The jazz musician Wycliffe Gordon will be performing at the Lesher Center in Walnut Creek on August 4th at 5pm. To purchase tickets click here. Tickets are $35. (The 8pm show is already sold out).
From the Lesher Jazz website:
Trombonist Wycliffe Gordon is universally recognized as one of the great performers on his instrument, past or present. A long-time member of the Wynton Marsalis Septet who has also performed with such greats as Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Tommy Flanagan, Shirley Horn, Branford Marsalis and Joe Henderson, Mr. Gordon has earned a remarkable series of credits and awards:
- Jazz Journalists Association Award/Trombonist of the Year – 2012, 2011, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2002, 2001
- Member of Wynton Marsalis’ Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra (including a performance at the Grammy Awards)
- “Swingin’ with the Duke” – PBS special documentary
- Featured guest on Billy Taylor’s “Jazz at the Kennedy Center”
- “Uptown Blues, Ellington at 100″ a collaboration with the New York Philharmonic, live from Lincoln Center
- A featured soloist in Ken Burns’ “Jazz”
- “A Carnegie Hall Christmas Concert”
- “Live from Lincoln Center: The Juilliard School at 100 Years”
- “Journey with Jazz at Lincoln Center” – BET’s 13-part series
- “Zin, Zin, Zin, A Violin” –Compositions by Wycliffe Gordon with Marvin Hamlisch and Angela Lansbury
Mr. Gordon is a hard-swinging artist with deep roots in the jazz tradition who, although musically sophisticated, knows how to give an audience a good time. His performance on August 4 will feature selections from his CD “Hello Pops!,” a tribute to Louis Armstrong.
Blues and swing vocalist (and Bay Area favorite) Lavay Smith will appear as guest artist at Mr. Gordon’s performances.
Other personnel: Robert Barics, clarinet; Aaron Diehl, piano; Marcus Shelby, bass; Lorca Hart, drums