The YSU Jazz Studies Area will present three Jazz Combos Thursday at YSU’s Spotlight Theater in Bliss Hall. The concert takes place 7:30 p.m.

The event features ensembles led by Dave Kana, Kent Engelhardt and Glenn Schaft and is free and open to the public.

Kana’s Sextet will perform “Blue Skies” by Irving Berlin, “Time After Time” by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn and “Equinox” by John Coltrane.

Engelhardt’s Quintet will perform “Bags’ Groove” by Milt Jackson, “Django” by John Lewis, and “Soul Sauce (Guachi Guaro)” by Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo.

Schaft’s Quartet will perform “One, Two, Three” by Glenn Schaft, “It Never Entered My Mind” by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart and “Impressions” by John Coltrane.

Bliss Hall

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