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| Onaje Allan Gumbs Trio at the Kitano Jazz Club Pianist Onaje Allan Gumbs returns with his trio to the Kitano Jazz Club on May 25 and 26, 2007. Bassist Marcus McLaurine and drummer Peyton Crossley join Onaje for the performances. Harlem-born, Queens-raised, pianist Onaje Allan Gumbs has enjoyed a career as first-call sideman, valued arranger and composer, producer, bandleader, and recording artist. Many will remember his vital contributions to such Woody Shaw classics as Moontrane and Rosewood, to which he lent his composing and arranging skills. Still others will recall his work as producer and arranger for vocal dates led by Marlena Shaw; or perhaps his sideman contributions to dates with an impressive range of artists - from Kenny Burrell and Nat Adderley, to Ronald Shannon Jackson, to Jonathan Butler. Onaje 's soundtrack writing includes Danny Glover's Showtime film Override, and Onaje's composition “Dare to Dream” was a theme for a Panasonic awards presentation. In 2006, Onaje was nominated for an NAACP Image Award as Outstanding Jazz Artist, and is currently working as the composer for an NPR radio documentary on Negro Spirituals Onaje's latest album, Sack Full of Dreams, was released this past January, and features special guest vocalist Obba Babatund. His latest recording effort earned him praise from the Washington Post for his “brand of effortless, small-combo swing” and his “frequent embrace of soul jazz grooves that brings out the best in his bandmates.” Autographed copies of the album will be available for purchase at the concert. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Jazz News :: home page |