Jomion and the Uklos of Benin

The band Jomion and the Uklos of Benin, which is originally from Benin, West Africa, will perform in Dudley House dining hall in collaboration with the Dudley House Jazz Orchestra. This will be the first performance of Jomion and the Uklos of Benin in the United States, and the jazz quintet will perform a concert of Afro-Cuban-influenced jazz specifically arranged for this collaboration. Jomion and the Uklos will also conduct a master class in Dudley House Common Room. Sarah E. Politz, conductor of the Dudley House Jazz Orchestra and a graduate student in the Music Department, is very excited about this fusion of cultural styles. “This is a pretty rare opportunity on a number of level,” Politz says. “I can’t imagine being able to do this anywhere else.”