Friday, Aug 30th - 8 pm - Avery Sharpe and Charles Neville "From New Orleans to New England"
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Saturday, Aug 31- 8 pm - Yoron Israel with "High Standards" - featuring Yoron Israel (drums, percussion), Laszlo Gardony (piano), Lance Bryant (soprano & tenor sax) and Henry Lugo (bass)
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The Buttonwood Tree - 605 Main Street, Middletown, next to It's Only Natural market. 860-347-4957 Buttonwood website Beverages and light refreshments available. See more and listen:
From New Orleans to New England: Avery Sharpe & Charles Neville Duo
Charles Neville
Charles Neville’s saxophone work in his 50 year career has included
rhythm & blues, funk, jazz, bebop, popular, and native American
music. Best known for his work with his brothers in the New Orleans
funk-pop group the Neville Brothers, he cites as influences Louis
Jordan, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins and Professor
Longhair. Neville has played with R&B greats including Johnny Ace,
Little Walter, Jimmy Reed, Big Maybelle, James Brown, B.B. King, Bobby
Bland and Ray Charles. At home in New Orleans, he played saxophone
behind Allen Toussaint, James Booker, Ernie K-Doe and Huey “Piano” Smith
Avery Sharpe
Avery Sharpe learned both electric and acoustic bass as a teenager,
and studied with Reggie Workman at the University of Massachusetts. He
played with Wynton Marsalis and Pat Metheny before joining McCoy Tyner’s
sextet; from 1984 through 2002 he played with Tyner’s trio. He has also
played as a sideman with Archie Shepp, Yusef Lateef, Ricky Ford, Joe
Ford, and others. As a leader, he has releases on Sunnyside Records, and
several albums on his own label, JKNM.Sharpe is remarkably versatile as a bassist. He plays both bass guitar and upright bass. His humming-and-bowing, à la Slam Stewart, as well as his chord work on stand-up bass, are signatures of his unique style.
YORON ISRAEL bring his group, “High
Standards” to TBT as they tour throughout the United States and looks
toward South African and European tours next year. His recent recording
“VISIONS, The Music of Stevie Wonder” has received rave reviews and
enthusiastic support from radio, print media and the public at large.
“High Standards”, features Yoron Israel – drums, percussion, Laszlo
Gardony – piano, Lance Bryant – saxophone, Henry Lugo – bass.
This foursome represents a depth of
virtuosity and musical cohesiveness that is infectious. The ensemble is
committed to forging ahead “New Standards” for the 21st century, by
adding a highly personalized perspective to familiar performance,
compositional and arrangement references, that will become common
repertoire of choice for future generations of jazz musicians and
listeners. For more information see www.yoronisrael.com
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