Community Invited to UJazz Trio’s Live Album Recording Session in University Hall April 30

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Album Recording Just One of Several Performances Happening This WeekIn celebration of International Jazz Day, three UMass Boston music students will take the stage in UMass Boston’s University Hall on Sunday at 7 p.m. for a free live performance and album recording.

This is the first live album to be recorded in the university’s new Recital Hall, and the community is invited to be a part of it.

The UJazz Boston Trio—which is made up of music majors Domenic Davis (on bass), Tony Martin (on piano), and Brian Hull (on drums)—is recording original arrangements of jazz covers as the culmination of a semester-long independent study. Listen to a sample here.

This recording is just one event in a week of full of performances, which includes the first dance concert to be held in the configurable University Hall Theatre and the world premiere of a composition by Professor of Music David Patterson. On the Legacy of a Thousand Days was written for the centennial of President John F. Kennedy’s birth.

When you hear the UJazz Boston Trio, it’s amazing that they’ve only been performing together as a group for a few months. Jazz Ensembles Director Peter Janson thought they could benefit from working together. And it works.

“I vibe off of Tony, so when Tony goes somewhere, I go somewhere with Tony when he plays different kind of chords, and then Brian is the groove, so Brian can kind of take the song wherever he wants to take it,” Davis said.

All three guys play professionally, but they say they’re able to take their skills to the next level thanks to the classes they’re taking here. In addition to double majoring in music and business entrepreneurship, Hull says he’s been able to learn piano and contribute more to arranging and writing.

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