Drummer, composer, arranger, bandleader, and WP Summer Workshop Artist in Residence Dennis Mackrel’s long list of performances and recordings includes work with Count Basie and His Orchestra, the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band, the American Jazz Orchestra, the Carla Bley Very Large Band, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, and the Maria Schneider Orchestra. His arrangements and compositions have been recorded by, among others, the Basie and Gillespie bands, the University of North Texas One O’clock Lab Band, the Columbus Jazz Orchestra, and on two Grammy-winning albums by the McCoy Tyner Big Band. Mackrel served as leader and conductor of the Count Basie Orchestra from 2010 to 2013. As an educator, he leads master classes, seminars, and workshops throughout the world and is currently Director of Jazz Studies at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College. Mackrel’s world-class jazz orchestra will cap off the week in resounding fashion!