HOUSTON PERSON
He remains the King of the Boss Tenor Sax and nothing, it seems, can stop Houston Person, now in his sixth decade of performing.
His latest recording (he’s released over 85 of them), as featured guest on Emmet Cohen’s Masters Series Vol. 5, has rocketed up the Jazz Week charts. In its 4-star review, AllAboutJazz.com applauds Houston’s “master’s flair for swing and blues.”
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NEAL SPITZER
Saxophonist/clarinetist Neal Spitzer occupies a special spot with our region’s jazz community. In addition to his own Ensemble, his funk band Gridline, his popular weekly Hep Cat Hump Day gig at The Park Theater in Hudson, NY, and his duo work with Arnie Warmbrand, he runs our Jitterbug: Jazz for Kids program for preschoolers at the Jazz Forum.
Neal has played with greats like Milt Hinton, Houston Person and Jimmy Cobb and never fails to swing hard on the bandstand.
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BILL CHARLAP
When Bill Charlap plays standards from bop and jazz, every note is fresh, every note counts. This extraordinary Grammy-winning pianist is known for his vibrant, fluent style, artfully varying his attack, dynamics and phrase-lengths. His interpretations of the great American songwriters are especially acclaimed.
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GARY HARRIS
An Atlanta native, Gary has been playing saxophone for over 20 years. In that time he has opened for artist like Gerald Albright and Will Downing,performed with legends William Bell and Jean Carne and can be heard and seen on projects with Outkast and Ann Nesby.
He plays smooth jazz with a funky edge and nice easy to remember melodies. Although Gary has been compared to artist like Gerald Albright and Wilton Felder,he has his own style that is easy to recognize and equally loved.
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LENORA HELM HAMMONDS
New England Symphonic Ensemble
Guest Conductor: Lenora Helm Hammonds ~ Department Chair & Director of Graduate Programs, Jazz, at North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina.
She will be conducting commissioned arrangements for jazz choir and jazz chamber orchestra of Hale Smith’s The Valley Wind and John Coltrane’s A Conversation with God (Based on Coltrane’s Dear Lord) | Lyricist: Lenora Zenzalai Helm | Arranger ~ Maurice Myers & Lenora Zenzalai Helm
Hammonds will be joined by Jillian Harrison-Jones, Lorissa Mason, and Anne Lyman, Conductors
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