Jack Kleinsinger’s Highlights In Jazz closes its 46th season with a tribute to jazz guitarist Russell Malone on Thursday, June 21 at 8 PM at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center. Malone has been a regular on the Manhattan music scene since the 1980s, as well as appearing in international festivals and concert halls. He’s a versatile guitarist with a range from a tender touch on ballads to a smokin’ side that made him at home in organ bands fronted by leaders like Jimmy Smith and Jack McDuff.
Malone has released more than a dozen albums as a leader, including 2017’s well-received Time for the Dancers. He has forged long associations with musicians as varied as Jimmy Smith, Harry Connick Jr. and Diana Krall, appearing on three of her Grammy nominated albums. He has frequently collaborated with pianist Benny Green, and shared stages and/or studios with Roy Hargrove, Kenny Barron, Mulgrew Miller, Jack McDuff, Ron Carter, Sonny Rollins and more than one Marsalis brother.
Appearing on the bill with Malone are saxophonists Jimmy Heath and Houston Person, drummers Lewis Nash and Willie Jones III, trumpeter Jeremy Pelt, guitarist Gene Bertoncini, vibraphonist Steve Nelson, bassist Luke Sellick and, of course, as is Highlights in Jazz tradition, a special surprise guest.
Ticket prices are $45.00 ($40.00 student rate with valid ID). Tickets can be purchased in advance at the box office or by mail order, by sending a check made payable to: Highlights In Jazz at 7 Peter Cooper Road, Apt. 11E, New York NY 10010 (Please enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope.)
Highlights in Jazz performs at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers Street, New York, NY. 212-220-1460
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