Harold Mabern quartet/ Willie Jones III Quartet avails nov - dec 2011

Harold Mabern Quartet

from 28 november to 13 december 2011

Harold Mabern
piano

Piero Odorici
tenor sax

John Webber
bass

Joe Farnsworth
drums

Harold Mabern played in Chicago with MJT + 3 in the late '50s and then moved to New York in 1959. Mabern worked with Jimmy Forrest, Lionel Hampton, the Jazztet , Donald Byrd, Miles Davis, J.J. Johnson, Sonny Rollins, Freddie Hubbard, Wes Montgomery, Joe Williams, George Coleman, Sarah Vaughan and many hoter. Mabern led four albums for Prestige, he was with Lee Morgan in the early '70s, and in 1972, he recorded with Stanley Cowell's Piano Choir. Harold Mabern has recorded as a leader for DIW/Columbia and Sackville and toured with the Contemporary.

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Willie Jones III Quartet

from 31 oct to 13 nov 2011

Willie Jones III
drums

Stacy Dillard
tenor sax

Donald Vega
piano

Darryl Hall
double bass

From 1998-2005, Jones was a member of Roy Hargrove's Quintet and is featured on Roy Hargrove's CD releases on Verve: Moment To Moment, Hard Groove, Nothing Serious and RH Factor's Distractions. Jones can be heard on a host of recordings including Kurt Elling's GRAMMY® nominated Night Moves (Concord) and Eric Reed's Here (Max Jazz). Jones has worked with Sonny Rollins, Ernestine Anderson, Bobby Hutcherson, Wynton Marsalis, Cedar Walton, Frank Wess, the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band, Houston Person, Billy Childs, Eric Reed, Ryan Kisor, Eric Alexander, Bill Charlap, Michael Brecker, Herbie Hancock and Hank Jones. In 2000, Jones' released his debut CD, Vol 1...Straight Swingin' on his own label, WJ3 Records. He continues to reveal his proficiency as a composer as well as a producer on Vol II...Don't Knock The Swing (2002); Volume III (2007); WE 2 (2008), a trombone and piano recording featuring Wycliffe Gordon and Eric Reed; and Jones' latest release The Nex! t Phase (2010). 

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