MIKE LEDONNE ORGAN QUINTET
Mike LeDonne Organ Quintet featuring Vincent Herring, Eric Alexander, Dave Stryker & Joe Farnsworth!
Pianist Mike LeDonne started playing piano at the age of 5 and was raised in his parent’s music store. By the age of 10, his father, a jazz guitarist, began booking him on gigs.
He is now an internationally renowned pianist and organist with the unique experience of having played with a wide spectrum of jazz masters from Benny Goodman to Milt Jackson and Sonny Rollins. He has won praise not only from critics but from master musicians.
Mike is on over 100 CDs as a sideman and starting in 1988, recorded his first of 16 CDs as a leader. His award winning CDs include some of the greatest musicians around today including Tom Harrell, Gary Smulyan, Kenny Washington, Steve Nelson, Jim Rotondi, Joshua Redman, Peter Washington, Eric Alexander, Jeremy Pelt, Mickey Roker and Ron Carter.
Showtimes: 7:00pm & 9:30pm
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JOEY ALEXANDER TRIO
Josiah Alexander Sila, known professionally as Joey Alexander, is an Indonesian jazz pianist. He became the first Indonesian musician to chart on Billboard 200 when his album My Favorite Things debuted at number 174 and then peaked at 59.
Showtimes: 7:00pm & 9:30pm
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MELISSA STYLIANOU
With her superb partners, the venerable guitarist Gene Bertoncini and the acclaimed bassist Ike Sturm, the Toronto-born vocalist Melissa Stylianou recorded Dream Dancing, a new five-star album of American standards that Downbeat hailed as “a collection of brilliant reinventions.
They play together like a band, not a singer with backing musicians.” The New Yorker called Melissa “a crafty stylist” who “knows that a subtle voice, skillfully employed, can be an effective tool for maximum expression.”
Showtimes: 4:00pm & 6:00pm
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DONALD HARRISON QUARTET
“Donald Harrison is one of the most confident and convincing improvisers in jazz today. The boundary leaping New Orleans alto saxophonist’s distinctive broad toned sound is immediately recognizable as his own, regardless of the environment in which it is being heard, be it bebop, hardbop, New Orleans R & B or funk.” – Jazz Times
NEA Jazz Master Donald Harrison is more than a brilliant alto saxophonist, composer and bandleader. He’s a Renaissance man: The Big Chief of Congo Square, a New Orleans-born traditionalist and innovator, merging modern jazz with Second Line music and hip-hop. He’s a TV actor.
He nurtures young talent like his mentor Art Blakey. Harrison performed with countless legends (Miles Davis, Lena Horne, Dr. John) and recently revived the Charlie Parker with Strings repertoire in concert.
Showtimes: 7:00pm & 9:30pm
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SHEILA JORDAN @ 94!
Sheila Jordan @ 94! featuring Sheila Jordan on vocals, Roni Ben-Hur on guitar & Harvie S on bass!
Charlie Parker called her “the lady with million dollar ears,” and over the years, Sheila Jordan has been one of the most consistently creative singers in jazz. At 94, she remains a superb improviser, a magnificent scat singer, and an emotional interpreter of ballads. Consistently creative for nearly eight decades, Charlie Parker called her “the lady with million dollar ears.”
A colleague of Parker’s in the ‘50’s who wrote lyrics to his compositions, Ms. Jordan’s remarkable career has produced memorable performances, exceptional recordings and numerous awards like NEA Jazz Master.
Showtimes: 4:00pm & 6:00pm
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