr. join them. Mustafa Sr. played with Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and Woody Herman orchestras, wrote an expansive oeuvre of music reflecting his experiences, and later established the jazz program at the region's premier historically black university, Florida Memorial University....

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