Jazz Day with Melissa Aldana

28000 Marguerite Parkway,Mission Viejo CA 92692

26 February, 2022

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Presented by the Music Department. MASK REQUIRED Grammy-nominated saxophonist and composer Melissa Aldana joins the Blue Note Records family with the release of 12 Stars, her debut album as a leader for the legendary Jazz label. At 33, the Brooklyn-based tenor player from Santiago, Chile has garnered international recognition for her visionary work as a band leader, as well as her deeply meditative interpretation of language and vocabulary. Aldana moved to the U.S. to attend the Berklee College of Music, and the year after graduating she released her first album Free Fall on Greg Osby’s Inner Circle label in 2010, followed by Second Cycle in 2012. In 2013, at 24, she became the first female instrumentalist and the first South American musician to win the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition, in which her father had been a semi-finalist in 1991. After her win, she released her third album Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio (Concord). Aldana is also an in-demand clinician and educator and has recently been appointed to the faculty of the New England Conservatory’s Jazz Studies Department. SAFETY INFORMATION A mask that covers the mouth and nose must be worn indoors at all times, regardless of vaccination status. Ticket holders who do not comply with these policies will not be admitted or offered a refund. Thank you for your cooperation. We remain committed to providing the safest possible environment for our students, patrons and employees, and we will continue to reassess our safety requirements on an ongoing basis with guidance from the CDC and other health authorities. The Division of Fine Arts and Media Technology at Saddleback College.