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Booker Little, Jr. was born in Memphis, Tennessee on April 2, 1938. He studied trumpet and music at the Chicago Conservatory from 1956 to 1958 during which time he worked with local musicians like Johnny Griffin. A move to New York offered him the opportunity to work with Max Roach and Eric Dolphy, recording with the later on the 1960 Far Cry session and leading a residency at the Five Spot in 1961. This collaboration would produce three classic albums for Prestige Records.

It was during this stint that he began to show promise of expanding the expressive range of the “vernacular” bebop idiom started by Clifford Brown in the mid-1950s. As a leader he recorded four albums and recorded another eleven as a sideman with Dolphy, Max Roach, John Coltrane, Slide Hampton, Bill Henderson, Abbey Lincoln and Frank Strozier during his short four years from 1958-1961.

Little made an important contribution to jazz as one of the first trumpeters to develop his own voice post Clifford Brown, though stylistically, he is rooted in Brown’s crisp articulation, burnished tone and balanced phrasing. Trumpeter and composer Booker Little died of complications resulting from uremia due to kidney failure at the age of 23 on October 5, 1961 in New York City.

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PHILIP HARPER FEATURING WINARD HARPER

Philip and Winard Harper are celebrated jazz musicians born in America, a trumpeter and drummer respectively, known for leading the acclaimed post-bop group, The Harper Brothers, during the late 1980s and early 1990s. They recorded successful albums for Verve Records and toured internationally, with Winard continuing as a prominent bandleader and sideman.

The Band
Philip Harper / Trumpet
Winard Harper / Drums
Rico Jones / Tenor Saxophone
Raphael Silverman / Guitar
Maki Nientao / Piano
Jason Maximo Clotter ~ Bass

Tickets: $40.00

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CURTIS TAYLOR

Curtis Taylor is a dynamic jazz trumpeter, composer, and educator whose artistry bridges technical mastery and soulful expression. Raised in Bedford, Ohio he began playing trumpet at an early age and committed to a life in jazz after formative concert experiences in his youth. He honed his craft under the mentorship of leading artists while studying at Michigan State University and Rutgers University.

JAZZ at MOCA is South Florida’s longest-running free outdoor jazz concert series and one of the museum’s most beloved public programs for in-person open air musical entertainment.

Since 1999, Jazz at MOCA has been presented on the MOCA Plaza on the last Friday of the month.  Attendees pay as you wish for admission to the museum from 7 to 10pm. Seating starts at 7pm, concert begins at 8pm.

TICKETS: FREE

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ETIENNE CHARLES

Etienne Charles is a performer, composer and storyteller, who is constantly searching for untold tales and sounds with which to tell them. His lush trumpet sound, varied compositional textures and pulsating percussive grooves enable him to invoke trance, soothing and exciting listeners. His concerts engage, enlighten, educate and enrich audiences with energized multidisciplinary performance utilizing original composition, thematic improvisation, dance, and spoken word to create a holistic experience. A firm believer in music and performance as a tool for provoking thought and dialogue, Etienne’s themes speak to the status quo while drawing parallels to history.

Born in Trinidad, his work is actively connecting the diaspora and drawing lines to the regions at the roots of migrations, evident in his latest release, Live in San Francisco Vol. 1. As a sideman, Etienne has performed with and/or arranged for Roberta Flack, Chucho Valdes, Marcus Roberts, Marcus Miller, Count Basie Orchestra, Monty Alexander, Gregory Porter, Terri Lyne Carrington, and many others. He has been commissioned as a composer and arranger by Lincoln Center for the New York Philharmonic, Savannah Music Festival and Chamber Music America. He currently serves as Associate Professor of Studio Music and Jazz at University of Miami Frost School of Music.

Tickets: $46.78 fees included

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Algeria Junius “June” Clark was born on March 24, 1900 in Long Branch, New Jersey and played piano as a child. He went on to learn bugle and trumpet, playing in local brass bands. Taking a job as a porter in New Orleans, he played in a musical revue called S. H. Dudley‘s Black Sensations, alongside James P. Johnson.

Clark and Johnson parted from the show to play on their own, landing in Toledo, Ohio and playing with Jimmy Harrison in the late 1910s. By 1920 Clark relocated to Philadelphia performing with Josephine Stevens and Willie “The Lion” Smith. He would go on to work in the traveling show Holiday in Dixie, but after a poor run it folded and Clark temporarily took up work in an automobile factory.

Rejoining Harrison soon after as a member of the Fess Williams Band, by 1924 June was in New York City playing with his own band. In the 30s he played with Ferman Tapp, Jimmy Reynolds, George Baquet, Charlie Skeete and Vance Dixon. However, failing health led him to quit music and he became Louis Armstrong’s tour manager.

Suffering from an extended bout of tuberculosis in 1939 Clark was bedridden for several years. After his recovery he worked as a musical advisor and assisted Earl Hines. Giving up music altogether, in the Forties he turned to boxing and became Sugar Ray Robinson’s manager. On February 23, 1963 trumpeter, cornetist, advisor and manager June Clark passed away in New York City.

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