Destination JAZZ - featuring The Cookers | Waynesboro Area Senior High School
Concerts
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2 FOR 1 TICKET SALE - LIMITED TIME
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Please join us for a night of incredible music with
THE COOKERS - featuring an all-star group with internmationally acclaimed musicians
Eddie Henderson (trumpet),
David Weiss (trumpet), Azar Lawrence (tenor sax), Craig Handy (alto sax), George Cables (piano), Cecil McBee (bass), and Billy Hart (drums)!
In addition,
Waynesboro and Chambersburg High School Jazz Bands
will be performing earlier in the day.
4:30 pm - WASHS and CASHS student jazz bands perform
6:15 pm - Ken Jankura (vocals and bass) and Bret Crawford (sax) - in the lobby
7:00 pm - THE COOKERS
Exit and re-entry is permitted with a wristband.
WASHS auditorium is a beautiful space with excellent acoustics and plenty of comfortable seats. Whatever time you arrive, you are sure to find excellent seats.
Support aspiring young jazz musicians, and enjoy this rare and extremely affordable opportunity to see these jazz masters LIVE in the beautiful and spacious Waynesboro High School auditorium. See you there!
Questions? Email:
events@artsalliancegw.org
Arts Alliance of Greater Waynesboro/Destination ARTS!
The Cookers Website
Tickets sold at the door wil be CASH ONLY
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THE COOKERS
Deemed “a dream team” by The New York Times, The Cookers is an all-star group of leaders who summon up an aggressive mid ‘60s spirit with a potent collection of expansive post-bop originals marked by all the requisite killer instincts and pyrotechnic playing expected of some of the heaviest hitters on the scene today.
Eddie Henderson
(trumpet),
Cecil McBee
(bass),
George Cables
(piano), and
Billy Hart
(drums) all came up in the heady era of the mid ‘60s. It was a period that found the dimensions of hard bop morphing from their original designs, and these musicians helped facilitate the process as members of some of the era’s most important bands.Hart and Henderson were members of Herbie Hancock’s groundbreaking Mwandishi group.
Henderson also played with Art Blakey, Elvin Jones, Johnny Griffin, McCoy Tyner, the Latin band Azteca, and many more.
Hart (an NEA Jazz Master) has long been one of the most highly respected drummers in the world, gracing the bands of Jimmy Smith, Wes Montgomery, McCoy Tyner, Stan Getz, and Miles Davis—to name a few.
McBee anchored Charles Lloyd’s great ’60s quartet alongside Keith Jarrett and Jack DeJohnette and has also recorded with Wayne Shorter, Chet Baker, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, and McCoy Tyner. Cables held down the piano chair in numerous bands including groups led by Sonny Rollins, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Dexter Gordon, and Art Pepper.
David Weiss
(trumpet) gained experience performing with Freddie Hubbard, Charles Tolliver, Billy Harper, Slide Hampton, Louis Hayes, and more.
Azar Lawrence
(tenor sax) has recorded/wrote for luminaries such as Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, McCoy Tyner, Busta Rhymes, Roberta Flack, and Phyllis Hyman, as well as writing and performing on Earth, Wind & Fire’s highly acclaimed platinum album Powerlight.
Craig Handy (alto sax) toured with Herbie Hancock in the late 1990s and has recorded or toured with John Scofield, Charles Tolliver, Wynton Marsalis, Art Blakey, Joe Henderson, Betty Carter, Abdullah Ibrahim, and the John Hicks Legacy Band.General admission to Destination JAZZ is $10 in advance through April 12, and $20 beginning April 13. Free parking for the concert is readily available on site at Waynesboro Area Senior High School.
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In addition—on
Friday, April 25
, the STEVE RUDOLPH TRIO
will perform a special FREE concert (donations encouraged) from 5:30 pm to 8 pm at Gallery 50 / Music Makers, located at 50 West Main Street, Waynesboro, PA, featuring pianist Steve Rudolph, bassist Hassan J.J. Shakur, and drummer Larry Marshall. With 14 acclaimed CDs as a leader, Rudolph has served as producer, arranger, and performer on many recordings including sessions with Johnny Coles, Bill Goodwin, Ali Ryerson, Matt Wilson, Cal Collins, Jonathan Ragonese, Phil Haynes, Roger Humphries, JD Walter, and Vinny Valentino. His vast experience encompasses concert performances with many jazz masters including Louie Bellson, Clark Terry, Terry Gibbs, Al Grey, and the Mills Brothers. Rudolph has toured throughout the U.S., India, Europe, Canada, Russia, and the Caribbean and is the leader of many ensembles including the Harrisburg Jazz Collective Big Band.
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Generous support for Destination JAZZ comes from a Franklin County Impact Grant, with additional support from Rent in Waynesboro.com. All proceeds help support the nonprofit Arts Alliance of Greater Waynesboro, which presents free live music and visual arts shows every weekend year-round at Gallery 50 and Music Makers in Waynesboro, PA, and sponsors and helps support artists, art organizations, and art venues throughout the Waynesboro area.
Seating is limited.
events@artsalliance gw.org
Information Source: Arts Alliance of Greater Waynesboro | eventbrite