Miguel de la Cerna

Soul Progression: Suite for My Father

(2022 Commissioned Composer)

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

TIME: 9:30-10:30PM

VENUE: LOGAN CENTER PERFORMANCE HALL. 915 East 60TH ST.

MIGUEL DE LA CERNA

Composer and arranger Miguel de la Cerna is recognized as one of the most versatile pianists working today. A Chicago native, de la Cerna is the third generation in a distinguished lineage of Chicago piano jazz greats: his grandfather, pianist General Morgan, accompanied and recorded with both Billie Holliday and Henry “Red” Allen, and recording artist Gloria Morgan was de la Cerna’s aunt.

After studies at the American Conservatory of Music and Oberlin Conservatory, de la Cerna toured the U.S., Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and Asia for more than a decade as pianist and conductor for various ensembles and theatrical productions before resettling in Chicago. A frequent collaborator with some of the world’s most celebrated jazz masters, de la Cerna has composed music for a wide range of music ensembles, and his breadth also spans classical and world music.

Miguel de la Cerna shapes a new generation of young musicians and singers as theater music director for the University of Chicago Laboratory School, and also serves as music director for the Jazz Institute of Chicago’s eclectic JazzCity concert series, bringing jazz and world music to concert venues and neighborhoods throughout the Chicago area.

Details on the commission are coming soon!

The musicians:

Corey Wilkes - trumpet

Greg Artry - drums

Joshua Ramos - bass

Jonita Lattimore - vocals

Miguel de la Cerna - piano and composition

Ari Brown - tenor saxophone