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Ndugu Chancler: 60 Years of Life and Music

Admission is free. Seating is general admission. Reservations required. To RSVP, click on the links below beginning Friday, August 31, at 9 a.m.

USC Students, Staff and Faculty: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=361
General Public: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserveGeneral_Multi.php?RSVPEvtCode=362

Though best known as the drummer on the Michael Jackson hit “Billie Jean,” Ndugu Chancler has played a key role in jazz and popular music for the past 60 years. A faculty member in both the jazz studies and popular music programs at the USC Thornton School, Chancler has performed with such artists as Frank Sinatra, Santana and Weather Report. Chancler will share his life and music in an afternoon of video, performances by Thornton students and presentations by a select group of musicians who have worked with the famed drummer over the years. The USC Thornton Jazz Orchestra and ALAJE (USC Thornton’s Afro Latin American Jazz Ensemble) will perform compositions by Chancler joined by a litany of major Los Angeles–based artists, including USC Thornton bassist Alphonso Johnson, who has performed with such artists as Santana and Weather Report; internationally acclaimed composer, producer and pianist Patrice Rushen; world-renowned vocalist Greg Walker, who served as lead vocalist for Santana; and Grammy Award-winning saxophone player Ernie Watts.

Organized by the USC Thornton School of Music.

Location: George Finley Bovard Administration Building (ADM) - Bovard Auditorium

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Daria Yudacufski