CHARLES WILSON QUINTET
Charles Wilson – Drums
Hope Udobi – Piano
Theljon Allen – Trumpet
Elijah Easton -sax
Mike Saunders – bass
Charles “Charlie” Wilson is a drummer, pianist and bass guitar player. He started playing music at the age of 5, where he began taking lessons taught by Orlando Cotto at Nathan Carter’s School of Music in Baltimore. He attended Archbishop Curley High School under a music scholarship where he won several awards such as the North Texas Jazz Festival Outstanding Soloist Award and the Louis Armstrong Jazz Award. As a teen working under the City’s Youth Works Program, he was assigned at Paul L. Dunbar High School’s Music Program where he worked under the leadership of one of the greatest educators and musicians of all times, Charles Funn.
Actual Show Times:
Streaming: Wed, July 6, 7:30 PM | $10 + $1.70 fee
Live: Wed, July 6, 7:30 PM | $20 – $25 + $2.40 – $2.76 fee
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ALLAN HARRIS BAND
The musical odyssey of Allan Harris visits a wide range of influences, including swinging jazz, rich R&B, sumptuous balladry, wailing rock, rumbling blues and even a playful touch of Brazilian music.
With a deeply resonant baritone/tenor voice that is soulful, richly expressive and flawless in both intonation and phrasing, Harris displays a total command and fluency while on stage.
Show Times: 7:00 pm & 9:30 pm
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CYRUS CHESTNUT TRIO
The New York Daily News once heralded Chestnut as the rightful heir to Bud Powell, Art Tatum and Erroll Garner. In an interview on National Public Radio (NPR) for All Things Considered, Chestnut remarked, “If I can send one person home after a performance feeling better than when they arrived, then I’ve done my job, and I sleep good at night.”
To this day, Chestnut attends church every Sunday. He told CBS News, “If I’m not working, you’ll find me in somebody’s church.” Chestnut continually tours with his trio, playing live at jazz festivals around the world as well as clubs and concert halls.
His leadership and prowess as a soloist has also led him to be a first call for the piano chair in many big bands including the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, and the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band.
Showtimes are 7:00 pm & 9:30 pm
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JOE LOCKE QUARTET
Joe Locke Quartet featuring Joe Locke (vibes), Jim Ridl (piano), Jay Anderson (bass) and Samvel Sarkisyan (drums).
Vibraphonist Joe Locke is widely considered to be one of the lead voices on his instrument, having won numerous awards and polls, including the 2006, 2008, and 2009 “Mallet Player of the Year” award from the Jazz Journalists Association.
Showtimes: 7:00 pm & 9:30 pm
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DJANGO FESTIVAL ALL~STARS
Hot Gypsy Jazz
The Django Festival Allstars, from France, tour the US 2x a year, playing at America’s top halls and clubs including Carnegie Hall and Rose Hall. The Allstars have performed at SF Jazz, Newport Jazz Festival, Montreal Festival, Kennedy Center, Aspen, Taos, Vale, and Moody Festivals, and Birdland for 22 years, all to great acclaim!
Django’s unmistakable cool and jumpin’ jole de vivre have made him an icon for an unlikely range of luminaries from Carlos Santana to Eric Clapton, guitar greats! Jimi Hendrix named his “big band of gypsies” in tribute, and Willie Nelson adopted his influence in “country-swing.”
The Django Festival Allstars, have grown into a brilliantly cohesive group of star musicians who’ve taken America by storm, performing at top concert halls and festivals to standing ovations. The Django Festival Allstars bring this music to ‘today’ combining known standards and original music… intoxicating!
Show Times: 7:00 pm & 9:30 pm
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