MIMI JONES & FRIENDS

The Lab Session: Jam and Jazz Party

For more than two decades she’s been on the scene, bassist/vocalist/producer/label owner and now filmmaker Mimi Jones has reigned supreme, as a side woman to an impressive coterie of musicians and as a leader with three original recording projects on her own Hot Tone Music label. Born Miriam Sullivan in New York City on March 25, 1972, and was raised in the Bronx. Jones studied Music at the Manhattan School of Music Conservatory, and has also studied with Linda McKnight, Lisle Atkinson, Barry Harris, Milt Hinton, Dr. Billy Taylor, Yusef Lateef. She has toured extensively for over 30 years throughout the seven continents, and has played with such people as Frank Ocean, Kenny Barron, DD Bridgewater, Dianne Reeves, Tia Fuller, Roy Hargrove, Terri Lyne Carrington, Beyonce, Jason Moran, Common, Black Thought and more. Mimi Jones co-directs a multimedia interdisciplinary production with pianist ArcoIris Sandoval entitled The D.O.M.E. Experience, creating choreography, musical and visual works inspired by social injustices and environmental changes in our world. Voted #1 & #2 rising star by the DownBeat polls for 3 consecutive years, she currently works on a new project called The Black Madonna. The Berklee School of Music professor recently began collaborating with a trio called Nite Bjuti featuring Vocalist Candice Hoyes, and Sound Chemist Val Jeanty. Mimi is a recipient of the Chamber Music America Performance Plus Award 2021.

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JAZZ DIALOGUE OPEN JAM

Earlybird Show | 6:30pm ~ 8:30pm

Lex Korten (p) | Dave Adewumi (tp) | Carmen Rothwell (b) | Connor Parks (d)

Jazz Dialogue Open Jam | 9:00pm ~ 12:00am

Asaf Yuria (ts) | Brian Charette (org)| Jimmy Macbride (d)

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WAYNE PAGE

Wayne Page found an active music scene when he arrived at Drake University in 1980, & it did not take him long to be a part of it. There were on the road gigs with the Don Hoy Orchestra as well as opportunities to play with the Des Moines Big Band, a group of which he has been a member since the late 1990s. In addition to his weekly gig with the big band, Wayne performs with the Turner Center Jazz Orchestra, Max Wellman, Fred Gazzo, the Des Moines Symphony, & his own quartet. Wayne is also a first-call saxophonist for national touring acts including Harry Connick Jr., Leslie Gore & The Temptations. In addition to his playing credits, Wayne has been a valued educator, sharing his years of experience & knowledge with middle to high school students in the community.

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KARLA HARRIS AND THE JOE ALTERMAN TRIO

The Moon To Gold Show

Karla Harris ~ vocals | Joe Alterman ~ piano | Kevin Smith ~ bass | Justin Chesarek ~ drums

Jazz vocalist Karla Harris has made a career within the art form she loves for more than three decades, captivating audiences from Portland to Provence. While in college, Karla began singing with the St. Louis Jazz Quartet, a group featuring highly regarded regional jazz vocalist Jeanne Trevor, an early mentor. In the early 2000s, she was lead vocalist in combos led by internationally acclaimed bassist Tom Kennedy, whose credits include such greats as Rosemary Clooney, Freddie Hubbard, Mike Stern, Lee Ritenour, Ben Vereen, Dave Weckl.

In Portland, Karla began working with players such as Randy Porter (Diane Schuur, Gino Vanelli), Bobby Torres (Joe Cocker, Etta James, Tom Jones), Steve Christofferson, and more in that nurturing environment.  When asked, she quickly describes her influences as Nancy Wilson, Billie Holiday, Aretha Franklin, and the Fifth Dimension.

Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Joe Alterman moved to New York in the fall of 2007 to study music at New York University, where he earned both his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Music. While there, he had the opportunity to study with greats including Don Friedman, Joe Lovano and John Scofield.  Alterman continues to perform at many world-renowned venues including the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Birdland and New York’s Blue Note, where Alterman has opened, many times, for Ramsey Lewis.  Les McCann said of the young Alterman “tiny, but only in stature. As a man and a musician. he is already a giant.”  Joe says that his influences and heroes are: Ramsey Lewis, Les McCann, and Houston Person.

“Joe has a great sense of what is most meaningful in the history and tradition of our music, and a real solid musical vision of where he wants to take it.”— Houston Person

Showtimes: 7:00pm | 9:15pm

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NICOLE HENRY

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