The Novel Jazz Septet will be returning to the Frontier Café Cinema and Gallery, Fort Andross, Brunswick, on Saturday, July 28, for a special concert featuring the works of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, two pillars of the jazz world.

They’ll perform standard tunes from the Ellington/Strayhorn repertoire plus newly arranged compositions that they have found in the Ellington Archives of the Smithsonian, tunes that have not been heard in decades. The band has dusted these pieces off and given them a 21st century sound all of their own. Novel Jazz consists of Bruce Boege (saxophone), Mike Mitchell (trumpet), Barney Balch (trombone), Mickey Felder (piano), Dave Clark (guitar), Herb Maine (bass), and Billy Friederich (drums).

Admission is $13 in advance and $15 at the door. Tickets are available at Frontier Café or by calling 725-5222. Seating is limited so advance ticket purchase is highly recommended.

Fore more information, go to www.explorefrontier.com.