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SUMMARY:Peter Slavov
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents New York-based bassist\, composer\, session musician\, arranger\, and educator Peter Slavov in the Green Room.\n\n\nDoors at 7pm | Show at 7:30pm \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets: $15 advance | $20 at the door ($10 student tickets available) \n\nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n\nPeter Slavov is a New York-based bassist\, composer\, session musician\, arranger\, and educator. Since he started performing professionally in the mid-1990s\, Peter has performed at some of the most prestigious venues and festivals in more than 40 countries on 5 continents. Born to the family of legendary Bulgarian drummer Peter Slavov Sr.\, Peter (sometimes credited as Petar) has been playing bass since the age of twelve. \nWhile studying classical music at the Pipkov Music School in Sofia\, Bulgaria\, Peter discovered American jazz and soon after became the busiest bassist on the scene in Bulgaria\, playing with the country’s finest musicians and touring around Europe.In 1998 Peter received a scholarship from Boston’s famed Berklee College of Music\, and in 1999 moved to Boston to attend Berklee. In 2001\, he was awarded the Berklee Bass Department’s John Neves Memorial Scholarship Award for Outstanding Musicianship\, as well as a full scholarship. \nSince graduating from Berklee in 2002\, Peter Slavov has performed and recorded with world-renowned artists such as Joe Lovano\, Quincy Jones\, George Garzone\, Danilo Perez\, Chucho Valdes\, Kevin Mahogany\, Simon Shaheen\, Elio Villafranca\, Emily Bear and many others. Peter is a member of Grammy award-winning saxophonist Joe Lovano’s Classic Quartet and Lovano’s Us Five band. In 2012\, Us Five received the Award for Best Small Group by the Jazz Journalists Association of America. \nPeter Slavov is also featured on the most recent album by Joe Lovano and Us Five\, “Cross Culture”\, which was released on the historic Blue Note label.Peter has performed with legendary producer/arranger/composer Quincy Jones’ Global Gumbo Project. Peter has also recorded for Jones. He is featured on Cuban pianist Alfredo Rodriguez’ critically-acclaimed\, GRAMMY®-nominated album The Invasion Parade(released in 2014)\, which Quincy Jones produced. \nPeter has performed at some of the most prestigious festivals around the world\, including: \nThe Monterey Jazz Festival\, The Detroit Jazz Festival\, Festival de Jazz de Montreal\, The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival\, The North Sea Jazz Festival (Holland)\, Umbria Jazz Festival (Italy)\, Jazz a Juan(France)\, Paris Jazz Festival\, Dubai Jazz Festival (UAE)\, Istanbul Jazz Festival (Turkey)\, The Israel Festival (Israel)\, Festival Chile Jazz\, and many more. \nPeter has also performed at numerous legendary performance venues\, such as: \nJazz at Lincoln Center (New York City)\, Town Hall (NYC)\,The Village Vanguard (New York City)\,Birdland (New York City)\, Blue Note (New York\, Milan\, Tokyo\, Beijing and Nagoya)\, The Fox Theater (Atlanta)\, Severance Hall (Cleveland)\, MGM Grand (Las Vegas)\,The Detroit Institute of Art (Detroit)\, Olympia Hall (Paris)\, Massey Hall (Toronto)\,The Jerusalem Theater (Jerusalem)\, Bulgaria Hall (Sofia)\, Chang Kai Shek National Theater (Taipei)\,Bimhuis (Amsterdam)\, Centro Nacional de las Artes (Mexico City)\,The Jazz Standard (New York City)\,Yoshi’s (San Francisco)\, Minton’s Playhouse (New York City)\, Dakota (Minneapolis)\, New Morning (Paris)\, La Cigale (Paris)\, Duc Des Lombards (Paris)\, Zappa (Tel Aviv) and countless more. \nHe has been featured on Fox 5 New York\, WBGO – NPR Newark\, WGBH-NPR Boston\, CBC (Canada)\, PBS\, TF1 (France)\, Mezzo (France)\, Radio France Internationale\, WERS – Boston\, Jazz FM (Bulgaria)\, BR (Germany)\, Azteca TV (Mexico)\, IMER (Mexico)\, Bulgarian National Television and the Bulgarian National Radio.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/peter-slavov/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Phillip Bond "Perfect Lover" EP Release Show
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Phillip Bond’s “Perfect Lover” EP Release Show in the Green Room.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors open at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm\nTickets: $15 in advance | $20 at the door \n\nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n\nPhillip Bond is a 25-year-old Tennessee native whose energy illuminates into the crowd and all the way to the back of the venue. His humble stage presence is so comforting that you can’t help but dance along with him as he sings about the most meaningful and trying moments of his life. When he performs\, he pulls his audience in and unleashes every part of himself to them. Born in Jackson and raised in Memphis\, his roots bleed music\, imagination\, and authenticity. Every experience has led him to create his own unique sound within the adult contemporary genre. His ballad-heavy\, upbeat\, and easy listening tunes leave his fans feeling uplifted and satisfied. His music embodies characteristics similar to Beyonce and Prince\, that help him to envision and produce true works of art\, which is reflected through his first EP\, “Perfect Lover.”
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/phillip-bond-perfect-lover-ep-release-show/
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SUMMARY:Circuit des Yeux with Optic Sink
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Circuit des Yeux with Optic Sink in The Green Room. \nTICKETS: $20 advance | $25 at the door\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nPurchase Tickets Here \n“-io is brilliantly extravagant” \n – NPR\, 50 Best Albums of 2021 \n“Fohr explores every nuance in her voice\, soaring and diving to unplumbed depths” \n– The Washington Post \n“A stirring reflection on grief\, oblivion and acceptance\, the album sounds like a fearless free fall into the void.” \n– New York Times \nCircuit des Yeux’s 2021 album -io was ranked on NPR’s 50 Best Albums of 2021\, Pitchfork’s 100 Best Songs of 2021\, and The Wire’s Top 50 Releases of 2021\, among other best of 2021 year-end lists.  \nHaley Fohr is a vocalist\, composer and singer-songwriter based in Chicago\, Illinois. Her musical endeavors focus around our human condition\, and her 10-year career as Circuit des Yeux has grown into one of America’s most successful efforts to connect the personal to the universal. \nShe is most distinctly identified by her 4-octave voice and unique style of 12-string guitar. Her mysterious “Jackie Lynn” project landed her on the cover of Wire Magazine in August of 2016. Her recent works include an Original Soundtrack for Charles Bryant’s silent film Salomé (1923)\, commissioned by Opera North\, and a critically acclaimed 2017 album Reaching For Indigo\, released on Drag City Records. \nCircuit des Yeux’s first studio album since 2017\, -io\, is her first for Matador Records. The sky over -io is Florida’s strange\, radiant orange. It’s a built environment\, unnatural\, made from concrete and glass\, with skyscrapers that stretch to the vanishing point as you gaze up at them. \nIt’s crumbling and suffocating\, a city perpetually on the brink of collapse\, where tension never topples over into catharsis\, where the heat never breaks. \nInside this world and its closed loop of time\, Fohr found herself able to begin moving again. “I was haunted by memories in the pandemic\,” she says. “As someone with PTSD\, memories are all twisted up inside of me in a way that doesn’t help my higher self. Making this album was once again an exercise of trying to relieve myself of some of that darkness in a way that music has always done for me.” \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/circuit-des-yeux/
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SUMMARY:Anika
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Anika\, the project of Berlin-based musician Annika Henderson\, in The Green Room. \nTICKETS: $15 in advance | $20 day of show \nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnika — the project of Berlin-based musician Annika Henderson\, who is also a founding member of Exploded View — announces Change\, her first new album in over a decade. Her video for “Change” was directed by Sven Gutjahr\, who also directed the video for her recent single\, “Finger Pies.” The follow-up to cult favorite Anika (2010)\, Change is beautifully fraught. The intimacy of its creation and a palpable sense of global anxiety are seemingly baked into the album’s DNA. Spread across nine tracks\, the central feeling of the record is one of heightened frustration buoyed by guarded optimism. The songs offer skittering\, austere electronic backdrops reminiscent of classic Broadcast records or Hi Scores-era Boards of Canada\, playing them against Anika’s remarkable voice — Nico-esque\, beautifully plaintive\, and — in regard to the record’s subject matter — totally resolute. \nHaving worked collaboratively in the past with the likes of BEAK> and Exploded View\, Change was ultimately the product of necessity. After recording the initial ideas by herself at Berlin’s Klangbild Studios\, Anika was joined by Exploded View’s Martin Thulin\, who co-produced the album and played some live drums and bass. “This album had been planned for a little while\, and the circumstances of its inception were quite different to what had been expected\,” says Anika. “This colored the album quite significantly. The lyrics were all written there on the spot. It’s a vomit of emotions\, anxieties\, empowerment\, and of thoughts like — How can this go on? How can we go on?” \nRecorded at a time when literally everyone in the world was being forced to take stock\, rethink\, and reimagine their own place in the cosmos of things\, Anika provides the wisened perspective of an outsider. It’s a perspective that is not lost on the British ex- pat and former political journalist\, and despite the subject matter and the circumstances around its creation\, Change itself is ultimately a treatise on optimism. The title track presents the album’s message writ large: “I think we can change. We all have things to learn\, about ourselves and about each other.” To end the record on such a sanguine note might be one of Change’s most revolutionary gestures. \n“There’s a lot of stuff I want to change\,” says Anika. “Some things I sat down and decided last year\, I had to change about myself and my life. Sometimes it feels helpless\, because the things we want to change are so huge and out of our control. Starting with yourself is always a good place. I think we can change.”
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/anika/
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SUMMARY:Hubby Jenkins from the Carolina Chocolate Drops
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Hubby Jenkins from the Carolina Chocolate Drops in the Green Room. \nTickets: $16 in advance | $20 day of show (plus fees)\nDoors open at 7:00pm | Show begins at 7:30pm \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nHubby Jenkins is a talented multi-instrumentalist who endeavors to share his love and knowledge of old-time American music. Born and raised in Brooklyn\, he delved into his Southern roots\, following the thread of African-American history that wove itself through country blues\, ragtime\, fiddle and banjo\, and traditional jazz. \nHubby got his higher musical education started as a busker. He developed his guitar and vocal craft on the sidewalks and subway platforms of New York City\, performing material by those venerable artists whose work he was quickly absorbing. An ambitiously itinerant musician\, he took his show on the road\, playing the streets\, coffee shops\, bars\, and house parties of cities around the country. \nAfter years of busking around the U.S and making a name for himself\, Hubby became acquainted with the Carolina Chocolate Drops. He was an integral part of the Grammy award-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops from 2010 to 2014. Since 2015 to 2018\, he was active in touring and recording member in the Rhiannon Giddens band. He was on her album “Tomorrow Is My Turn” in 2015 and in 2017 “Freedom Highway.” After these projects Hubby’s focus is on solo performances around the world.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/hubby-jenkins-from-the-carolina-chocolate-drops/
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SUMMARY:Luke Winslow-King featuring Roberto Luti
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Luke Winslow-King featuring Roberto Luti in the Green Room. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors open at 7pm | Show at 7:30pm\nTickets: $15 in advance | $20 at the door (plus fees) \n\nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n\nLuke Winslow-King is a guitarist\, singer\, producer\, and songwriter. Having spent more than 15 years in New Orleans\, his work is an eclectic mix that combines Mississippi delta blues\, folk music\, traditional jazz\, and roots rock & roll. \nHis songs blend contemporary ideas with styles from bygone eras\, producing a sound that is rustic\, urbane\, elegant\, and entirely his own. \nTuscan Slide Guitar Maestro Roberto Luti’s unorthodox\, angular\, and evocative slide guitar style is based on Mississippi and Chicago blues and is influenced by soul and African roots traditions. During his nearly decade-long residency in New Orleans\, Luti became an integral part of international recording project Playing For Change (PFC). He also laid the original track for One Love\, Higher Ground\, and Gimme Shelter\, which has accumulated over 100 million YouTube plays. \nLuke Winslow King and Roberto Luti have toured extensively in North America and Europe\, appearing on notable stages such as Austin City Limits\, New Orleans JazzFest\, Azkena Rock Festival (Spain)\, Tønder Festival Paradiso (Netherlands)\, Glastonbury (UK)\, Byron Bay Blues Fest (AUS)\, and countless more. \nRecorded in Memphis\, Tennessee\, Winslow-King’s seventh full-length album “If These Walls Could Talk” is to be released May 2022 on Ghost River Records\, featuring Roberto Luti\, Rev. Charles Hodges (Al Green)\, Fat Possum recording artists The Sensational Barnes Brothers\, and was produced by Dominc John Davis (Jack White). Like all of Winslow-King’s work\, “If These Walls Could Talk” continues to propel rugged roots to the vanguard of modern artistic sensibility. \n“They’re one of the most professional\, staunchly original\, and true-to-their-core bands working today.” — American Songwriter \n“Steeped in the muddy Delta blues\, but prickles with the raunch of a more Mid-Western take on the genre.” — Consequence of Sound \n“…he demonstrate[s] a wide range of songwriting worthy of comparison to Jason Isbell and John Fullbright.” — Austin Chronicle
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/luke-winslow-king-featuring-roberto-luti/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:SOLD OUT: The Colors of J.Buck
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents R&B artist J.Buck in the Green Room.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors at 7pm | Show at 7:30pm\nTickets: $15 advance | $20 day of the show \n\nTHIS SHOW IS NOW SOLD OUT. \n\nIt’s time the world can open its ears to the dynamic R&B sounds of J. Buck aka “Buck Nasty”. Born Joshua Buck\, this Memphis native is on his way to adding his contribution to Memphis’s music legacy. J.Buck distinguished himself as a solo artist and songwriter early in his career with unique stage presence and profound lyrics. In 2015\, Buck released his debut EP The JBuck Experience\, which the Murfreesboro Pulse cited as “a step towards the direction of this generation’s version of Marvin Gaye” At first glance\, you may confuse him for the ghost of David Ruffin or Prince with his slick style and electrifying performances. With various influences from Rock\, Blues\, and Hip-hop\, this soul brother amplifies the black male experience through love\, addiction\, and free thought. \nIn 2016\, Buck hosted a European tour off the sophomore album Love Matters captivating audiences with vocal range and flashy dance moves. He’s also won various competitions including IKEAs Battle of The Bands and has been featured on Sofar Sounds and South by Southwest. Back in full effect in 2020 with the latest project Bar Talk\, the album explores the reality of situationships\, addiction\, and the millennial black male experience. Spreading love and funk through his music\, J. Buck embodies the ability to musically seduce his fans giving them an experience that they can’t forget.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-colors-of-j-buck/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Anthony Wilson Album Release Show
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Anthony Wilson in the Green Room for a special record release show for his new album “The Plan of Paris.”\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors open at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm\nTickets: $15 advance | $20 day of the show \n\n\nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n\n\nA guitarist and composer/songwriter known for a wide-ranging body of musical work that moves effortlessly across genres\, Wilson has released twelve solo albums\, including his Grammy-nominated debut. The three most recent — “Frogtown\,” “Songs and Photographs\,” and “The Plan of Paris” — reveal his growing dedication to the art of songcraft as a powerful mode of musical communication. \nIn addition to his solo work\, Anthony Wilson has toured and recorded with a diverse group of legendary artists\, including Diana Krall\, Charles Lloyd\, Ron Carter\, Bobby Hutcherson\, Paul McCartney\, Willie Nelson\, Barbra Streisand\, Melody Gardot\, Aaron Neville\, and many more.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/anthony-wilson-album-release-show/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Kyndle Wylde with special guest The PRVLG
DESCRIPTION:Tickets purchased for the original February 3\, 2022 date will be accepted at the May 24\, 2022 rescheduled date. (Please email jenny@crosstownarts.org with questions.) \n\nCrosstown Arts presents singer/songwriter Kyndle Wylde in The Green Room. \nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm\nTICKETS: $12 advance | $15 at the door \nPurchase Tickets Here \nGospel-raised in tiny Bolivar\, Tennessee\, singer/songwriter Kyndle Wylde has a voice that has demanded attention since she started singing in her crib. Kyndle is the lead singer of the Memphis Ukulele Band and a graduate of the University of Memphis. Her voice and harmonies have quickly made her an in-demand singer both onstage and in-studio in the soul city. \nKyndle was living in Nashville when the pandemic hit\, and denied her performance outlet\, she dug deep\, and the songwriting that had always been on the sideline became her mission. Kyndle has been acclaimed for her singing since she’d first stood in front of an audience\, but through songwriting\, she discovered a new voice inside her. The result is a six-song sonic Polaroid of who she is at this moment. Kyndle Wylde’s self-titled debut EP\, released under Memphis International Records\, is out now.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/kyndle-wylde/
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SUMMARY:The Adam Larson Trio featuring Bob DeBoo and John Kizilarmut
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents The Adam Larson Trio featuring Bob DeBoo and John Kizilarmut. \nClinic at 4pm (Free and open to the public. Email jenny@crosstownarts.org for more information.) \nDoors open at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm\nTickets: $15 advance | $20 day of the show \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nThis performance and workshop is made possible with the support of Jazz Road\, a national initiative of South Arts\, which is funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation with additional support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.  \n\nAdam Larson (b. 1990) is an American saxophonist\, composer\, educator and author currently residing in the Kansas City-area. Larson is an endorsed artist for P. Mauriat Saxophones\, Boston Sax Shop and Key Leaves. \nLarson has released six albums under his own name and maintains an active touring schedule year-round playing his original music. Adam has been a guest artist at over 100 universities across the globe and has toured internationally in Germany\, Holland\, India\, Taiwan\, Africa\, Poland and the United Kingdom. In the U.S.\, Adam has led his own bands at storied venues such as Birdland\, Smalls\, 55 Bar\, Jazz Standard\, Dizzy’s\, The Green Mill\, The Jazz Showcase\, Dazzle\, The Jewel\, The Black Cat\, Jazz at the Bistro and Noce\, among others. \nLarson has authored twelve educational texts and produced an online masterclass that have collectively sold in more than 75 countries and maintains a robust virtual lessons studio\, working with dozens of students each month. \nLarson currently teaches in the Arts Entrepreneurship Program at UMKC\, where he previously taught jazz saxophone\, music business and jazz pedagogy. \n\nJohn Kizilarmut has performed with a wide range of artists and groups including Aretha Franklin\, Doc Severinsen\, Benny Golson\, Jerry Bergonzi\, Matt Wilson\, Jimmy Heath\, Branford Marsalis\, Adam Larson\, Logan Richardson\, Clark Terry\, New York Voices\, Ana Gasteyer\, Conspirare\, Shirley Jones\, DJ Starscream\, and the Des Moines Symphony. \nHe is a frequent guest performer and clinician at percussion and jazz festivals throughout the midwest\, including Texas\, Iowa\, and Nebraska Days of Percussion; Tallcorn\, Kansas City\, Cherokee\, Hannover\, and Iowa City Jazz Festivals. In 2013\, John was a featured artist along with with TOCA artist Jamal Mohamed and Marimba One artist Matthew Coley at the PASIC convention. He is also an active composer and arranger\, and his works have been featured by many award-winning music programs including the 2013 State Jazz champion Waukee High School Jazz Ensemble\, Lake Central High School Band\, several DCI Drum Corps\, and the University of Texas percussion ensemble. \nAs an educator\, John directed the 2017 Iowa All-State Jazz Ensemble\, and has served on the faculties of Drake University\, Grinnell College\, and Northwest Missouri State University. John and his son Evan currently reside in Kansas City MO\, where he is a member of the jazz studies faculty at UMKC. \n\n\n\nBob DeBoo was born in Fort Worth\, Texas and has been involved in music since age 10. His musical life began as a drummer in school and grunge bands\, but in his early teens he gravitated to electric bass – particularly after hearing Jaco Pastorius\, Stanley Clarke\, Marcus Miller\, and Les Claypool. His journey towards playing Jazz really took hold when he heard Ornette Coleman’s “The Shape of Jazz to Come” in High School. He found a mentor in his first upright bass teacher\, Michael Blanco. It wasn’t long before he was playing gigs all over the DFW area. \nBob’s formal music study began at the University of North Texas (1999-2001)\, where he studied with Lynn Seaton and Craig Butterfield. During this time he was playing with many great Jazz musicians in the Dallas area\, such as Marchel Ivery\, Shelley Carroll\, Quamon Fowler\, and Arlington Jones\, to name a few. In 2001 he was awarded a substantial scholarship to study music at the New School in Manhattan (2002-2004). At the New School Bob was surrounded and influenced by many amazing young musicians. His primary bass teachers during his New School days were Ben Street\, Michael Moore\, Dennis Irwin\, Cameron Browne\, and Johannes Weidenmuller. \nAfter graduating from the New School\, Bob continued playing in the New York area with great musicians such as Frank Locrasto\, Jeremy Pelt\, Logan Richardson\, Tommy Crane\, and Manuel Valera. He also became more active in playing creative bands like Josh Mease’s Superioirty Complex\, an experimental drum-n-bass group named Doctor Oscillator\, and a hip-hop group named The Piranhas. – all of which have several albums released in the early/mid-2000s. \nAn engagement to the love of his life\, Beth\, brought him to Saint Louis in 2006\, where he has resided ever since. Bob has been incredibly active in the Jazz scene\, playing with every major artist in the area. In Saint Louis he has worked often with Willie Akins\, Freddie Washington\, Denise Thymes\, Ptah Williams\, Erin Bode\, Dave Stone\, Adam Maness\, Peter Schlamb\, and Montez Coleman. A regular fixture at Jazz at the Bistro\, he has been involved with many great musicians as they travel through the area – Terrell Stafford\, Bruce Barth\, Keyon Harrold\, Adam Larson\, Allison Miller\, Peter Martin\, Matt Wilson\, Emmanuel Harrold\, Houston Person\, Johnny O’Neal\, Chad Lefkowitz-Brown\, Geoff Keezer\, among many more. Bob is also active in leading his own groups – including performances at LouFest\, Chesterfield Jazz Festival\, and at Jazz at the Bistro. He is also known for hosting a long-running Jazz jam session at the Kranzberg Arts Center in Grand Center. \nVery involved in Jazz education as well Bob has taught for years with Jazz St. Louis’ “JazzU” program\, with Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Jazz for Young People program\, Peter Martin’s Open Studio Network\, and is an adjunct bass professor at Missouri State University and Jefferson College. He has also taught private lessons to many young bassists over the years and keeps a full roster of students.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-adam-larson-trio-featuring-bob-deboo-and-john-kizilarmut/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:Ed Gerhard
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents acoustic guitarist Ed Gerhard in the Green Room.\n\nDoors at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm\nTickets: $20 advance | $25 at the door\n\nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n\n\nAbout Ed Gerhard:\n\nPerforming on 6-string\, 12-string\, slide guitar or Acoustic Hawaiian Lap Slide\, Gerhard captivates his audiences with virtuosity\, generosity and sly humor.  Known for his gorgeous tone and compositional depth\, Gerhard can move a listener with a single note. Scott Alalrik of the Boston Globe said it best when he wrote ‘Gerhard does not write instrumentals. He writes songs only a guitar can sing.\n\n\n\nGerhard’s relationship with the guitar began at age 10\, when he happened upon classical guitar master Andrés Segovia on TV. “I’d heard all the pop music on the radio and maybe a little of that 60’s folk stuff\, but this was the first time I’d ever heard the guitar all by itself and the sound just instantly got me\,” he remembers. Ed finally got his first guitar at 14. His initial interest in classical guitar changed dramatically when he heard the music of bluesman Mississippi John Hurt. He quit lessons after the third one. He took some informal lessons with friends and learned by ear\, slowing down LPs to half-speed to pick out the tricky parts. At fifteen\, Ed was already beginning to perform in local church basement coffeehouses\, playing solo and jamming with friends.\n\nIn 1977 Gerhard moved to New Hampshire where he has resided ever since. Joining a thriving folk and acoustic music scene proved invaluable for the young guitarist. “There seemed to be no limitation on places to play back then\, or more importantly\, what you could play” says Ed. “You could play anything you wanted as long as people stayed around and drank.” When Gerhard was not performing solo he could often be seen sitting in with other musicians. “I loved to play\, it didn’t matter if I was solo or sideman.” During this period Ed began composing and arranging music for solo guitar\, using a staggering array of alternative guitar tunings.\n\nBased truly on the quality of his work\, Ed built his considerable reputation\, beginning with his debut album “Night Birds” in 1987. It garnered a spot in the Boston Globe Critics Poll Top 10 Albums of the Year.” Shortly after the album’s release\, Windham Hill Records included Ed on its Guitar Sampler (Vol.1). One of the highlights of the three hundred thousand unit selling Sampler\, “The Handing Down” introduced the world to the beauty of Ed Gerhard’s music. “That one piece made me a lot of friends around the world\,” Ed says.\n\nEd has released his ninth CD “There and Gone.” He was awarded a GRAMMY® for his inclusion on the CD “Henry Mancini; Pink Guitar.” Warner Brothers\, MelBay and Hal Leonard have all released Ed Gerhard’s music in books. His guitar work can be heard on recordings by Arlo Guthrie\, Jorma Kaukonen\, Bill Morrissey  and in the Ken Burns films “Mark Twain” and “ The National Parks: America’s Best Idea.”\n\nEd’s CD “Luna” is featured in Acoustic Guitar Magazine’s 20th Anniversary list of the “240 Essential Albums.” “This soulful album of original compositions rich in melody\, chordal complexity and stylistic variety proves why Gerhard is considered to have the most exquisite acoustic guitar tone on the planet.” -Acoustic Guitar Magazine\n\n\n\nAlong with players like Ben Harper and David Lindley\, Gerhard’s unique approach to the Weissenborn (an acoustic Hawaiian lap slide guitar) is playing a significant role in reinvigorating interest in this somewhat esoteric but beautiful instrument. Ed’s style of Weissenborn playing is unique in that he composes and arranges music for solo Weissenborn with beautiful melodies\, complex chords and moving basslines\, unusual for an instrument that normally serves an accompaniment role. Ed is featured in the book “Lap Steel Guitar” alongside legendary players like Greg Leisz\, David Lindley\, Jerry Byrd and more.\n\nIn a true collaboration of guitarist and guitar maker\, Breedlove Guitars released the “Ed Gerhard Signature Model” guitar. The guitar became one of Breedlove’s best selling guitars and won the “Player’s Choice Award” by  Acoustic Guitar Magazine. Breedlove has released a Gerhard Weissenborn copy in collaboration with Gerhard. Here they have combined traditional design with innovative features and contemporary wood combinations.\n\nEd tours in the US\, Canada\, Europe\, Japan\, China and Korea.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/ed-gerhard/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:Sunken Cages: Digital Folk Music
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Sunken Cages\, the moniker of drummer/electronic music producer Ravish Momin\, in The Green Room. \nTICKETS: $15 plus fees\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nSunken Cages is the moniker of drummer/electronic music producer Ravish Momin\, who started out as an acoustic drummer and percussionist a couple of decades ago. He has worked as a sideman with a wide array of musicians\, from pop-star Shakira to legendary avant-saxophonist Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre (of the AACM). In addition\, he has also leads his own groups on international stages. \nAs Sunken Cages\, Momin is able to showcase his unique hybrid approach which splits the difference between live performance and production. He plays electronic and acoustic drums and triggers melodies and textures. He also layers loops while manipulating them in real-time to blur the lines between composition and improvisation. While rooted in Indian folk and Black Music traditions\, he is also influenced by the street sounds of underground dance music from Sao Paolo to Durban to Mumbai and beyond.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/sunken-cages-digital-folk-music/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:Ambient Chaos: Out of Space Series
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Ambient Chaos: Out of Space Series\, feat. Pas Musique\, Robert Traxler\, Sci-Fi Industries\, and Colour Sound Oblivion.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors at 7pm | Show at 7:30pm\nTickets: $15 advance | $18 at the door \n\nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n\n\n\n\nPas Musique\n\nPas Musique emerged from Brooklyn\, New York in 1995 as a solo project of founder Robert L. Pepper and has since gone through many variations of experimental\, electronic iterations. In 2018\, Pas Musique remain as a four piece consisting of Jon V Worthley\, Michael Durek\, Jesse Fairbairn\, and Robert Pepper\, pursuing the musical elements of electronic\, experimental music with krautrock undertones. Pas Musique have collaborated with many great musicians which include Faust\, Rapoon\, ZEV\, Philippe Petit\, HATI\, Chester Hawkins\, Jim Tuite\, and many more. Pas Musique have performed in 18 countries and all throughout the United States.\nwww.pasmusique.net\n\nRobert Traxler\n\nRobert Traxler makes music sometimes and sometimes runs the Memphis Concrète experimental music festival.\nhttps://traxtronix.bandcamp.com/\n\nSci Fi Industries\n\nSci-Fi Industries is Luis van Seixas\, an electronic music project\, where only hardware machines are involved in the production process (No computers).\nThe musical influences lay on electro-industrial and Goth rock from the 80s and SFI’s sound could be defined as a personal blend of dark ambient\, cutting edge drum programming with an ethnical flavor.\nProfessionally Luis van Seixas is art conservator of sculpture and gilded and polychrome objects.\n\nhttps://scifiindustries.bandcamp.com/\n \nColour Sound Oblivion\n\n\nColour Sound Oblivion is Kiefer Gorena\, a musican from the American south who loves strange\, innovative music just as much as regular\, safe music. He has created 10 primary DIY albums in various styles\, reflecting his eclectic tastes\, using whatever amateur or professional tools at his disposal. This includes a best-of compilation called Ignorant Wonderland on Thisco Records. Lately\, he has focused on standard singer/songwriter guitar fare. \nhttps://coloursoundoblivion.bandcamp.com/
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/ambient-chaos-out-of-space-series/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:Roseanna Vitro
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents jazz singer Roseanna Vitro with the Ted Ludwig Quartet in the Green Room. \nDoors open at 7pm | Show starts at 7:30pm \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets: $15 advance | $20 day of the show \n\nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n\nRoseanna Vitro began singing at an early age\, drawing inspiration from gospel\, rock\, rhythm and blues\, musical theatre\, and classical music. During the 1950s\, her father owned a night club in Hot Springs called The Flamingo. He loved Dean Martin‘s music and opera\, and her mother’s family sang gospel. By the 1960s\, she was determined to be a rock singer. \nVitro was exposed to jazz and it became her genre of choice after moving to Houston\, Texas in the 1970s. Ray Sullenger discovered Vitro and presented her to the Houston jazz community where she sang frequently with Arnett Cobb. She worked for two years at the Green Room in Houston with her group Roseanna with Strings and Things and hosted a radio show on KUHF-FM. The band performed with Oscar Peterson\, Bill Evans\, Tommy Flanagan\, and Keter Betts. Cobb\, Peterson\, and Sullenger encouraged her to dedicate herself to jazz. \nIn 1978\, she moved to New York City with guitarist Scott Hardy and began to study with Gabor Carelli\, a professor from the Manhattan School of Music\, and began to perform with Kenny Werner and Fred Hersch. She sang with Lionel Hampton and toured with him. She appeared at The Blue Note\, Iridium\, Birdland\, and Dizzy’s Jazz Club at Lincoln Center. She appeared with Steve Allen at The Town Hall at The Apollo Theater and recorded an album of Allen’s songs. In 2005 she performed and recorded with the Kenny Werner Trio at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. \nShe has worked with Kenny Barron\, Christian McBride\, Elvin Jones\, Gary Bartz\, Kevin Mahogany\, and David “Fathead” Newman\, all of whom have appeared on her recordings. She was a guest on Marian McPartland’s radio program Piano Jazz. Her album The Music of Randy Newman received 4 1/2 stars in Down Beat magazine and a Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album in 2012. \nVitro taught vocal jazz at the State University of New York at Purchase and retired in 2017 as Vocal Jazz Chair at New Jersey City University and New Jersey Performing Arts Center. She holds workshops\, concerts\, and master classes. She has studied classical voice\, ear-training\, classical Indian vocal technique\, Portuguese\, piano\, and jazz technique and concept. \nhttps://roseannavitrojazz.squarespace.com/media
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/roseanna-vitro-with-the-ted-ludwig-quartet/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:Folk All Y'all presents An Evening with Max Gomez
DESCRIPTION:Doors at 5:30pm | Show begins at 6:00pm\nTickets: $20+ online or at the door \nTickets here: https://maxgomezmemphis.brownpapertickets.com/ \nMax Gomez apprenticed in the rarefied musical micro-climate of northern New Mexico\, where troubadours like Michael Martin Murphey and Ray Wylie Hubbard helped foster a Western folk sound both cosmic and cowboy. Gomez has assumed stewardship of that lineage by producing the Red River Folk Festival\, a boutique event held annually in late September in the musical mountain village of Red River\, NM. Judging by the company he keeps\, Gomez is positioned to emerge as a prominent voice of Americana’s next generation. \nAlthough a native of Taos\, it’s fair to say Max Gomez has some Memphis in him. The critically acclaimed singer-songwriter has collaborated with local legends like Keith Sykes and Mark Edgar Stuart\, so we wouldn’t be surprised if some friends stop by and sit in. \nAbout Folk All Y’all: Intimate\, attentive performances by exceptional singer-songwriters\, proudly presented in Memphis\, Folk All Y’all is a public listening room series dedicated to providing artists and audiences with unforgettable music experiences.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/folk-all-yall-presents-an-evening-with-max-gomez/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:Rachel Maxann with Louise Page
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Rachel Maxann with Louise Page in the Green Room.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm\nTickets: $15 advance | $20 at the door \n\nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n\nRachel Maxann is a performer who loves to bend genres with her style. In the last decade she has moved from Cincinnati\, New Orleans\, Los Angeles and travelled around the world performing. Each new space has allowed her to grow while experimenting with different styles of the culture. Rachel has been happy to create roots in Memphis and to share her love of Vintage Indie-Rock and Post-Modern Folklore music.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/rachel-maxann-with-louise-page/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:Memphis Jazz Orchestra
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents The Memphis Jazz Orchestra in the Green Room. \nDoors at 7pm | Show at 7:30pm\nTickets: $12 in advance | $15 day of the show \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n\nThe Memphis Jazz Orchestra was founded in October\, 1992 at Joyce Cobb’s night club on historic Beale Street. Since 1997 The MJO has been in residence at Alfred’s on Beale Street. \nThe M.J.O. has distinguished itself in a series of concerts featuring such national jazz artists as guitarist Herb Ellis\, trumpeter Marvin Stamm and pianist James Williams. \nA powerful and disciplined ensemble with virtuosic soloists and a command of many styles makes a concert by the Memphis Jazz Orchestra a truly memorable event. \nRefund Policy: \nTickets may be refunded up to 72 hours in advance of the event. \nTickets for shows that are cancelled will be refunded. \nIn the case of a postponed show\, tickets will be refunded upon request\, otherwise tickets will automatically be transferred to the new date.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/memphis-jazz-orchestra/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Joel Harrison and Free Country
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents guitarist/composer Joel Harrison with his groundbreaking jazz group Free Country in the Green Room.\n\nDoors open at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets: $20 in advance | $25 at the door \n\nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n\n  \nGuitarist / composer Joel Harrison reunites his groundbreaking jazz group Free Country to tour the mid-Atlantic and Southern regions of the U.S. in April 2022. The concept for the band started two decades ago in 2002 with the release of two Free Country records on the Act label. In visionary arrangements of country and Appalachian tunes\, Harrison gave new width and depth to the word Americana. The success of the first record\, which included a then barely known singer named Norah Jones\, brought Harrison acclaim throughout Europe and the U.S. In 2018 Harrison recorded the 3rd Free Country record with luminaries such as David Binney (his longtime ally)\, Brian Blade\, and Jon Cowherd. \nThe touring band includes a powerful cast\, all of whom Harrison has worked with on and off for two decades: David Binney (saxophone)\, Stephan Crump (bass)\, and Jordan Perlson (drums). The group will perform music from all three of their Free Country records. The timeless\, haunting melodies of this music anchor the flights of improvisation that the band creates anew every night. The tour is funded in part by South Arts through the auspices of the Doris Duke Fund and the Jazz Road initiative. \nJoel Harrison \nGuitarist\, composer\, arranger\, lyricist\, writer\, educator\, and vocalist Joel Harrison has “created a new blueprint for jazz” (New Orleans Times-Picayune). A Guggenheim Fellow (2010) Harrison’s compositions have been commissioned by Chamber MusicAmerica\, Meet the Composer\, New Music USA\, and many more. A native of Washington D.C.\, the guitarist has released twenty-two records and composed works for orchestra\, string quartet\, solo cello\, and percussion. Notable releases include three editions of Free Country; Spirit House with Brian Blade; the recent America at War for jazz orchestra; and String Choir: The Music of Paul Motian. Harrison’s body of work connects multiple American traditions; it’s founded in jazz but veers into classical\, rock\, country\, and all manner of American roots music. Succinctly described by the New York Times as “protean… brilliant\,” he is the founder and director of the Alternative Guitar Summit\, a yearly festival devoted to new and unusual guitar music. He is also the author of Guitar Talk: Conversations with Visionary Guitarists (Terranova Press.) \nDavid Binney \nAcclaimed as a considerable and highly individual compositional talent\, saxophonist David Binney is one of the most prolific jazz musicians on the scene today. Winning praise from critics and colleagues alike\, David was recently singled out by Jazz Times as one of a handful of “players who have created an alternative jazz-scene… all of whom are playing adventurous\, original music.” David has recorded 20+ albums as leader or co-leader and recorded on more than 300 other albums. He is known for his performances and recordings with such prestigious groups as Louis Cole\, the big bands of Gil Evans and Maria Schneider\, as well as with Jim Hall\, Uri Caine\, and Vinicius Cantuaria\, and Chris Potter. \nStephan Crump \nTranscending barriers of genre\, Crump has performed and recorded with a diverse range of musicians\, including Jim Campilongo\, Jorma Kaukonen\, Vijay Iyer\, and Mary Halvorson. He frequently tours with his own group Rosetta Trio. Crump is a first call bassist residing in Brooklyn\, New York. \nJordan Perlson \nA longtime resident of New York City\, Jordan now lives in Nashville and keeps a busy touring and recording schedule through the U.S.\, Canada\, Central America\, Europe\, and the Far East. With both great taste and technique he is equally at home in jazz\, rock\, funk\, and country. Jordan has shared the stage with such musicians as Kaki King\, Trevor Hall\, Becca Stevens\, Hiromi\, David Liebman\, Gary Burton\, Chris Potter\, Greg Osby\, Cuong Vu\, Adrian Belew\, and many others.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/14192/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:*SOLD OUT* Talibah Safiya (DJ set by STH MEMPHIS JEFF)
DESCRIPTION:This event is sold out.  \nCrosstown Arts presents Talibah Safiya in the Green Room\, powered by Hear 901 and Blue Tom Entertainment and featuring DJ STH MEMPHIS JEFF. \nDoors open at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm\nTickets: $15 (students); $20 advance; $25 day of the show \n  \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nOriginally born in D.C.\, independent soul singer\, Talibah Safiya was raised in Memphis and considers the city home. Immersed in a variety of musical genres as a child\, a major influence in her life was her father who worked at local radio station 103.5FM. From a young age\, her prowess as a singer continued to flourish. \nTalibah’s lyricism is truly inspiring\, creating vivid\, captivating stories that connect you directly to each experience. Her vocals\, combined with instrumentals\, blanket the audience with the warmth of soulful\, earthy tones. Her career has been on an upward projection since 2011. In 2019\, she travelled the U.S. on her first tour “A Deep Water Sound”. She was celebrated in 2020’s Oxford American Music issue in an article titled “The Oracle of Castalia”. Some of her many accomplishments also include performing for – Sundance\, The Kennedy Center’s Arts Across America\, Mempho\, and Americana Fest. \nYou can hear her renowned single “Healing Creek” across multiple streaming platforms and see why Spotify voted it as one of the best blues songs of 2020. She also released “Animal Kingdom” – a single she regards as “a community and wealth building anthem.” This single made it on Spotify’s “Best Jazz Songs of 2021” playlist. \nTalibah is not just a soul singer\, but also an entrepreneur – designing and hand making jewelry\, selling up-thrifted clothing\, and creating holistic products. To discover more about her music\, journey\, and purpose\, visit her website talibahsafiya.com. You can also view her work on Instagram @talibah.safiya. — Brenae Inge\, memphis.blac.media
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/talibah-safiya-dj-set-by-sth-memphis-jeff/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:Rahsaan Barber Quintet's CD release show for "MOSAIC"
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents the Rahsaan Barber Quintet’s CD release show for “MOSAIC” in the Green Room.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets: $20 in advance | $25 at the door (plus fees)\nDoors open at 7pm | Show at 7:30pm \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n\n“Recorded amid the pandemic\, Mosaic somehow manages to capture the vibe of the proverbial smoke-filled\, wood-paneled jazz club of yore: offering an expansive collection of vintage-flavored straightahead jazz…and for all the throwback vibes Mosaic has to offer\, it also offers timely statements.” – Ayana Contreras\, (Downbeat Magazine) \n“a 95-minute masterpiece…” – JazzTimes Magazine \n“Sometimes there’s actually something very right about bucking the trends\, following your gut and going big\, as saxophonist Rahsaan Barber ably demonstrates with Mosaic.” – Dan Bilawky (JazzTimes Magazine) \nSaxophonist\, composer and music educator Rahsaan Barber has set on a singular path of musical excellence in performance\, composition\, education and entrepreneurship. Rahsaan enjoys a career that encompasses an ever-expanding range of musical styles including jazz\, blues\, funk\, classical\, fusion\, soul\, Latin and world music. Rahsaan’s passionate\, sincere and studious approach to music-making has garnered professional appearances on stage alongside such heavyweights as Christian McBride\, Brian Blade\, The Temptations\, Delfeayo Marsalis\, The Spanish Harlem Orchestra\, the late Duffy Jackson\, Winard Harper\, Kirk Franklin\, Meghan Trainor and The Wooten Brothers. He has performed on many of the world’s most prestigious stages for music including The Ryman\, The Village Vanguard\, Birdland\, Lincoln Center\, Carnegie Hall\, the Kennedy Center\, and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African-American History and Culture. Rahsaan has entered the ranks of the nation’s premier jazz artists following several celebrated releases\, most recently including “MOSAIC\,” a double-disc collection of original works released in April of 2021. Prior to this release\, Barber received critical acclaim for both “The Music In The Night” (2017) and “Everyday Magic\,” (2011) both released on the saxophonist’s record label\, Jazz Music City\, which he founded to showcase the diverse and impressive musical talent of his hometown\, Nashville\, Tennessee. \nIn addition to his own jazz quintet\, the saxophonist also founded and directs the Nashville Salsa Machine\, a twelve-member ensemble featuring Music City’s most celebrated Latin-music performers. Barber remains an in-demand saxophonist for studio recording and touring work\, most recently completing a year-long tour with pop icon Kelly Clarkson and multiple tours with Lauren Daigle. As an in-demand educator\, Rahsaan currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Jazz and Saxophone at the University of North Carolina. Barber has taught extensively at the collegiate level for well-over a decade\, including six years of instruction at Belmont University\, where he began his collegiate teaching career at the age of twenty-five\, serving as instructor of jazz and classical saxophone\, director of combo and big band jazz ensembles\, and lecturer of commercial musical styles. \nBarber has given masterclasses and concerts at numerous colleges and universities\, including the University of Tennessee at Knoxville\, the University of Memphis\, Lipscomb University\, UNC-Pembroke\, UNC-Wilmington\, Indiana University\, The University of Wisconsin (OshKosh)\, the University of Evansville\, and many more. In addition\, Rahsaan has served as Vice-President of the Tennessee Jazz and Blues Society\, featured performer/lecturer of the Nashville Jazz Workshop\, and as a board member for the Nashville Jazz Workshop’s Diversity\, Equity and Inclusion panel.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/rahsaan-barber-quintets-cd-release-show-for-mosaic/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:Doug MacLeod Album Release Show
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Doug MacLeod\, 2022 Blues Music Award nominee for Acoustic Artist Of The Year\, in the Green Room for a special album release show. His new album A SOUL TO CLAIM with producer Jim Gaines will be released April 8\, 2022. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors open at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm\nTickets: $15 advance | $20 day of the show (plus fees) \n\nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n\n“Like all great blues men\, MacLeod lives his music\, and the songs are not just on the tips of his fingers and tongue\, they are one with his being.” – Blues Music Magazine \n“One of the great blues artists……period!” – Jorma Kaukonen \nDoug MacLeod is known for his superb songwriting\, guitar wizardry\, warm soulful vocals\, wit\, and unforgettable live performances. At the heart of a Doug MacLeod performance is his knack for storytelling\, bringing characters-from the faceless to the legendary-to strikingly real life. \nDoug is a multiple Blues Music Award winner\, including the 2020 Blues Music Award for Acoustic Artist Of The Year and the 2018 Blues Music Award for Acoustic Album Of The Year ‘Break The Chain’. He was recently nominated for the 2022 Blues Music Award for Acoustic Artist Of The Year. \nHis new album A SOUL TO CLAIM with producer Jim Gaines will be released April 8\, 2022. \nDoug is an international touring artist who writes and sings original songs that are based on his own life and experiences. He learned from the old masters and carries forward a valuable tradition. \nAs a youth\, Doug overcame abuse and a crippling stutter by turning to music. After picking up a guitar\, and singing – he found his voice. \nMacLeod’s playing landed him sideman gigs with George ‘Harmonica’ Smith\, Big Joe Turner\, Pee Wee Crayton\, Eddie ‘Cleanhead’ Vinson\, Lowell Fulson\, and Big Mama Thornton. Over 30 years\, 22 studio albums\, several live records\, compilations\, a blues guitar instructional DVD\, and a live performance DVD\, MacLeod has consistently earned raves. His songs have been covered by many artists including Albert King\, Albert Collins\, Joe Louis Walker and Eva Cassidy. MacLeod’s songs have been featured in many TV movies and the hit show In the Heat of the Night. August Wilson requested his soulful slide guitar playing in the Los Angeles opening of “Gem of the Ocean”. \nFrom 1999 to 2004 Doug hosted Nothin’ But The Blues\, a very popular weekend blues show on Los Angeles’ KLON-KKJZ. He has also been the voice for The Blues Showcase on Continental Airlines. For ten years he penned “Doug’s Back Porch\,” a regular feature column in Blues Revue Magazine in which he shared his humorous and insightful stories with thousands of readers. He is one of the four featured artists in the movie “Resonate: A Guitar Story”\, the feature documentary on the making of National Guitars. \nLike the old masters who taught him\, MacLeod’s music expresses life and times through an intangible\, elusive quality that may simply be a keen sense of what matters most. Doug’s music\, stories\, and philosophy provide a healing that has helped others overcome the hardships of their lives. \nDoug says the most important lessons he learned as a young musician came from Ernest Banks a one-eyed country bluesman from Toano\, VA. “Never play a note you don’t believe” and “Never write or sing about what you don’t know about.” \nAs Blues Hall Of Fame artist Pee Wee Crayton’s widow Esther once told Doug\, “You have a message and you’ll send that message mainly to the people who don’t go to church.” Amen.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/doug-macleod-album-release-show/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:Memphis Jazz Collective at Crosstown Arts
DESCRIPTION:Join Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra\, 901 Jazz\, and University of Memphis Jazz Singers for a special performance at Crosstown Arts!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors at 7pm | Show at 7:30pm\nTickets: $10 general admission | Free for U of M students and faculty with ID \n\nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n\nEnjoy an evening with the very best jazz Memphis has to offer! Featuring three powerhouse performances by Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra\, 901 Jazz and University of Memphis Jazz Singers. Audiences will enjoy an eclectic showcase featuring jazz legends and newcomers. \n901 Jazz ignites the evening’s performance with high energy\, melodic beats playing the music from bebop legends. Headlining the evening\, Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra\, featuring the University of Memphis Jazz Singers\, spotlights homegrown talent with new student work.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/memphis-jazz-collective-at-crosstown-arts/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:Represent!
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the One-Woman Comedy show with Lucy Wang in the Green Room. \nFree and open to the public.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/represent/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Ata Kak with opening DJ set by Qemist
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Ata Kak\, the mysterious Ghanaian electronic/rap/highlife icon of the Awesome Tapes From Africa phenomenon\, with an opening DJ set by Qemist. \nTICKETS: $15 advance / $20 day of show\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nThis performance is presented with support from Sonosphere\, Inc. \nCrosstown Arts is requesting proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test for this event. Please be prepared to present your vaccination card or a negative Covid test taken within 72 hours at check-in. Masks are required. \nAta Kak is the mysterious Ghanaian electronic/rap/highlife icon who kick-started the whole Awesome Tapes From Africa phenomenon. After a long wait\, he’s presenting his first-ever live performances in Europe and the United States. \nAta Kak’s Obaa Sima cassette fell on deaf ears when it was first self-released in Ghana in 1994\, but when American musicologist Brian Shimkovitz stumbled upon the tape at a street stall in Cape Coast\, Ghana\, eight years later it became the stimulus for him to launch his Awesome Tapes from Africa blog. In his inaugural post\, he wrote\, “This is it. The song is called Moma Yendodo. You may never hear anything like this elsewhere. No one I know in Ghana listens to this frenetic leftfield rap madness.” \nThe music on the recording – an amalgam of highlife\, Twi-language rap\, funk\, hip-hop\, and electronica – traverses a pop music landscape that encapsulates international modes while reflecting contemporary Ghanaian music of the period. Presented with the sweaty passion of a Prince record and the lo-fi recording charm of early Chicago house music\, Obaa Sima’s joyous soul and casual brilliance made the enigmatic Ata Kak an underground internet sensation and a party-starter the world over. After more than a decade of searching\, Brian finally tracked down the singer and released the LP officially in March 2015.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/ata-kak/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Nat Reeves with the Ted Ludwig Trio
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents jazz bassist Nat Reeves with Ted Ludwig (guitar)\, Michael Shults (alto saxophone)\, and James Sexton (drums). \nTicket: $15 advance | $20 day of the show ($10 student tickets available at the door)\nDoors open at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nDuring the past 40 years\, Nat Reeves has been one of the top bassists in jazz. His supportive and stimulating playing has uplifted a countless number of sessions and recording dates (most notably with the great altoists Jackie McLean and Kenny Garrett) and he has led his own CD State of Emergency. Both as a performer and an educator\, he has made a strong impact on the jazz world. \nNat Reeves was born and raised in Lynchburg\, Virginia. “My grandfather played the banjo\, mandolin and guitar. One day I picked up his guitar and started playing the bass part. He noticed and\, for my 16th birthday\, he bought me an electric bass.” Nat had grown up hearing bluegrass\, rock and soul records but did not get an opportunity to listen to jazz until he was already a bassist. “As a teenager\, I listened closely to the radio\, learning everything by ear. Originally I gravitated towards soul artists such as Marvin Gaye and the music of the time. In high school\, I worked for a time with a band called the Dynatones. We learned all of the top 40 songs as soon as they came out. Whenever a new hit record was released\, we would purchase the recording\, go in the basement\, put it on the turntable\, and learn the song. Quite often the same day we would play the song for dances.” \nNat admired Stanley Clarke\, Jaco Pastorius and all of the top electric bassists of the time\, being interested in all of the styles. “As a bassist it is my function to concentrate on the foundation of the band and make everybody else sound good. To become a better bass player and learn more about the instrument\, I started listening to jazz. In jazz there is much more freedom to create one’s own bass part and to develop my own bass sound. It is my job to always learn and not merely play the bass but be a bass player\, projecting more than just my notes and always sounding fresh and alive.” \nWhen he was 22 and living in Richmond\, Virginia\, Nat joined a band led by trumpeter Tom Mitchell and guitarist Randy Johnston. Johnny Coles\, trumpeter for Ray Charles who frequently sat in with the band\, convinced Nat to switch to acoustic bass. Without taking a lesson\, Nat taught himself the new instrument and quickly developed his own individual voice. \nIn 1979\, Nat Reeves moved to New York City. “I listened\, played on the streets\, listened some more\, and learned. It was at the same time that Kenny Garrett\, Mulgrew Miller\, Tony Reedus and James Williams also came to New York. We were all friends and played together.” He first toured with Sonny Stitt in 1982 during what would be the great saxophonist’s last tour. That year he met Jackie McLean\, who became his mentor. \n“Jackie McLean had a major impact on me as both a musician and a man. I remember that he told me that people saw you before they heard you so it was important how I dressed and how I talked to people. He introduced me to Dizzy and Miles in the 1980s. I performed with him on and off from 1987-2004 and he is still a major part of my life. Some of the things that Jackie said to me at the time make more sense to me now than they did originally. I still learn from him and I became a teacher because of him.” \nNat began teaching at the University of Hartford (The Hartt School jazz program was organized and run by Jackie McLean) and the Artists Collective (an arts organization founded by Jackie and his wife Dollie). “I originally felt that I didn’t have anything to teach but Jackie would always say to me that I had to share what I learned. It became something that I do very naturally.” After teaching part-time for years\, in 2001 Nat began a full time teaching career at The Hartt School where the African American Music Studies Program had been renamed the Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz. “I build on what my students already know and try to convince them to be more aggressive with learning. I’ve learned a lot from my students particularly about technology. I often teach what I want to learn. I love helping the students. I think of teaching similar to playing a gig: being well organized\, accomplishing goals and solving problems. It is a lot of fun and it makes me a better musician.” \nEarly in his career\, Nat Reeves not only performed with Jackie McLean but such greats as tenor-saxophonist Benny Golson\, trumpeter Donald Byrd\, drummer Art Taylor and pianists Mulgrew Miller\, Kenny Kirkland\, Walter Davis\, Walter Bishop\, Larry Willis and Kenny Drew. He became a longtime member of altoist Kenny Garrett’s group in 1994 and in recent times has worked and recorded with many of the who’s who of jazz including tenor-saxophonists Pharoah Sanders\, George Coleman and Eric Alexander\, trombonist Steve Davis\, pianists Harold Mabern\, George Cables\, David Hazeltine and Anthony Wonsey\, and drummer Joe Farnsworth among many others. Asked which of his recordings are among his favorites\, Nat named Jackie McLean’s J-Mac Attack\, Kenny Garrett’s Grammy-nominated Songbook and Seeds from the Underground\, Steve Davis’ Say When\, Joe Farnsworth’s My Heroes and Eric Alexander’s Temple of Olympic Zeus. “I actually like every recording that I’ve been on. They have all been learning experiences. Recording my CD State of Emergency with pianist Rick Germanson\, trumpeter Josh Bruneau and drummer Jonathan Barber was a bit of a challenge because we were in the middle of a huge snowstorm and it was tricky getting all of the musicians into the studio although it turned out great. There is more music to those sessions that hopefully will be released someday.” \nDuring the past year\, Nat Reeves has traveled the world including performing in India and Japan\, at the San Francisco\, New Orleans\, Detroit and Atlanta Jazz Festivals\, and with Pharoah Sanders at Dizzy’s at Lincoln Center. \nCommitted to carrying on Jackie McLean’s legacy at The Hartt School\, Nat also looks forward to leading more recordings in the future and\, in addition to playing with many of his favorite musicians\, to work more often as a leader\, “I’m still busy after moving to Hartford. Now at 63\, it is time to do more of my own projects.”
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/nat-reeves/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Roland Barber Quintet
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents the Roland Barber Quintet in the Green Room.\n\n\n\n\nDoors open at 7pm | Show starts at 7:30pm\nTickets: $18 in advance | $23 at the door \nThis tour is made possible with the support of Jazz Road\, a national initiative of South Arts\, which is funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation with additional support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. \n\nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n\nRoland Barber\, based in Nashville\, Tennessee\, has achieved a powerful\, soulful and spirited artistry as a jazz performer\, so much so the legendary Curtis Fuller (John Coltrane’s only trombonist) exclaimed upon hearing him\, “Now THAT’s what jazz trombone is all about!” Roland’s style is a synthesis of exciting elements – a fusion held together by a compelling sense of “voice” that reaches audiences on many levels. Roland employs a warm\, personal tone that is lyrical and full\, reminiscent of trombone masters J.J. Johnson and Al Grey – and displays with a melodicism well informed by many traditions from the blues and gospel wail of the South to the bebop founded in New York City\, from the swagger of New Orleans to the flavor and verve of Afro-Cuban traditions. \nRoland is also known for his masterful plunger-mute playing – a gem in the music of jazz that goes back to Tricky Sam Nanton of Duke Ellington’s orchestra and a study that has been passed down the generations\, most directly to Roland through mentors Steve Turre and Al Grey. Roland has performed with titans of jazz music as well as young lions\, including Stefon Harris\, Sean Jones\, Clark Terry\, Branford Marsalis\, Houston Person\, Jeff “Tain” Watts\, Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center\, the Duke Ellington Orchestra\, the Chico O’Farill Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra\, Lainie Cooke and the Grammy-winning New Orleans Jazz Ensemble. \nRoland Barber has performed in venues the world over\, from Manhattan to Estonia\, including Carnegie Hall\, Birdland\, the Blue Note\, the Smithsonian\, Lincoln Center\, the Kennedy Center\, and Madison Square Garden. Beyond the jazz realm\, Roland has performed with a “who’s who” of the music scene\, including the Wooten Brothers\, Slavic Soul Party\, Lauryn Hill\, the Nashville Symphony\, Lady A\, Chaka Khan\, Aretha Franklin\, Lauren Daigle\, Taj Mahal\, Keb’ Mo\, the Wood Brothers\, Ron Isley\, La India\, Roberto Blades\, Take 6\, Ladysmith Black Mambazo\, Kirk Whalum\, the NBC Saturday Night Live Band and the Spanish Harlem Orchestra.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/roland-barber-quintet/
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SUMMARY:Folk All Y'all presents David Wilcox
DESCRIPTION:Folk All Y’all presents singer/songwriter David Wilcox. \nDoors open at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm\nTickets: Minimum ticket price is $30 but you can name-your-own price above that if you’re feeling it. 100% of ticket revenue goes to Folk All Y’all artists. \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nMore than three decades into his career\, singer/songwriter David Wilcox continues to push himself\, just as he always has. Wilcox\, by so many measures\, is a quintessential folk singer\, telling stories full of heart\, humor\, and hope\, substance\, searching\, and style. His lyrical insight is matched by a smooth baritone voice\, virtuosic guitar chops\, and creative open tunings\, giving him a range and tenderness rare in folk music. His innate sense of adventure and authenticity is why critics and colleagues\, alike\, have always praised not just his artistry\, but his humanity\, as well. \nDavid was the first artist Folk All Y’all reached out to host\, way back in 2014. After that first (more-than-)sold-out show\, David’s come back and played six more. We’re thrilled to welcome David Wilcox back to The Green Room at Crosstown Arts inside Crosstown Concourse\, a space that has inspired him for years. \n\n\nMinimum ticket price is $30 but you can name-your-own price above that if you’re feeling it. 100% of ticket revenue goes to our artists (you can see where any fees go in the check-out breakdown). Yep\, all of it. Folk All Y’all is volunteer-run and subscriber-supported. Shows are presented in partnership with Crosstown Arts at The Green Room in Crosstown Concourse. \nThe Green Room currently requires proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test from the previous 48 hours to attend shows. Masks are recommended. Your purchase indicates acceptance of this policy and any updates that may be required for community health. Tickets are transferable but non-refundable unless the show is postponed or canceled. \nAbout The Green Room: Operated by Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room is committed to providing the best possible environment for the two most important components of a musical performance: the artists’ work and the audience’s listening experience. \nAbout Folk All Y’all: Intimate\, attentive performances by exceptional singer-songwriters\, proudly presented in Memphis\, Folk All Y’all is a public listening room series dedicated to providing artists and audiences with unforgettable music experiences.
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SUMMARY:Postponed: Hood 2 Hood Recitals at Crosstown Arts
DESCRIPTION:This event has been postponed. New date to be announced soon! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHenry Booker\, also known as Sir Henry\, is a versatile musician who performs across the Mid-South with several bands. Henry started the Hood 2 Hood Recitals to promote nonviolence\, peace\, and positivity in urban neighborhoods in Memphis and beyond by playing classical music and R&B hits after he was in a tragic incident that nearly ended his life. The Hood 2 Hood Recitals began with Henry setting up his keyboard in public neighborhood locations so that music could be brought out into the community\, for the community. Learn more about Henry Booker’s Hood 2 Hood Recitals: https://dailymemphian.com/article/26003/henry-booker-shooting-survivor \nHe can be heard performing with his band MainStreet Band on Beale Street\, at weddings\, and at other special events. MainStreet Band has performed all over the Southeast\, with performances in Georgia\, Alabama\, Arkansas\, Mississippi\, Louisiana\, Florida\, Texas and all across Tennessee.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/hood-2-hood-recitals-at-crosstown-arts/
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SUMMARY:GOLDINGS/BERNSTEIN/STEWART Organ Trio
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents GOLDINGS/BERNSTEIN/STEWART in the Green Room\, featuring Larry Goldings\, Peter Bernstein\, and Bill Stewart.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nTickets: $25 advance | $30 at the door (plus fees)\nDoors open at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm \n\nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n\nCrosstown Arts is requesting proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test for this event. Please be prepared to present your vaccination card or a negative Covid test taken within 72 hours at check-in. Masks are required. \n\n\n“The trio of Larry Goldings\, Peter Bernstein\, and Bill Stewart is the best organ trio of the last decade.” \n– The New York Times\n\n\n“Goldings belongs to that elite and small group of ‘great piano players” \n– Pat Metheny\n\n\n“Peter Bernstein is the most impressive guitarist I’ve heard. He plays the best of them all for swing\, logic\, feel and taste\, and has paid attention to the past as well as the future.” \n– Jim Hall\n\n\n“An authentic organ trio with all the size and scope of Mount Everest\, and twice the cool” \n– Jazz Times\n\n\n“[Bill Stewart’s] true speciality is making a good band sound inexplicably better” \n– The New York Times\n\n\n\nGOLDINGS/BERNSTEIN/STEWART \nIn the mid 1990s\, The New York Times described Larry Goldings\, Peter Bernstein\, and Bill Stewart as “the best organ trio of the last decade.” The trio\, which has now been together for over 30 years\, has been recognized for charting new ground\, with its synergistic playing\, and thoughtful music. They have over a dozen recordings\, all of which display their distinctive sound\, whether exploring the depths of jazz standards\, or playing their own original compositions. \nOf their newest offering\, Toy Tunes (Pirouet)\, Downbeat said\, “The whole album subtly subverts organ-trio cliches\, offering not chicken-shack party stomps but instead some hip after-hours atmospherics…4 stars” \nLarry Goldings \nWith his signature Hammond organ style and versatility on many keyboards\, Boston native Larry Goldings (b. 1968) has traversed not only the wide spectrum of jazz where he is perhaps best known\, but also the worlds of funk\, pop\, and electronic music. High in demand as a sideman\, Goldings’ sound can be heard on scores of albums by artists in a variety of musical genres. \nOver the years\, Goldings has been closely associated with John Scofield\, Michael Brecker\, Jim Hall\, Maceo Parker\, Madeleine Peyroux\, Pat Metheny\, and pop artists James Taylor and John Mayer. In 2007\, Goldings\, Jack DeJohnette and John Scofield\, received a Grammy nomination in the category of Best Jazz Instrumental Album Individual or Group for their album\, Trio Beyond – Saudades (ECM). \nGoldings also is active as a composer\, arranger\, and producer. His compositions have been recorded by Michael Brecker\, Jim Hall\, John Scofield\, Jack DeJohnette\, Sia\, Vulfpeck\, Lea Michele\, Bob Dorough\, Jane Monheit\, Gaby Moreno\, Curtis Stigers\, and Toots Thielemans. Goldings’ music also has been featured in television shows and motion pictures\, including\, The Office\, Proof\, Funny People\, and Neighbors. He scored his first feature film\, Dealin’ With Idiots in 2013\, directed by Jeff Garlin\, and is currently the composer for the upcoming Netflix mini-series\, Madam CJ Walker\, starring Octavia Spencer. \nPeter Bernstein \nJazz guitarist Peter Bernstein (b. 1967\, New York City) has been a part of the jazz scene in New York and abroad since 1989. During that time he has participated in over 200 recordings and numerous festival\, concert and club performances with musicians from all generations. As a leader\, Peter has released 12 albums and a DVD\, Live at Smoke. \nHe got his first break while attending the New School when he met the legendary guitarist Jim Hall. Hall asked Peter to participate in his Invitational Concert as part of the 1990 JVC Jazz Festival. The event featured such guitarists as John Scofield and Pat Metheny and was released as “Live at Town Hall Vol. 2” by Music Masters. Hall noted that Peter “…has paid attention to the past as well as the future. He is the most impressive guitarist I’ve heard. He plays the best of them all for swing\, logic\, feel and taste.” Also in 1990\, Peter Bernstein was discovered by alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson and took part in the first of four recordings with him. He was a regular member of his group throughout the 1990s. “Some people just have it.” Donaldson said. “…most of the time you have to teach someone what to do\, but Peter knows it all.” Peter has also enjoyed long musical associations with legendary drummer Jimmy Cobb (Cobb’s Mob)\, as well as organist Larry Goldings and drummer Bill Stewart as a member of their highly acclaimed trio. The New York Times called them “the best organ trio of the last decade”. Together they recorded a dozen of records\, all of which display their distinctive sound\, whether exploring the depths of jazz standards or playing their original compositions. From 1995 through 1997\, Peter was a member of Joshua Redman’s band and played on Redman’s Freedom in the Groove CD. He played with Diana Krall’s quartet from 1999 through 2001 and with Dr. Lonnie Smith\, the legendary organist who made his debut on the George Benson Cookbook albums. He has also recorded five CDs with organist Melvin Rhyne\, known for his association with Wes Montgomery. In addition\, Peter has appeared in groups led by Sonny Rollins\, Bobby Hutcherson\, George Coleman\, David Fathead Newman\, Etta Jones and Nicholas Payton. \nCurrent Projects include a solo record\, “Solo Guitar – Live at Smalls” in 2013\, the albums “Let Loose” w/ Gerald Clayton\, Doug Weiss\, and Bill Stewart in 2016 and “Signs LIVE!”\, featuring pianist Brad Mehldau\, bassist Christian McBride and drummer Gregory Hutchinson\, in 2017\, both released on Smoke Session Records as well as the highly acclaimed organ trio with organist Larry Goldings and drummer Bill Stewart with whom he has released numerous albums and toured world wide for almost 30 years. The most recent releases are “Ramshackle Serenade” (2014) and “Toy Tunes” (2018)\, both on Pirouet records. \nBill Stewart \nOriginally from Des Moines\, Iowa\, drummer/composer Bill Stewart (b. 1966) made his name as the rhythmic force behind guitarist John Scofield since 1990 and still collaborating with him regularly since 1990. He is now one of the most sought after jazz drummers in the world. \nStewart’s playing is distinguished by its melodic focus\, and its polyrhythmic\, or layered\, character. Although his drumming bears the influence of various melodic and swinging drummers who preceded him\, Stewart’s voice is clearly his own\, and has influenced a younger generation of drummers. \nStewart has toured extensively with John Scofield\, Pat Metheny\, Maceo Parker\, Kevin Hays\, Joe Lovano\, Joshua Redman\, Charlie Haden\, Steve Wilson\, Marc Copland\, Bill Carrothers\, Nicholas Payton\, Joe Henderson and many others in addition to leading his own band on tours in Europe and at the Village Vanguard in New York City. \nAn excellent composer in his own right\, Stewart has made several records as a leader that predominantly feature his own music\, bearing the same thoughtfulness\, humor\, and impeccable taste that one hears in his playing. He has recorded 6 cds as a leader. Stewart’s Blue Note recording “Snide Remarks” was selected as one of the top 10 cds of 1997 by The New York Times\, and his latest is Band Menu (2018\, self released on cdbabyitunes/amazon)\, a trio with Walter Smith III and Larry Grenadier.
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SUMMARY:SOLD OUT: Samara Joy featuring Pasquale Grasso
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Samara Joy featuring Pasquale Grasso in the Green Room.\n\n\nTuesday\, April 5\, 2022\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors open at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm\nTickets: $20 advance | $25 at the door (plus fees) \n\nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n\nCrosstown Arts is requesting proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test for this event. Please be prepared to present your vaccination card or a negative Covid test taken within 72 hours at check-in. Masks are required. \nWith a voice as smooth as velvet\, SAMARA JOY’s star seems to rise with each performance. Following her winning the 2019 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition\, she is currently recording her debut recording\, which will feature Samara backed by the Pasquale Grasso Trio. \nThis rising star still resides in the place of her birth\, the Castle Hill section of the Bronx\, New York. Growing up\, music was a pervasive presence\, due to the inspiration of her paternal grandparents\, Elder Goldwire and Ruth McLendon\, who led the well-known Philadelphia-based gospel group\, The Savettes. Her father toured with the renowned Gospel artist Andrae Crouch\, and her home was filled with the sounds of not only her father’s songs and songwriting process\, but the inspiration of many Gospel and R&B artists\, including Stevie Wonder\, Lalah Hathaway\, George Duke\, Musiq Soulchild\, Kim Burrell\, Commissioned\, and many others. \n“Although I didn’t grow up singing in church\,” explains Samara\, “I constantly heard my family singing inspirational music together\, which instilled in me an appreciation for my musical lineage. My earliest memory of performing is singing a Jordin Sparks song for my fifth grade graduation. Then\, through musicals in middle school\, I loved exploring the range of my voice and applying the different colors to fit the characters I played. Finally\, during high school\, I joined the choir at my church\, eventually becoming a worship leader\, singing three services a week for nearly two years.” \nSamara’s first exposure to jazz was while attending Fordham High School for the Arts\, where she performed regularly with the jazz band\, eventually winning Best Vocalist at JALC’s Essentially Ellington competition. However\, jazz wasn’t really her focus until the time came to choose a college. Wanting to attend a state school close to home\, she picked SUNY Purchase\, gaining acceptance into their acclaimed jazz program\, with a faculty that includes many jazz masters (including Pasquale Grasso and drummer Kenny Washington\, who both appear on her debut recording.) \n“My friends were all into jazz and started sharing their favorite recordings with me to check out. The turning point was when I heard both Sarah Vaughan’s version of ‘Lover Man’ and Tadd Dameron’s recordings featuring trumpeter Fats Navarro. I was hooked.” \nFrom this point\, she began to pursue her jazz studies with an intense passion\, eventually being named the Ella Fitzgerald Scholar and entering and winning the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition. \nNot yet 21 years old\, Samara has already performed in many of the great jazz venues in NYC\, including Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola\, The Blue Note\, and Mezzrow\, in addition to working with jazz greats such as Christian McBride\, Pasquale Grasso\, Jon Faddis\, Kirk Lightsey\, Cyrus Chestnut\, and NEA Jazz Master Dr. Barry Harris. \nAs she begins work on her debut recording (to be released in the spring of 2021)\, Samara Joy looks forward to sharing her passionate love for jazz as a uniting force and as a catalyst for change in the years to come.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/samara-joy-featuring-pasquale-grasso/
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