Name: Iconic Bassist John Lee & Friends- Freddie Hendrix
Start: 2023-02-01T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2023-02-01T22:00:00-05:00
Location: Clement's Place

Iconic Bassist John Lee & Friends- Freddie Hendrix

Gregory Burrusis a local live music ambassador, event planner, and  community partner that curates, manages and promotes live music events in the local SOMA (South Orange, Maplewood) community, Northern NJ and New York Area.Gregory Burrus sits on a number of local boards and committees and is currently serving as a Board Member ofMaplewood Community Music.Year-round Gregory Burrus also curates and produces: theJazz973live music jazz series atClements Place Jazzfor theRutgers University Institute of Jazz Studies,  Jazzy Nights Live Music performancesDuring the Summer months Gregory manages and promotes theDowntownSouth Orange  summer long live music concerts, the annual24 Hours of MusicFestival and the June thru October Orange Farmers Market Jazz Jam and produces Live Music entertainment for  Downtown Cranford Summer and Autumn Live Music Series..In addition to producing events, Gregory also showcases, photographs, videotapes events annually such as the annual NYC John Jay CollegeFriends of Myrna Bain ScholarshipFundraiser, the Orange NJ Farmers Market,SOPAC Playing Around South Orangealong with booking bands at various other local venues.Gregory Burrus has a passion for making live music happen anywhere and everywhere he can whether locally around town or around the world while living life everyday to the fullest. Learn more at :Gregory BurrusProductions. https://gregoryburrusproductions.com/

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Jazz973 at Clements  is proud to present famed bassist, composer and Grammy-winning producer John Lee and his stellar list of friends.

Clement's Place

<p>We are thrilled to welcome John Lee, the Grammy Award-winning master of bass , for an exclusive performance at Clements Place Jazz! Don't miss this chance to experience one of jazz masters and his stellar list of jazz musicians. </p><h2></h2>

<h2>John Lee</h2><p></p><p>From 1984 thru 1993, John Lee was Dizzy Gillespie’s bassist. Performing and recording in the trumpet master’s various bands including the Dizzy Gillespie  Quintet, Dizzy Gillespie Big Band, and Dizzy’s Grammy Award winning United Nation Orchestra. After Dizzy’s passing, his family asked John to create an ongoing tribute to the great man and his music—and the concept for the Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars was born. John is the bassist and director ofthe Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars, Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band, and the Dizzy Gillespie Afro-Latin Experience. John has also worked in the bands of Gary Bartz, Larry Coryell, Jon Faddis, Aretha Franklin, Roberta Gambarini, Roy Hargrove, Jimmy Heath, Gregory Hines, Miriam Makeba, James Moody,  Claudio Roditi, Sonny Rollins, and McCoy Tyner. John is also a Grammy Award winning record producer and audio engineer. He has produced over 100 recordings. </p><p>Performing on the bandstand:</p><ul><li><strong>J﻿ohn Lee - Bass</strong></li><li><strong>F﻿reddie Hendrix - Trumpet and Flugelhorn</strong></li><li><strong>S﻿reve Carrington - Sax </strong></li><li><strong>K﻿arl Laham - Drums</strong></li><li><strong>A﻿lex Collins  - Piano</strong></li></ul><p></p><p></p><h2>F﻿reddie Hendrix - Trumpet</h2><p>Over the past two decades, Freddie Hendrix has become one of the most in demand trumpeters in Jazz, and beyond. Also an accomplished composer, arranger and educator, the Teaneck, New Jersey native's skill and versatility has resulted in him working with a wide array of performers that range from the Count Basie Orchestra and The Christian McBride Big Band, to Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and Alicia Keys.</p><p>A product of the esteemed Jazz program at William Paterson University, with a Masters in Jazz Studies and Performance from New Jersey City University, Hendrix also shares his knowledge and passion for the music by serving as a faculty member at the Hartt School of Music at The University of Hartford (Ct.), The New School in New York, and Jazz House Kids, in Montclair, New Jersey. </p><h2>K﻿arl Latham - Drums</h2><p>Karl Latham has performed and recorded with Grammy Award winning artists, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members and many acclaimed artists including The Shirelles; Johnny Winter; Bernie Worrell; Mark Egan Unit1; John Lee Quartet with Clark Terry, Slide Hampton, Cyrus Chestnut, Jon Faddis; The Fantasy Band with Dave Valentine, Noel Pointer, Dave Samuels; Howard Paul with Laurence Hobgood, Anat Cohen and Tom Scott; The Dizzy Gillespie Alumni Group; Andy Snitzer; Ali Ryerson; Vic Juris; Mitch Stein and Rachel Z.  </p><p>Karl has performed in Europe for decades in the groups of Wolfgang Lackerschmid and Johannes Mossinger.  Latham co-lead the 2016 BMW World Jazz Award nominated “Constellations” with Mark Egan and Ryan Carniaux and co-leads Don Braden/Karl Latham Big Fun(K). Karl has subbed on the Broadway productions of “Bring It On”, “Hamilton”, “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical”, and “Ain’t Too Proud”. </p><h2>S﻿teve Carrington - Sax </h2><p>Born in East Baltimore, Maryland, Steve Carrington began playing the saxophone at age seven. After attending the Baltimore School for the Arts and Frederick Douglass High School (whose alumni include Cab Calloway), Carrington was awarded a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Mass. His early influences were John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Grover Washington Jr., Hank Mobley, Dexter Gordon, and Freddie Hubbard. Carrington has played with Cyrus Chestnut’s African Reflections band, Charles Mingus Epitaph, Roy Hargrove, Milt Hinton, Frank Wess, Jimmy Heath, Elvin Jones, Joey DeFrancesco, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Wynton Marsalis, Chick Corea, and the Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars among many others. Recently, he has been performing with Kool and the Gang. Carrington’s recordings include his debut album “A Caring Tone “ (2014) and “Mind Traveler” (2019).</p><p></p><h2>A﻿lex Collins - Piano</h2><p>Alex Collins is a New York City based pianist, composer, arranger and vibraphonist. Alex made his debut at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival with the Brandon Wright Quartet in 2010.</p><p>Alex is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music (M.M. Jazz Composition) and earned his undergraduate degree from the Eastman School of Music (B.M. Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media (Piano)).</p><p>He received the Wynton Kelly Jazz Foundation Award for Jazz Achievement (2003) and participated in the prestigious Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead program (2006).</p><p>Aside from leading his own trio, Alex has performed in the bands of Ronnie Burrage, Micelle Coltrane, Big Funk, Gerry Gibbs, Karl Latham, John Lee, Lonnie Plaxico, Lenny White, and the Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars.</p><p></p><p>Free - Register to attend.</p><p></p><p></p>

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