RONNIE LAWS
Ronnie Laws is an award-winning tenor saxophonist and composer whose career has, since the early 1970s, straddled the worlds of jazz and R&B. Since 1975, he has placed seven albums in the Top 200 — including his 1975 Blue Note debut Pressure Sensitive — as well as being the first saxophonist for Earth, Wind & Fire. He has worked as an in-demand session man and live musician with a who’s-who of jazz and R&B greats including Ramsey Lewis, Gregory Porter, B.B. King, George Duke, Quincy Jones, Stanley Jordan, and dozens more.
The Performers:
Ronnie Laws ~ saxophone
David Dyson ~ bass
Alvin White ~ guitar
Tim Steele ~ drums
Vince Evans ~ keys
Shawn Allen ~ vocals
Tickets: $55.00 ~ $65.00 + fee | Streaming: 5:00pm Only ~ $15.00 + fee
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Daily Dose Of Jazz…
John Joseph Kelson Jr. , known professionally as Jackie Kelso, was born in Los Angeles, California on February 27, 1922. He began taking clarinet lessons at age eight, studying with Caughey Roberts. When he was fifteen his Jefferson High School classmate Chico Hamilton urged him to take up the alto saxophone, making his professional debut with Jerome Myart that same year. By the time he graduated from Jefferson, he was playing with Hamilton, Buddy Collette, and Charles Mingus at Central Avenue clubs.
The 1940s saw Jackie playing with Barney Bigard, Marshal Royal, Lucky Thompson, Kid Ory, Benny Carter, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, and Roy Milton. He enlisted in the Navy in 1942 with Marshal and Ernie Royal, and, after training at Camp Robert Smalls, he was stationed with the Royals with St. Mary’s College Pre-Flight School band.
After the war he continued playing and by the 1950s he was performing with Johnny Otis, Billy Vaughan, Nelson Riddle, Bill Berry, Ray Anthony, the Capp-Pierce Juggernaut, Bob Crosby, C.L. Burke, and Duke Ellington. Joining Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps in 1958 he was featured on several recordings from that period such as Ac-centu-ate the Positive.
Working as a studio musician between 1964 and 1984, in addition Kelso recorded with Mercer Ellington and Mink DeVille, toured worldwide with Hampton, Ellington, and Vaughan, and appeared in The Concert for Bangladesh. Semi-retiring from music in 1984, he returned to perform in 1995 with the Count Basie Orchestra, where he became a regular in 1998.
Saxophonist, flautist, and clarinetist Jackie Kelso, who reverted to his birth name Kelson. died on April 28, 2012 in Beverly Hills, California, aged 90.
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Jackie Kelso: 1922~2012 | Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet
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Harry Gold, born Hyman Goldberg on February 26, 1907 in Leytonstone, London, England the eldest of six children to a Romanian/Polish heritage. Raised in the East End of London, he decided on a career in music after his father took him to see the Original Dixieland Jazz Band during their famous visit to Britain in 1919–1920.
He studied saxophone, clarinet, oboe and music theory under Louis Kimmel, a professor at the London College of Music. Harry began working professionally as a musician in the early 1920s playing with the Metronomes, Vic Filmer, Geraldo, Ambrose and many other bands. It was, however, his tenure as the star tenor saxophonist with the nationally popular dance band of Roy Fox from 1932 to 1937 that brought him to wide public attention.
In 1937, while working with Oscar Rabin, he formed a band within the Rabin orchestra, performing break sets as “The Pieces of Eight”. This band continued to perform throughout World War II, dodging bombs during the London Blitz and across the country. After the war Harry Gold and his Pieces of Eight became household names in Britain through the late 1940s and 1950s. During this time his Pieces of Eight accompanied the singer and composer Hoagy Carmichael on a well-received tour of the UK.
Gold carried on working into his late 80s and early 90s, playing occasionally. He left an extensive back catalogue of recordings on 78 rpm discs, Formally trained in composition and orchestration, Gold also wrote and arranged music outside of the jazz genre, and most of his career was spent actively in union duties and in efforts to promote the welfare of other musicians.
Dixieland jazz saxophonist and bandleader Harry Gold, whose career spanned almost the whole history of jazz in Britain in the 20th century, died on November 13, 2005.
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LAKECIA BENJAMIN
Lakecia Benjamin is a 5-time Grammy-nominated saxophonist, composer, arranger, and educator whose music blends jazz, funk, R&B, and hip-hop. Known for her warm tone and dynamic performances, she has collaborated with artists such as Missy Elliott, Alicia Keys, Gregory Porter, and Terri Lyne Carrington.
Benjamin has released several acclaimed albums, including Pursuance: The Coltranes (2020) and Phoenix (2023), which earned three Grammy nominations. A New York City native, she studied at the New School under jazz legends like Gary Bartz and Reggie Workman, honing her craft while touring with luminaries across genres.
Tickets: $45.00~$50.00
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RÉMI BOLDUC PRESENTS THE NEXT GENERATION
Rémi Bolduc is a Canadian jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer. He teaches jazz at the Schulich School of Music, McGill University in Montreal, Canada.
had an early start to his career, playing the saxophone professionally at 15 years of age. In 1982, he moved to Montreal, Quebec where he would work with established saxophonists Sayyd Abdul Al-Khabyyr, Simon Stone and Bob Mover. In the 1980s, Bolduc joined the hard-bop Bernard Primeau Jazz Ensemble and the Vic Vogel Big Band. He studied with New York-based alto saxophonist Steve Coleman and composer Vince Mendoza.
The saxophonist is now bringing into the forefront a host of young musicians who will become the torchbearers in the future of Canadian jazz.
Tickets: 3 sets: 7pm ($12.50+tax), 8:15pm ($10+tax) & 9:30pm (Free)
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