One of the world’s top jazz vocalists will pair with a sprawling band of virtuosic players and risk-taking soloists for an exciting performance worth writing home about.
To be completely honest, I kinda dig the turkey soup the day after Thanksgiving even more than the turkey.
So ... I've got a birthday coming up in a couple of weeks. To celebrate, I'll be leading a quintet that weekend at Smalls featuring Duane Eubanks, Benito Gonzalez, Kenny Davis, and Mark Whitfield Jr. Hope to see you at the hang on 12/4!!!
I'm honored to have a couple of arrangements on "Fandango at the Wall in New York," which has just been nominated for a Grammy in the Best Latin Jazz Album category! Big congrats to Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra!!!
The students in my Temple U ensemble were laying it down at the Art of Bread Cafe yesterday! Great job y'all! Set was:
1 Firewater / Dual Force by Buster Williams
2. New Picture by Jimmy Heath
3. Ray’s Idea by Ray Brown & Walter “Gil” Fuller
4. Think On Me by George Cables
5. Ponder by Andrew Fick (ballad by the pianist in the ensemble)
6. Mambo Influenciado by Chucho Valdés
