Name: The Future of Jazz: Luis Peralta, Ben Esposito playing w Essiet Essiet
Start: 2024-06-12T19:00:00-07:00
End: 2024-06-12T21:00:00-07:00
Location: The Sound Room

The Future of Jazz: Luis Peralta, Ben Esposito playing w Essiet Essiet

The Sound Room is aptly named. The focus is on the sound or the music. Unlike clubs where the performance may be peripheral to the experience, at the Sound Room the performance is the experience.  We are an all-ages listening room. We exist to present great music and promote jazz as an art form.The Sound Room is the home of Bay Area Jazz & Arts, a  501(c)3 non-profit organization focused on promoting the Arts.

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Two local Rising Stars playing with world renowned bassist, Essiet Essiet

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Rising star Luis Peralta is a 21-year-old pianist from Oakland, California. He began playing piano at seven, embarking quickly on a serious study of European Classical and American Classical Music (Jazz). In 2017 he performed Alex Conde’s Concierto Para Piano Flamenco y Orquesta as a soloist with the Oakland Youth Orchestra. In 2019, Luis was awarded a full scholarship to study piano at the New School. He has studied with and performed with Bay Area figures such as Howard Wiley and Marcus Shelby. Currently, he studies with pianists Sullivan Fortner and John McCarthy.Ben Esposito has played around the Bay Area as a top-call drummer, playing with and being mentored by local greats such as Joshua Redman, Marcus Shelby, and Howard Wiley. He has had the honor to perform with Jazzmeia Horn, Fred Armisen, Gary Bartz, Essiet Okon Essiet, Johnny O’Neal, Javier Santiago, Tiffany Austin, Dennis Adu, and more. He has studied with Greg Hutchinson, Kenny Washington, Jeremy Dutton, Kendrick Scott, George Fludas, and Ulysses Owens Jr. Ben has performed in ensembles at Montreux Jazz Festival, Umbria Jazz Festival, Carnegie Hall, SFJAZZ, San Jose Jazz Festival, and led his own projects at the Black Cat, Bird and Beckett, and the Sound Room, to name a few.Considered one of the top bassists in jazz today, Essiet Essiet first received critical acclaim over a decade ago in Bobby Watson's group Horizon. Essiet was Art Blakey's last bassist, playing with him for 2 years and on 3 CDs. He's also performed with Freddie Hubbard, Cedar Walton, Benny Golson, and the Blue Note All-Stars, to name a few. Essiet also leads IBO, a Nigerian jazz project.

The Future of Jazz: Luis Peralta, Ben Esposito playing w Essiet Essiet

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