Jazz fans are in for an unprecedented and tasty
musical treat to kick off a week of GRAMMY Awards celebrations in New York City.
Acclaimed jazz artists, band leaders, and music producers Ray Angry and Warren
Wolf are teaming up to present JAZZ-AGEDDON, a unique pre-GRAMMY Celebration
and Live Recording with a who’s who of special guests, including James Carter,
Sean Jones, Wycliffe Gordon, Jeremy Pelt, Marcus Gilmore, Myron Walden, Ali
Jackson, Ben Williams, and Willie Jones III. The three-night jazz spectacular
starts on Monday, January 22, 2018 and runs through Wednesday, January, 24,
2018 with two shows nightly at the legendary Blue Note Jazz Club, located in
New York’s Greenwich Village.
With a
lineup featuring critically hailed and genre-pushing all-stars, JAZZ-AGEDDON
presents a thrilling musical exchange between innovative contemporary craftsmen
at the top of their game, all celebrating America’s one true indigenous musical
art form, Jazz, in the days leading up to the 60th Annual GRAMMY Awards, which
take place January 28 in New York for the first time in 15 years. The lineup
and setlist of covers and originals will shift each night, ensuring that
JAZZ-AGEDDON cooks up a unique gumbo of jazz flavors with each show.
“What an
honor to start off 2018 performing at the Blue Note with Warren Wolf and
present new music with a cast of world-renowned musicians,” says keyboardist
Angry, who fronts the band Mister Goldfinger, among other projects. “Each night
will be something that you won’t want to miss. Can’t wait to bring you music
that will feed your mind, body, and soul.”
Baltimore-based
vibraphones master Wolf adds, “I look forward to performing in Jazz-Ageddon
with the great pianist and keyboardist Ray Angry. Many of our friends, Jeremy
Pelt, Sean Jones, James Carter, Ben Williams, Wycliffe Gordon, Willie Jones
III, Myron Walden and more will bring the very best sounds in jazz music and
beyond with Ray Angry and myself at the helm.”
Shows are
scheduled for 8 and 10 p.m. The Blue Note is located at 131 West 3rd Street,
New York, New York 10012; for reservations, please call 212-475-8592. Tickets
are available at the Blue Note Club website. The lineup for the three nights is
as follows:
Monday,
January 22, 2017
Ray Angry
(keyboards), Warren Wolf (vibes, mallet percussion), Jeremy Pelt (trumpet),
James Carter (saxophone), Ali Jackson (drums and percussion), Ben Williams (bass),
Marcus Gilmore (drums and percussion), and Wycliffe Gordon (trombone).
Tuesday,
January 23, 2017
Ray Angry
(keyboards), Warren Wolf (vibes, mallet percussion), Willie Jones III (drums,
percussion), Ali Jackson (drums, percussion), Myron Walden (saxophone, bass
clarinet), Ben Williams (bass), and Sean Jones (trumpet).
Wednesday,
January 24, 2017
Ray Angry
(keyboards), Warren Wolf (vibes, mallet percussion), Willie Jones III (drums,
percussion), Myron Walden (saxophone, bass clarinet), Ben Williams (bass),
Marcus Gilmore (drums and percussion), and Sean Jones (trumpet).
Ray Angry is
an acclaimed pianist, producer, composer and musical director, Angry has
collaborated with a wide range of pop, jazz, R&B, and hip-hop artists
including Jeff Beck, Wynton Marsalis, Mark Ronson, Q-Tip, Yolanda Adams, Joss
Stone, Sting, Me’Shell Ndegéocello, Esperanza Spalding, Terri Lyne Carrington,
Cindy Blackman, a duo of Mick Jagger & Dave Stewart, Estelle, Richard
Smallwood, Dionne Warwick, Dianne Reeves, Queen Latifah, D’Angelo, Lauryn Hill,
Kelis, Christina Aguilera and ongoing associates The Roots. His compositions
have been featured on TV shows, including “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.” His
performance of “Celebration of Life Suite” was included on the Revive/Blue Note
label’s compilation Supreme Sonacy, Vol 1. This summer, Angry is releasing his
debut album, Ray Angry One.
Warren Wolf
is a respected recording artist as well as an alumnus and former percussion
professor at the world-renowned Berklee College of Music, vibraphone and
marimba specialist. Wolf is the leader of Warren Wolf & WOLFPACK. With his
mallet and percussion skills, he has served as a member of bassist Christian
McBride’s group Inside Straight as well as the Bay Area’s all-star SFJazz Collective,
the David Sanborn/Joey DeFrancesco Group, and the Aaron Diehl Quartet. His most
recent recording as a leader is Convergence.
James Carter
is multi-instrumentalist and Detroit native. Carter is best known for his
innovative saxophone sound. A winner of Downbeat Magazine’s Critics and
Readers’ Choice Award for baritone saxophone several years in a row, Carter is
also an authority on vintage saxophones with an extensive collection. He has
performed, toured and played on albums with jazz notables Lester Bowie, Julius
Hemphill, Karryn Allison, Cyrus Chestnut, Wynton Marsalis, Herbie Hancock, Dee
Dee Bridgewater and his cousin, jazz violinist Regina Carter. He has recorded
numerous albums as a leader.
Marcus
Gilmore is a young-gun drum star. Gilmore has played with the likes of Ravi
Coltrane, Clark Terry, Nicholas Payton, Chick Corea, Kenny Garrett, and
Cassandra Wilson, among others. Born into a musical family (his grandfather is
jazz drummer Roy Haynes) and raised in Queens, New York, Gilmore is currently a
member of pianist Vijay Iyer’s band.
Wycliffe
Gordon is considered one of the reigning trombone masters of his generation,
Gordon has earned Downbeat Magazine’s Best Trombone for four years running, as
well as eight honors from the Jazz Journalists Association, among other awards.
A music educator and author as well as a performer and composer, Gordon
frequently tours with his Wycliffe Gordon & His International All-Stars,
composes for a variety of ensembles as well as stage and film projects. He has
performed with Wynton Marsalis, Paul Simon, Natalie Merchant, Rene Marie, Anat
Cohen, Dianne Reeves, Ricky Skaggs, and Arturo Sandoval, among others.
Ali Jackson
is a composer, educator, and percussionist. Jackson left Detroit to attend the
New School University for Contemporary Music in New York, where he studied with
Max Roach and Elvin Jones. A member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra for
more than a decade, Jackson has also performed and recorded with Wynton
Marsalis, Jon Batiste, Willie Nelson, Tony Bennett, Faith Hill, Karriem
Riggins, Bobby McFerrin, Norah Jones, Eric Clapton, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Aretha
Franklin, George Benson, Harry Connick, Jr., Marcus Roberts, Joshua Redman,
Vinx, Diana Krall, Gerald Albright, Jacky Terrasson, Kurt Rosenwinkel, and the
New York City Ballet, among others.
Willie Jones
III has studied under legendary drummer Albert “Tootie” Heath in college. The
band he founded, Black Note, won the John Coltrane Jazz Competition and went on
to record a series of albums. Jones has recorded with Roy Hargrove, Kurt
Elling, and Eric Reed; he has also worked with Sonny Rollins, Ernestine
Anderson, Bobby Hutcherson, Wynton Marsalis, Cedar Walton, the Dizzy Gillespie
All-Star Big Band, Houston Person, Billy Childs, Eric Alexander, Bill Charlap,
Michael Brecker, Herbie Hancock and Hank Jones, among others. In 2000, Jones
released his debut CD, Vol 1...Straight Swingin’, on his label, WJ3 Records,
and continues to record as a leader.
Sean Jones
is a trumpeter, composer, and educator. The Ohio-born musician has captured
attention for his unique sound. He held the trumpet chair in the Lincoln Center
Jazz Orchestra and has also been featured as a soloist with Illinois Jacquet,
Jimmy Heath, Frank Foster, Nancy Wilson, Dianne Reeves, Gerald Wilson, and
Marcus Miller, and toured with Miller, Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter on the
2011 Tribute to Miles tour. A member of
the SFJazz Collective, Jones has released several solo sets on Mack Avenue
Records.
Jeremy Pelt
is a respected traditional and contemporary trumpet player. Pelt has worked
with Bobby “Blue” Bland, Ravi Coltrane, Frank Foster, Winard Harper, Jimmy Heath,
Vincent Herring, John Hicks, Charli Persip, Ralph Peterson, Lonnie Plaxico,
Bobby Short, Cedar Walton, Frank Wess, Nancy Wilson and The Skatalites, to name
a few. Pelt has numerous album recordings as a leader.
Myron Walden
learned woodwinds in high school and became so skilled on the alto sax that he
was handpicked for a guest spot with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln
Center Orchestra. The Miami-born, Bronx-bred musician played with Kurt
Rosenwinkel, Eddie Henderson, Kevin Hays, Stephen Scott, Greg Hutchinson and
Eric Harland before earning a regular gig on Wednesday nights with his Apex
Trio. He moved on to guest spots with Brian Blade’s Fellowship Band and The New
Jazz Composers Octet, which made three recordings as a unit and two with Freddie
Hubbard. Also a noted tenor and soprano sax player, Waldon has dozens of
recordings as a sideman and several projects as a leader.
Ben Williams
raised in Washington, D.C., earned a BA from Michigan State University and a MA
from the esteemed Juilliard School. The acclaimed bassist is a winner of the
prestigious Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition in 2009, Williams has gone on to
record as a leader. He is also a member of noted jazz guitarist Pat Metheny’s
Unity Band, which won a 2013 Grammy Award.
About the
Blue Note Jazz Club
Since its
inception in 1981, Blue Note has become one of the premier jazz clubs in the
world and a cultural institution in Greenwich Village. Owner and founder Danny
Bensusan had a vision to create a jazz club in Greenwich Village that would
treat deserving artists with respect, while allowing patrons to see the world’s
finest jazz musicians in a close, comfortable setting. The club simultaneously
strives to preserve the history of jazz, while fostering progression and
innovation within the art form.
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