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SUMMARY:Corcoran Holt Quintet: Freedom of Art
DESCRIPTION:One of jazz’s most dynamic bassists and bandleaders brings his quintet to The Side Door \n\n\n\n\nCorcoran Holt – Bass \nStacy Dillard – Tenor & Soprano Saxophone \nJosh Evans – Trumpet \nBenito Gonzalez – Piano \nKweku Sumbry – Drums & Djembe \nCorcoran Holt is a force of nature on the bass — a musician whose commanding presence\, deep groove\, and musical intelligence have made him one of the most sought-after players on the New York scene. A son of Washington\, D.C.\, Holt began his musical journey at age four playing djembe and West African percussion before taking up the upright bass at ten with the renowned DC Youth Orchestra. He attended the prestigious Duke Ellington School of the Arts\, and went on to earn his B.A. in Jazz Studies from Shenandoah Conservatory and his M.A. from Queens College under the tutelage of Buster Williams. His connection to the music runs deep — legend has it that his great-grandfather\, a bassist who grew up in High Point\, North Carolina\, lived next door to a young John Coltrane and gave him his first music lessons. \nHolt has performed and recorded with some of the most celebrated names in jazz\, including Kenny Garrett\, Roy Hargrove\, Curtis Fuller\, Jimmy Heath\, Benny Golson\, Wynton Marsalis\, Christian McBride\, Delfeayo Marsalis\, Carmen Lundy\, and Jazzmeia Horn\, among many others. He appears on three Grammy-nominated recordings — Kenny Garrett’s Pushing the World Away (2013)\, Jamison Ross’s Jamison (2014)\, and The Baylor Project’s The Journey (2017) — and on Kenny Garrett’s Sounds from the Ancestors\, which won the NAACP Image Award for Best Jazz Instrumental in 2021. In 2009 he represented the United States as a Jazz Ambassador with the U.S. State Department\, touring the Middle East as both performer and clinician. He has performed at the Newport Jazz Festival\, North Sea Jazz Festival\, Monterey Jazz Festival\, the Village Vanguard\, the Blue Note\, and Dizzy’s Club\, and has toured across North and South America\, Europe\, Asia\, Africa\, and the Caribbean. He currently serves as Assistant Professor of Jazz Bass at Arizona State University and is the DC Jazz Festival’s Artist-in-Residence. \nAs a bandleader\, Holt channels that same depth of spirit and vision into his own music. His debut album The Mecca (2018) paid homage to his D.C. roots\, and his acclaimed sophomore release Freedom of Art stands as his most personal statement yet — a testament to transformation\, family\, and the enduring principle at the heart of jazz: freedom itself. The compositions emerged during the 2020 pandemic\, drawing from the loss of his father\, the steadfast love of his family\, and the deep musical brotherhood forged over years of touring with this very ensemble. Stacy Dillard delivers soulful\, inventive saxophone work throughout\, Josh Evans brings virtuosic trumpet firepower to the group\, Benito Gonzalez anchors the harmony with brilliance and warmth\, and Kweku Sumbry — a percussionist of extraordinary range — holds it all together on drums and djembe. This is a rare opportunity to experience this extraordinary project live in an intimate setting. \nThe Side Door Jazz Club is a dedicated jazz listening room located inside the historic Old Lyme Inn\, 85 Lyme Street\, Old Lyme\, CT. Tickets are reserved seating. Guests dining at the Old Lyme Inn prior to the show receive 10% off their dinner bill.
URL:https://hartfordjazzsociety.com/event/corcoran-holt-quintet-freedom-of-art/
LOCATION:Side Door Jazz Club\, 85 Lyme Street\, Old Lyme\, CT\, United States
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SUMMARY:Javon Jackson's Meet the Masters All Stars
DESCRIPTION:Javon Jackson brings his Meet the Masters All Stars to The Side Door — an all-star ensemble of faculty from his celebrated summer jazz camp \n\n\n\n\nJavon Jackson – Tenor Saxophone \nRich Goldstein – Guitar \nJeremy Manasia – Piano \nCorcoran Holt – Bass \nMcClenty Hunter – Drums \nThe Meet the Masters Summer Jazz Workshop is one of Connecticut’s most beloved jazz education programs — an intensive annual week-long program held at the Hartt School at the University of Hartford that connects jazz students between the ages of 13 and 18\, as well as adult musicians\, with internationally recognized jazz masters. Under Jackson’s direction\, the mission of the camp is to offer participants advice\, feedback\, playing tips\, and historical narrative on America’s greatest art form\, culminating in a public performance by all participants at the end of the week. This performance at The Side Door brings that same spirit to the stage — the Meet the Masters All Stars are the faculty of the camp itself: Rich Goldstein\, Jeremy Manasia\, Corcoran Holt\, and McClenty Hunter — a group of master musicians who work together each summer to pass the tradition forward. \nOne of the most storied saxophonists in jazz\, Javon Jackson left his studies at Berklee College of Music in 1986 to join Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers — one of the most celebrated bands in the history of the music — where he played alongside pianist Benny Green\, trumpeter Philip Harper\, and trombonist Robin Eubanks. He remained a fixture in the Jazz Messengers until Blakey’s passing in 1990\, and has since built one of the most distinguished careers in contemporary jazz. He joined Elvin Jones’ group in 1992\, recorded his Blue Note debut in 1994 under the direction of Betty Carter\, and has gone on to release over 22 recordings as a leader — touring and recording on over 150 albums with jazz greats including Freddie Hubbard\, Charlie Haden\, Cedar Walton\, Ron Carter\, McCoy Tyner\, Dr. Lonnie Smith\, Stanley Turrentine\, and Ben E. King. He was the recipient of the prestigious Benny Golson Award from Howard University in 2012 for recognition of excellence in jazz. Since 2013\, Jackson has served as Director of the Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz at the Hartt School — one of the country’s most respected jazz programs — and in 2016 founded the Meet the Masters Summer Jazz Workshop. As Jackson has said of his educational mission\, “Today’s students won’t get to know Art Blakey or Freddie Hubbard or Elvin Jones. But they can know them through me.” \nThis is a rare opportunity to hear this extraordinary ensemble in an intimate setting — a night that honors both the tradition and the future of jazz. \nThe Side Door Jazz Club is a dedicated jazz listening room located inside the historic Old Lyme Inn\, 85 Lyme Street\, Old Lyme\, CT. Tickets are reserved seating. Guests dining at the Old Lyme Inn prior to the show receive 10% off their dinner bill.
URL:https://hartfordjazzsociety.com/event/javon-jacksons-meet-the-masters-all-stars/
LOCATION:Side Door Jazz Club\, 85 Lyme Street\, Old Lyme\, CT\, United States
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