The Graduate Centre at CUNY - Continuing Education and Public Programs Department is proud to present this event as one of its diverse educational and cultural programs. Premier Big Band Songwriter and his Roaring Orchestra

Whitney Smith Big Steam Band with Deekaye Ibomeka and Special Guests CD Release for “Life Drawing"

CONCERT & NEW YORK CITY CD RELEASE Saturday December 4th, 8 PM. City University of New York, Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, at 34th Street. $20. Tickets: (212) 817-8215 or by e-mail: continuinged@gc.cuny.edu.

A powerhouse band, neo-romantic songs and soaring instrumentals. From swing and Latin, hard bop burners and jazz folk to yearning Celtic ballads.

“The songs, fresh from Whitney Smith’s ever-searching imagination are such an undiscovered country even the singers can’t quite believe where they’re taking them." - Brian D. Johnson, senior writer, Maclean's Magazine