The Spring Jazz Show will bring premier guitarists Charlie Hunter and John Scofield to Cohen Auditorium on Sunday, Feb. 11.
The Jazz Show has been extremely successful in previous years, and Concert Board co-chairs Dan Aronson and Jenna Lowe predict that this month's show will attract a large gathering.
"It's possibly the best show of the year," Concert Board co-chair Dan Aronson said. "[Concert Board] has a good budget for all shows, but for this one we can really get good people."
Guitarist Charlie Hunter is a young musician who, according to Aronson, adds a "funky sort of quality to Jazz." John Scofield has been part of the Miles Davis Band and has played with renown Jazz musicians Medeski and Martin.
"It is especially cool to have both of them together," Aronson said.
Tickets for the show go on sale at the Cohen box-office starting this Monday at 10 a.m. and cost $10. Each student will be allowed to purchase two tickets and will be required to present his or her Tufts ID.
The 60-member Concert Board falls under the Programming Board umbrella - the branch of Student Activities that oversees the ten different groups in charge of planning campus events. Student Activities Program Coordinator Edmund Cabellon praised the group's work this year, and said the two chairs deserve much more credit than what they are given.
"Students assume that artists come to campus by themselves," Cabellon said. "[Lowe and Aronson] take on a lot of responsibility, and they ultimately do all the little things that bring everything together."
Lowe believes there is greater communication among the members of Concert Board this year, and that changes such as the creation of a website have helped the group do a better job of planning entertainment for the student body. "We are more concerned with student enjoyment of all shows, and that's what determines if it's a good show in the end," she said.
In addition to the Jazz Show, Concert Board organizes the Rock Show, and the Hip-Hop Show. It will next work to plan Spring Fling, the largest campus concert of the year.
