The Tim Olsen Big Band will open the fall 2024 concert series, A Place for Jazz, with a performance on Friday, Sept. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the Carl B. Taylor Auditorium at of the Begley Building at SUNY Schenectady Community College.

Olsen, professor of music, conducts and plays piano with his band, which consists of 15 other players.

Friday’s concert celebrates the release of the band’s CD, “Obsidian.” This recording, on the Jazz/Latino label, features nine original jazz pieces and one arrangement spanning some five decades of work. The album was recorded in Emerson Auditorium in the Taylor Music Center in summer 2023.

The Union College Jazz Ensemble, which Olsen directs, will make a guest appearance in the performance of the Harry James classic, “Two O’Clock Jump,” at Friday’s concert.

General admission tickets are $25 and $10 with student ID. Tickets are available at the door.