ALLAN HARRIS ~ A NAT KING COLE CHRISTMAS
The Brooklyn-born, Harlem-based vocalist, guitarist, bandleader, and composer Allan Harris has reigned supreme as the most accomplished and exceptional singer of his generation. Sharing the stage for this holiday celebration are pianist Arcoiris Sandoval, bassist Marty Kenney and drummer Norman Edwards.
Showtimes: 7:00pm & 9:00pm
More Posts: adventure,album,club,festival,genius,jazz,museum,music,preserving,restaurant,travel,vocal
ALLAN HARRIS
Ever since he burst on the jazz scene in the latter part of the twentieth century, The Brooklyn-born, Harlem-based vocalist, guitarist, bandleader, and composer Allan Harris has reigned supreme as the most accomplished and exceptional singer of his generation. Sharing the stage is pianist Arcoiris Sandoval, bassist Brandi Disterheft and drummer Norman Edwards.
Sets:
Walk-in music charge is $25 | Reserve tickets are $35 Sunday through Thursdays and $40 on Friday and Saturday.
More Posts: adventure,album,club,festival,genius,jazz,museum,music,preserving,restaurant,travel,vocal
ALLAN HARRIS & KATE’S SOULFOOD
Ever since he burst on the jazz scene in the latter part of the twentieth century, The Brooklyn-born, Harlem-based vocalist, guitarist, bandleader, and composer Allan Harris has reigned supreme as the most accomplished and exceptional singer of his generation. Special guest, Grammy Award winner, Swiss born harmonica player and composer, Gregoire Maret adds a unique and compelling new voice across a wide spectrum of the modern jazz world. Sharing the stage is pianist Arcoiris Sandoval, bassist Marty Kenney and drummer Norman Edwards.
More Posts: adventure,album,club,festival,genius,jazz,museum,music,preserving,restaurant,travel,vocal
FOR LOVE OR COUNTRY: THE ARTURO SANDOVAL STORY
Live In Concert With Arturo Sandoval and the University of Miami Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra
Arturo Sandoval, legendary Cuban trumpeter and composer as well as 10-time Grammy winner and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, performs the autobiographical HBO film For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story live in concert with The Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra from the Frost School of Music and special guests under the direction of acclaimed music director and concert producer Angel Velez.
More Posts: adventure,album,club,festival,genius,jazz,museum,music,preserving,restaurant,travel,trumpet
Daily Dose Of Jazz…
William Luther Johnson was born on September 30, 1912 in Jacksonville, Florida and studied piano as a child and began playing the alto saxophone at the age of 16. After working with lesser-known bands he studied in conservatories in Wisconsin and Illinois before attending Marquette University.
While in Milwaukee, Wisconsin he played with Jabbo Smith and others. He worked with Baron Lee and Tiny Bradshaw, and in 1936 joined Erskine Hawkins, with whom he performed into the early 1940s, recording with him from 1939 to 1942. He composed Tuxedo Junction with Hawkins and appeared with the band in the short film Deviled Hams in 1937.
Around mid-1946 he recorded under Bill Johnson and Orchestra, with several of the members becoming the Musical Notes. Bill Johnson and the Musical Notes recorded for Harlem, RCA, King, Regal, Tru-Blue.He recorded for Ronnex as the Bill Johnson Quartet, and the Bill Johnson Quintet for Baton. Over the years, there were many personnel changes, but Bill and Gus Gordon were on all the recordings.
In the Fifties failing health caused the breakup of the group, although he re-formed it on a couple of occasions. Alto saxophonist, clarinetist, and arranger Bill Johnson, who was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1957, transitioned on July 5, 1960 at 47 years old in New York City.
More Posts: arranger,bandleader,clarinet,history,instrumental,jazz,music,saxophone