KERMIT RUFFINS & THE BBQ SWINGERS

Halloween Special

American jazz trumpeter, singer, composer, and actor from New Orleans, Louisiana. He has been influenced by Louis Armstrong and Louis Jordan and says that the highest note he can hit on trumpet is a high C. He often accompanies his songs with his own vocals. Most of his bands perform New Orleans jazz standards though he also composes many of his own pieces.

 

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CHRISTOPHER BROWN QUARTET

Featuring Noah Simpson

Noah Simpson: Trumpet | Matt Sazima: Piano | Garrett Baxter: Bass | Christopher Brown: Drums

Christopher Brown is an acclaimed musician, composer, bandleader, and educator who seeks to be a voice within the advocacy of Jazz music and American culture. And through the expansive range of groups that he has assembled and/or performed with—which span from duos to Jazz big bands to military marching bands and orchestras—his musical and personal experiences have led him towards an interest in synthesizing the principles of Jazz with the day-to-day practicalities of life. However, given that businesses shape the global market economy that everyone lives and participates in, is why he has found it useful to integrate business philosophies with that of music to help develop himself and his band. Which as he likes to say, “we’re all in the same business…the people-trusting-people business. No people, no business.”

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RANDY PORTER TRIO

Randy Porter: Piano | Garrett Baxter: Bass | Charlie Doggett: Drums
Grammy-nominated jazz pianist Randy Porter has a refined understanding of improvisation and the spontaneous communication between musicians. As a Steinway Artist, Randy Porter draws from a rich palette of sonorities found within his imagination and the depths of the piano.
Lynn Darroch of The Oregonian states, “Porter has built a reputation as a musician’s musician, a knowledgeable, inventive, and sophisticated player with a remarkable sense of time and gorgeous keyboard facility…”

Two Show ~ 6:00pm & 8:00pm

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JAZZ DIALOGUE OPEN JAM

Grant Stewart (ts)

Tardo Hammer (p)

Ilya Lushtak (g)

David Wong (b)

Phil Stewart (d)

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CLARK TRACEY QUINTET

Line-up:

CLARK TRACEY drums

JAMES OWSTON double bass

GRAHAM HARVEY piano

ALEX CLARKE alto/tenor sax

EMILY MASSER vocals

Much acclaimed jazz drummer Clark Tracey has been leading his own bands since 1981 and currently leads an ever evolving quintet as well as tribute bands to his father, the late Stan Tracey. His latest quintet features a few of the most exciting young musicians today.

Alex Clarke on alto and tenor sax is aged 23.  She won the Rising Star in the British Jazz Awards 2 years ago and was runner up in the BBC Young Jazz Musician last year.  Last year she successfully released her debut CD “Only A Year” with Dave Newton, Dave Green and Clark Tracey.

Emily Masser is an astonishing vocalist, still 19 years of age and attending Trinity.  Her vocalese skills have already introduced her to hardened jazzers like Claire Martin and Liane Carroll who have both endorsed her and invited her to sit in with them.  Daughter of Dean Masser, her years belie her enormous talent, which began at Chethams School of Music.

Graham Harvey is one of the UK’s most experienced pianists, studied at Berkley, MD of Incognito, Stacey Kent’s pianist and much sought after as a freelancer.

James Owston on bass is 25, a graduate of Birmingham Conservatoire and again a runner up in the BBC Young Jazz Musician Finals a few years ago. Considered by Clark to be one most technically gifted upright bassists in the UK and is now working with a variety of musicians.

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