Swing through a century of music with the all-faculty band, Jazz Northwest, as the members put on a concert next week celebrating the genre’s rich history.

The concert, “A Jazz Journey: Past, Present, and Future,” begins at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Kimbrough Hall.

“The whole idea is that everything is always moving forward. So we spiced up some tunes from the old days,” said Dave Snider, an instructor of music and the director of Jazz Northwest.

The concert will also feature some contemporary songs created more recently, he said.

Every song played in the event was either composed or arranged by WSU faculty, said Brad Ard, an instructor of guitar.

Arrangements are when artists take existing compositions and personalize them by adding elements like different melodies and rhythms, Ard said.

“You’re presenting the original composition from your point of view, so the possibilities are endless,” he said.

Some of the pieces arranged for the concert include works by Herbie Hancock, Roy Hargrove and Chick Corea, Snider said.

“(Chick Corea) has a Spanish type of flavor to it. It’s very high energy,” said Brian Ward, an instructor of jazz piano.

The concert will also feature the premiere of Ard’s composition, “Winders.”

“When I started at WSU I sat on (Winders) and let it develop,” he said. “I wanted it to be my impression of this new place and the people I was playing with.”

Every member in the band will also have a chance to perform a solo during the concert, an act that brings new life to old songs, Snider said.

“When they solo, they’re shredding on what’s happening now, not back in the ’60s,” he said.

Despite the fact that recorded jazz has only been around for about 100 years, the genre has seen an incredible amount of innovations, Ward said.

“We have recordings of great players, and every decade new artists hear them and respond to it,” Ard said. “It’s the whole ‘standing on the shoulders of giants’ thing.”

From bebop to fusion to rhythm and blues, jazz has been at the heart of many different genres, Snider said.

“Without jazz there wouldn’t even be rock ‘n’ roll,” he said.

It’s important for music to keep evolving, because without change it risks dying out, Snider said.

“You want to make it so the audience says, ‘Wow, that’s cool! I’ve never heard that before,’” he said.

Tickets to the event are free to WSU students with ID, $10 for general admission, and $5 for non-WSU students and those older than 60. All proceeds raised will go to the WSU School of Music scholarship fund.

“It’s a great way to raise money for students,” Ward said.