Eddie Henderson
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Eddie-Henderson/10150089140830158
One of today's top and most original jazz trumpet players, Henderson first got worldwide recognition for his jazz-trumpet playing from the popular recordings he made with Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi group during the early '70s. Henderson has been on the faculty at Juillard school of music since 2007.
George Cables (Piano)
http://www.georgecables.com/
Cables has prowled sidestreets and main thoroughfares of music in relative anonymity, absorbing countless influences into his personal style. Gigs around New York at the Top of the Gate, Slugs, and other clubs attracted attention to Cables' versatility and before long he had recorded with tenor saxophonist Paul Jeffrey, played on Max Roach's "Lift Every Voice and Sing," and earned a brief 1969 tenure at the piano bench with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. Demand for his sensitive accompaniment increased and by the end of the 1970s, Cables was garnering a reputation as everyone's favorite sideman....
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Eddie Henderson
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Eddie-Henderson/10150089140830158
One of today's top and most original jazz trumpet players, Henderson first got worldwide recognition for his jazz-trumpet playing from the popular recordings he made with Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi group during the early '70s. Henderson has been on the faculty at Juillard school of music since 2007.
George Cables (Piano)
http://www.georgecables.com/
Cables has prowled sidestreets and main thoroughfares of music in relative anonymity, absorbing countless influences into his personal style. Gigs around New York at the Top of the Gate, Slugs, and other clubs attracted attention to Cables' versatility and before long he had recorded with tenor saxophonist Paul Jeffrey, played on Max Roach's "Lift Every Voice and Sing," and earned a brief 1969 tenure at the piano bench with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. Demand for his sensitive accompaniment increased and by the end of the 1970s, Cables was garnering a reputation as everyone's favorite sideman.
Billy Drummond (Drums)
http://www.billydrummonddrums.com/
Drummer Billy Drummond first came to international prominence when he joined the bands of the legendary Horace Silver and, later, J.J. Johnson and Sonny Rollins, with whom he spent three formative years. Now one of the busiest players of his generation, he can be heard on nearly 300 albums, including three critically acclaimed recordings as a band leader, one of which - cult hit Dubai(Criss Cross) - was named Number 1 Best Jazz CD that year by the New York Times.
Doug Weiss
http://www.doogalabassmusic.com
An in-demand side man, Weiss circulates in the NYC club scene.
Doug has also performed and recorded with notable figures as Toshiko Akiyoshi, Lee Konitz, Eddie Henderson, Lew Tabakin, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, and Joshua Redman.
Gary Bartz
http://www.garybartz.com/
Bartz graduated from The Juilliard School and shortly after had his big break into the music industry, when he began filling in with Art Blakey's band at his father's club in Baltimore. Bartz has played with greats like Miles Davis & Charles Mingus, absorbing these other influences reflected in the music of his group the Ntu Troop, which combined soul, funk, African music, hard bop, and avant-garde jazz. In liner notes to his album released in 1995, The Red and Orange Poems, Bartz was described by jazz critic Stanley Crouch as "one of the very best who has ever picked up the instrument". He has recorded more than 40 solo albums and over 200 as a guest artist. He won a Grammy Award in 2005 for his playing on McCoy Tyner's album Illuminations.
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