GEORGE CABLES QUARTET
One of the essential artists of piano, George Cables (aka “Mr. Beautiful”), is known for his impeccable sound, sensitive accompaniment, and original playing. A trusted collaborator over the past 50 years for artists like Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Dexter Gordon, and Art Pepper, Cables has also released numerous essential recordings as a leader. The New York City Jazz Record says, “He is a piano giant.” National Public Radio adds, “His solos reveal a deep sense of groove and pacing and a mind at work.”
George Cables – piano
Craig Handy – saxophones
Sean Conly – bass
Jerome Jennings – drums
***Friday & Saturday Showtimes: 7:00pm | 9:00pm | 10:30pm
More Posts: adventure,club,genius,jazz,music,piano,preserving,restaurant
LUTHER ALLISON SEXTET FEATURING STEVE WILSON
Brandon Woody – trumpet
Steve Wilson – alto saxophone
Joe Giordano – trombone
Luther Allison – piano
Jonathon Muir-Cotton – bass
Michael Reed – drums
More Posts: adventure,club,genius,jazz,music,piano,preserving,restaurant,saxophone
BILLY CHILDS QUARTET FEATURING SEAN JONES
A child prodigy who started performing at age 6 and studying at USC at 16, he was “discovered” by trumpet legend Freddie Hubbard, with whom he embarked on a successful performing and recording tour. He also recorded and performed with a number of other influential jazz musicians, including J.J. Johnson, Joe Henderson, Wynton Marsalis, Jack DeJohnette, and Dave Holland, among many others, and with such varied artists such as Yo-Yo Ma, Sting, Renee Fleming, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Kronos Quartet. Downbeat says, “The same creative spirit that’s propelled him from the bands of bop giants as a twenty-something side-player to a composer renowned throughout concert halls and across jazz festival stages remains unhampered.”
Billy Childs – piano
Sean Jones – trumpet except Saturday
Jason Palmer – trumpet, Saturday only
Matt Penman – bass Ari Hoenig – drums
***Friday & Saturday Showtimes: 7:00pm | 9:00pm | 10:30pm
More Posts: adventure,club,genius,jazz,music,piano,preserving,restaurant
Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Francis Craig was the son of a minister born on September 10, 1900 in Dickson, Tennessee. He studied mathematics and political science at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. While he was at Vanderbilt, he formed an orchestra, the Vanderbilt Jazz Band. When the university’s chancellor told him to change the name of the group, disband it, or leave Vanderbilt, he dropped out and changed the orchestra’s name.
Craig went on to have three stints on WSM radio in Nashville and his Francis Craig Orchestra played on the station from 1926 to 1928 and again in 1935~1939. He returned to the station in 1947 to work as a disc jockey on the program Featured by Francis Craig. He also worked on WGN in Chicago, Illinois, in 1940.
The recording of his own composition Near You was released by Bullet Records and reached the Billboard Best Seller chart in 1947, peaked at #1 and lasted 21 weeks on the chart. It was the first pop hit record ever to come out of Nashville. His other compositions were Dynamite, Beg Your Pardon and Red Rose, among others.
Songwriter, pianist and dance band leader Francis Craig, who played honky~tonk transitioned at age 66 on November 19, 1966, in Sewanee, Tennessee.
More Posts: bandleader,history,instrumental,jazz,music,piano
THE JAZZ SYMBIOSIS QUINTET
More Posts: adventure,bass,club,cornet,drums,flugelhorn,flute,genius,jazz,music,piano,preserving,saxophone,travel,trombone,trumpet