Students are half-price 2nd set!

Students are half-price 2nd set!

Remembering Eric Dolphy today with a clip of the Mingus-composed blues, “So Long Eric.” The complete solo is only about 36 seconds long — who else could say so much in so little time?

Students are half-price 2nd set! (We are off June 22, back June 29 and every Monday after that!

JUNE 15 LINEUP:

Tatum Greenblatt, trumpet
Alex Norris, trumpet
Philip Harper, trumpet
Mark Gross, alto sax
Sarah Hanahan, alto sax
Mike Sim, tenor sax
Abraham Burton, tenor sax
Lauren Sevian, bari sax
Conrad Herwig, trombone
Joe Fiedler, trombone
Earl McIntyre, bass trombone
David Kikoski, piano
Boris Kozlov, bass
Donald Edwards, drums

Kicking off TONIGHT. First set is sold out but there are tickets still available for the 2nd set at 9pm! Always worth trying to standby even for sold out shows.
Also, students are half-price (2nd set only) if available!

JUNE 1 LINEUP:

Alex Norris, trumpet; Jeremy Pelt, trumpet; Philip Harper, trumpet; Mark Gross, alto sax; Brandon Wright, alto sax; Craig Handy, tenor sax; Mike Sim, tenor sax; Lauren Sevian, bari sax; Conrad Herwig, trombone; Joe Fiedler, trombone; Earl McIntyre, bass trombone; David Kikoski, piano; Boris Kozlov, bass; Donald Edwards, drums

Tenor saxophonist-bandleader-composer Sonny Rollins was a longtime friend of Charles Mingus, and the two bandleaders could often be found alternating sets at such famed venues as New York’s Five Spot in the 1950s and ‘60s.

Though they only made a few recordings together, Miles and Mingus enjoyed a long shared history, beginning with their first encounter in Los Angeles in 1946.

FAREWELL DANNY MIXON, pianist (and tap dancer!) from Harlem who joined Charles Mingus’ touring band in 1976 and recorded on the album Cumbia & Jazz Fusion…