Pictures from Jazz4Justice at UVA 2025
On Saturday, April 12th, 2025, the UVA Jazz Ensemble presented their Spring 2025 concert in collaboration with Jazz4Justice to benefit the Virginia Poverty Law Center. The UVA Jazz Ensemble, directed by Mike Rosensky, featured works from the songbooks of the Count Basie Band, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band, and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. John D’earth, who recently retired as Director of Jazz to pursue performing and composing full-time, joined the band as a guest artist for part of the concert, soloing on his big band arrangement of his composition Beyond Belief, among other tunes. Proceeds benefited the jazz program at UVA as well as the Virginia Poverty Law Center (VPLC). The mission of the VPLC is to use advocacy, education, and litigation to break down systemic barriers that keep low-income Virginians in the cycle of poverty. Photo credit Shannon Gunn.
