WYCLIFFE GORDON & FRIENDS - BRYANT PARK PICNIC PERFORMANCE & JAZZMOBILE -
Join JAZZMOBILE for another FREE EVENT; the Kick-Off of the Bryant Park Picnic Performances as we get the party started for a GREAT SEASON!
Musical ambassador and interpreter of America's music, Wycliffe Gordon has had a career touring the world performing hard-swinging, straight-ahead jazz, receiving acclaim from audiences and critics alike. His modern mastery of the plunger mute and his prodigious technique and signature sound has solidified Gordon a place in musical history as one of the top trombonists of his generation.
In addition to a successful solo career, Gordon tours regularly leading the Wycliffe Gordon Quartet, headlining at legendary jazz venues and performing arts centers throughout the world. Gordon is a veteran member of the Wynton Marsalis Septet, Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, and has been a featured guest artist on Billy Taylor's "Jazz at the Kennedy Center" Series. Gordon's extensive performances include work with many of the most renowned jazz performers of the past and present.
A gifted composer and arranger, Gordon's recordings are a model of consistency and inspiration, resulting in thirteen solo CDs and seven co-leader CDs. Renowned jazz groups and organizations commission him frequently, and he boasts an extensive songbook of original compositions spanning the timbres of jazz music. Gordon is a Yamaha artist and endorses Greg Black mouthpieces.
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Highlights
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- In person
Refund Policy
Location
Bryant Park
Enter at 42nd Street
and Avenue of the Americas (6th Ave) New York, NY 10018
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