I was given the amazing opportunity to both play in as well as arrange a student composition for the Manhattan School of Music Hugh Masekela scholars South African jazz orchestra, featuring Jaleel Shaw! This arrangement is of a student student composition "Kemet" composed by Nhlanhla Mahlangu, which title roughly translates to "land of the black" or "the black land." The piece is scored for standard jazz big band instrumentation, is conducted by myself and features solos by Chris Ramirez on bass, Jaleel Shaw on alto sax and Danno Peterson on drums. I hope you enjoy!