RUSSELL MALONE QUINTET

Russell Malone Quintet with special guest George Coleman

 

Russell Malone – guitar George Coleman – tenor saxophone Michael Weiss – piano Vincent Dupont – bass Willie Jones III – drums “Russell Malone has the storytelling skills of a great, perhaps a legacy of his many years with Harry Connick, Jr. and Diana Krall.” – The Times of London Guitar master Russell Malone features very special guest George Coleman with his exceptional quartet of pianist Michael Weiss, bassist Vincent Dupont, and drummer Willie Jones III. Malone is a musician deeply rooted in the blues and bebop, and his soulfully swinging approach is just one of many reasons why he is so popular. Chicago Tribune states, “Though he spikes his solos with occasional running lines, it’s gently rolled chords and lush sequences of harmonies that ultimately define his work,” and JazzTimes describes him as “an uncommonly sensitive interpreter of ballads.”

Showtimes: Friday & Saturday ~ 7:00pm | 9:00pm | 10:30pm

Showtimes: Sunday ~ 7:00pm | 9:00pm

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MIGUEL ZENON QUARTET

Miguel Zenón is a Puerto Rican alto saxophonist, composer, band leader, music producer, and educator. He is a multiple Grammy Award nominee, and the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a MacArthur Fellowship. He also holds an Honorary Doctorate Degree in the Arts from Universidad del Sagrado Corazón.

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Captain John Handy was born on June 24, 1900 in Pass Christian, Mississippi. His father, John Handy Sr., had a family band that included two of his brothers, Sylvester and Julius. Although he also played guitar, mandolin, and drums at an early age, he chose reeds to develop his professional musical career, beginning with clarinet and then migrating to saxophone.

He moved to New Orleans, Louisiana in 1915 and during the 1920s played clarinet working with Kid Rena and Punch Miller. He switched to alto saxophone in 1928. From the early 1930s he led the Louisiana Shakers with his brother Sylvester, and toured throughout the South. In the latter 1930s Handy worked with Charles Creath in St. Louis, Missouri.

Captain John returned to New Orleans in the 1940s, where he performed with the Young Tuxedo Brass Band. Handy was interviewed several times for the Hogan Jazz Archive at Tulane University in New Orleans in the late 1950s and early Sixties. During the 1960s, he played with Kid Sheik Cola and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and recorded for GHB, RCA, and Jazz Crusade.

Alto saxophonist Captain John Handy, who was part of the New Orleans jazz revival, transitioned in New York on January 12, 1971 at the age of 70.

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KENNY GARRETT

Kenny Garrett [saxophones]
Keith Brown [piano]
Corcoran Holt [bass]
Rudy Bird [percussion]
Ronald Bruner [drums]

Newly named an NEA Jazz Master for 2023, Kenny Garrett and his swinging quintet will go on a musical journey! The NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship is the nation’s highest honor in jazz. Each year since 1982, the program has elevated to its ranks a select number of living legends who have made exceptional contributions to the advancement of jazz.

With his illustrious career that includes hallmark stints with Miles Davis, Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, Donald Byrd, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw and the Duke Ellington Orchestra, as well as a heralded career as a solo artist that began more than 30 years ago, Kenny Garrett is easily recognized as one of modern jazz’s brightest and most influential living masters. And with the marvelous Sounds From The Ancestors, the GRAMMY® Award-winning Garrett shows no signs of resting on his laurels.

Kenny Garrett’s latest release, Sounds From The Ancestors, is a multi-faceted album. Similar to how Miles Davis’ seminal LP, On the Corner, subverted its main guiding lights – James Brown, Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone – then crafted its own unique, polyrhythmic, groove-laden, improv-heavy universe, Sounds From The Ancestors occupies its own space with intellectual clarity, sonic ingenuity and emotional heft.

Friday & Saturday: 7:00pm | 9:30pm

Sunday: 5:00pm | 7:30pm

Ticket Fees: $3.46 – $4.16

Streaming: $10.00 + $1.70 fee

 

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Lemuel A. Davis was born in Tampa, Florida on June 22, 1914. He started playing alto saxophone in high school and worked in semi-pro bands before moving to New York City in the early Forties. There his career started with pianist Nat Jaffe. He went on to play with the Coleman Hawkins Septet in 1943 and with Eddie Heywood’s group.

Throughout the 1940s, he played in a variety of jazz groups. Lem composed the bebop tune Lem Me Go in 1946 and recorded it with Eddie Safranski’s All Stars along with Vido Musso, Sanford Gold and Denzil Best. Then in 1953 he appeared on Buck Clayton’s The Hucklebuck recording. He continued playing in New York City throughout the 1950s, recording four albums with Buck Clayton between 1954 and 1956. He recorded little thereafter.

Alto saxophonist Lem Davis, mostly associated with swing music, transitioned on January 16, 1970 in New York City.

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