Join the University Big Band, along with a special guest artist, saxophonist Dave Pietro, as they kick off a week of jazz on the University of Nevada, Reno campus. Pietro was the lead alto saxophonist for the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra for nine years, and recorded six CDs with the group. He has also toured and/or recorded with the bands of Woody Herman, Lionel Hampton, Maynard Ferguson, Louis Belson, Jon Fedchock, Maria Schneider and others. As a leader, he has recorded five CDs with such artists as Dave Holland, Kenny Werner, Ben Monder, Brian Blade and others.