CHUCK ISRAELS QUINTET

Chuck Israels, Bass

David Evans, Tenor Saxophone

James Powers, Trombone

Dan Gaynor, Piano

Todd Strait, Drums

New music and jazz standards in colorful new arrangements by Grammy winning bassist/composer/arranger Chuck Israels featuring detailed ensembles and creative solos.

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THE WILLAMETTE JAZZ TRIO

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Daily Dose Of Jazz…

Hank Shaw was born Henry Shalofsky was born  June 23, 1926 in London, England. At the age of 15 he played with Teddy Foster’s band during World War II. In the latter half of the decade he played around his hometown with Oscar Rabin, Frank Weir, and Tommy Sampson, then switched permanently from swing to playing bebop music in 1946 after hearing Dizzy Gillespie.

Visiting the United States in 1947 he came with close friend and fellow pioneer bebopper altoist Freddy Syer. However, unable to secure work permits they moved to Canada where they played with Oscar Peterson and Maynard Ferguson. Returning to England in 1948, Hank was one of the early Club Eleven players, along with Ronnie Scott, John Dankworth, Lennie Bush, and others. He also played with many of these musicians on the recordings of Alan Dean’s Beboppers.

After Club Eleven shuttered, Shaw played with Vic Lewis and toured Europe with Cab Kaye, then joined Jack Parnell’s ensemble in 1953 and Ronnie Scott’s nonet in 1954. He joined Jamaican alto saxophonist Joe Harriott in his celebrated quintet in 1958 but left with pianist Harry South when Harriott sought to introduce his “free-form” concept. Shaw played regularly both live and as a session musician for many British jazz musicians over the course of the next twenty or so years, working with Joe Harriott, Tony Crombie, Don Rendell, Tony Kinsey, Stan Tracey, Bill Le Sage, and others.

He led a quartet at the 100 Club in the Sixties, and played in the Bebop Preservation Society and the John Burch Quartet for over two decades each. He retired due to ill health in the late 1990s. Bebop trumpeter Hank Shaw transitioned four months past his 80th birthday on October 26, 2006 in Kent, England.

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WARREN WOLF CD RELEASE ~ CHANO POZO: ORIGINS

Celebrate the release of Warren Wolf’s newest album, “Chano Pozo: ORIGINS”, at Keystone Korner Baltimore on July 7th & 8th!

Warren Wolf [vibes]
Alex Brown [piano]
Blake Meister [bass]
Brent Birckhead [saxophone]
Charles Wilson [drums]
Imani-Grace Cooper [vocals]

Warren Wolf is a multi-instrumentalist from Baltimore, MD. From the young age of three years old, Warren has been trained on the Vibraphone/Marimba, Drums, and Piano. Under the guidance of his father Warren Wolf Sr., Warren has a deep background in all genres of music. Vibraphonist Warren Wolf is one of the hardest swinging virtuosos in all of modern music.

“Chano Pozo: ORIGINS” is Warren’s 10th record as a recording artist, and is set to release July 7th, 2023. It features himself playing all instruments, except for the horns. All songs are original except for “LADY” by D’Angelo and Raphael Saadiq.

Showtimes ~ 7:00pm & 9:30pm

Ticket Fees: $3.10 – $3.46

Streaming: $10:00 + $1.70

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KENNY GARRETT

Kenny Garrett [saxophones]
Keith Brown [piano]
Corcoran Holt [bass]
Rudy Bird [percussion]
Ronald Bruner [drums]

Newly named an NEA Jazz Master for 2023, Kenny Garrett and his swinging quintet will go on a musical journey! The NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship is the nation’s highest honor in jazz. Each year since 1982, the program has elevated to its ranks a select number of living legends who have made exceptional contributions to the advancement of jazz.

With his illustrious career that includes hallmark stints with Miles Davis, Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, Donald Byrd, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw and the Duke Ellington Orchestra, as well as a heralded career as a solo artist that began more than 30 years ago, Kenny Garrett is easily recognized as one of modern jazz’s brightest and most influential living masters. And with the marvelous Sounds From The Ancestors, the GRAMMY® Award-winning Garrett shows no signs of resting on his laurels.

Kenny Garrett’s latest release, Sounds From The Ancestors, is a multi-faceted album. Similar to how Miles Davis’ seminal LP, On the Corner, subverted its main guiding lights – James Brown, Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone – then crafted its own unique, polyrhythmic, groove-laden, improv-heavy universe, Sounds From The Ancestors occupies its own space with intellectual clarity, sonic ingenuity and emotional heft.

Friday & Saturday: 7:00pm | 9:30pm

Sunday: 5:00pm | 7:30pm

Ticket Fees: $3.46 – $4.16

Streaming: $10.00 + $1.70 fee

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