Jack Kleinsinger’s Highlights in Jazz Presents “Satchmo and Sidney Revisited” on Thursday, March 28th at BMCC TRIBECA Performing Arts Center

The second concert of the 2019 Highlights in Jazz lineup continues with Satchmo and Sidney Revisited, an homage to trumpeter Louis Armstrong and clarinetist/soprano saxophonist Sidney Bechet, two of the most influential forebears in jazz. The concert, produced in association with the Sidney Bechet Society, plays on March 28 at 8 PM at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center.  producer Jack Kleinsinger brings together David Ostwald’s Louis Armstrong Eternity Band; Bechet’s leading disciple, Olivier Franc; stride-piano master Jean-Baptiste Franc; and Sidney Bechet’s son, percussionist/drummer Daniel Bechet.

The March 28 lineup of musicians for Satchmo and Sidney also includes trumpeter Alphonso Horne, a Grammy nominee and a Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz International Trumpet Competition semifinalist; multi-instrumentalist Adrian Cunningham, trombonist Dion Tucker, a composer and educator as well as a sideman; banjoist, guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Arnt Arntzen; and drummer David F. Gibson, who has performed with the Count Basie Orchestra, Joe Williams, Clark Terry, the Sun Ra Arkestra, the Odean Pope Saxophone Choir, the Diane Schuur Trio, the Duke Ellington Orchestra, the Woody Herman Orchestra and others. As always, the concert will include a special surprise guest.