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| Jazz@TheFalcon | Don Byron Quartet | Sun Feb 20 A singular voice in an astounding range of musical contexts, Don Byron explores widely divergent traditions while striving for what he calls "a sound above genre." This outstanding quartet comprises the top tier of jazz veterans! ____________________________ Featuring Don Byron: Clarinet, Saxophone, Compositions, Arrangements Luis Perdomo: Piano Dezron Douglas: Bass Jeff Tain Watts: Drums Don Byron As clarinetist, saxophonist, composer, arranger, and social critic, he redefines every genre of music he plays, be it classical, salsa, hip-hop, funk, klezmer, rhythm & blues, gospel, or any jazz style from swing and bop to cutting-edge downtown improvisation. Byron has been consistently voted best clarinetist by leading international music magazines. Acclaimed as much for his restless creativity as for his unsurpassed virtuosity as a player, he has presented a multitude of projects at major music festivals around the world. His countless collaborations range from the Duke Ellington Orchestra to Daniel Barenboim and from Salif Keita to Allen Toussaint. He has composed and arranged music for chamber ensembles, dance, and film, including soundtracks for the documentaries "Strange Fruit" and "Red-Tailed Angels, " and has acted in films directed by Robert Altman and Paul Auster. As artistic director and artist-in-residence, Byron has produced distinguished concert series for the Next Wave Festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and at New York's Symphony Space. A gifted teacher, he has led residencies at universities, including Harvard and Columbia. Byron's discography comprises a dozen albums for mostly Blue Note and Nonesuch Records. Luis Perdomo "Venezuela-born pianist Luis Perdomo plays hard, earnest jazz, with Latin jazz serving as his jumping off point." - Downbeat Acoustic post-bop pianist, Perdomo's playing has been directly or indirectly influenced by Chick Corea, McCoy Tyner, Keith Jarrett, Bill Evans and Herbie Hancock, and his mentor and teacher, Gerry Weil. As a longstanding member of Miguel Zenón's and Ravi Coltrane's groups, Luis has made his mark as a performer, leader, composer and arranger. He can be heard on Coltrane's Grammy-nominated "Blending Times" and Zenón's "Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook". Dezron Douglas Bassist, composer, bandleader, and Downbeat Magazine's 2019 Rising Star is known for his work with Pharoah Sanders, Ravi Coltrane, Cyrus Chestnut, and piano legend George Cables. In 2021, he joined the Trey Anastasio Band, and is an active music educator on the Jazz Studies faculty at NYU Steinhardt. He has released 6 albums as a leader and maintains a variety of projects that he uses as platforms for his compositions. In November of 2020 "Force Majeure" the critically acclaimed collaborative duo record with harpist Brandee Younger. "Meditations on Faith" his solo bass improvisation was released in March 2021. Jeff Tain Watts Jeff Watts, the drummer they call "Tain, " spent his formative years with Wynton and Branford Marsalis, and his compositional skills now command equal attention. Jeff joined the Wynton Marsalis Quartet in 1981 and proceeded to win three Grammy Awards with the ensemble: Black Codes From The Underground, J Mood and Marsalis Standard Time. Watts left Wynton Marsalis in 1988. After working with George Benson, Harry Connick. Jr. and McCoy Tyner, he joined the Branford Marsalis Quartet in 1989, winning a Grammy for I Heard You Twice the First Time and for Contemporary Jazz. write your comments about the article :: © 2022 Jazz News :: home page |