Jazz trumpeter Bobby Shew to perform at Elmhurst College

Internationally acclaimed jazz trumpeter and recording artist Bobby Shew will perform a special concert with the Elmhurst College Jazz Band Friday, May 29, the night before the college awards Shew an honorary degree during its 144th commencement ceremony.

The concert will begin at 7 p.m. in the Mill Theatre, 253 Walter St., Elmhurst. For information, contact (630) 617-3515 or joannek@elmhurst.edu. Admission is free.

Shew's career includes multiple Grammy Award nominations and performances with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Buddy Rich, Maynard Ferguson, Benny Goodman, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Elvis Presley, Barbra Streisand, Steve Allen and Tom Jones.

A longtime friend to Elmhurst College, Shew has appeared as a guest artist at the Elmhurst College Jazz Festival seven times, and has performed with the Elmhurst College Jazz Band on numerous other occasions. Having first performed at the college in 1985, he has been inspiring Elmhurst College students for three decades.

The award-winning Elmhurst College Jazz Band has performed in concerts and festivals around the world. Downbeat magazine, the world's most respected jazz magazine, named the Elmhurst College Jazz Band the Best Large Jazz Ensemble in its 37th annual Downbeat Student Music Awards.

Doug Beach, director of the jazz band and the jazz studies program at Elmhurst College, recently was named the recipient of Downbeat's Jazz Education Achievement Award.