Sharel Cassity Quartet
Friday, August 30 at 8 PM
$40/$30/$20Sharel Cassity tours the world performing jazz and original music and is quickly making waves on the New York jazz scene, including entertaining audiences at Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola, Blue Note, NBC’s Rainbow Room, and the West Village bop stop Smalls. According to J. Hunter, All About Jazz, “Sharel Cassity has the potential to be one of the leaders of this genre’s next generation.”
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Salute to Dizzy Gillespie
Saturday, August 31 at
3 PM
$40/$30/$20The great jazz continues on Saturdayafternoon with a salute to Dizzy Gillespie, one of the great American jazz trumpeters of all time. The concert includes performances by bassist John Lee, who played with Dizzy, and returning percussionist Chuck Redd, who toured with him in Africa, as well as renowned jazz artist Greg Gisbert, who will take the master’s turn on the trumpet.
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Monty Alexander
Saturday, August 31 at
8 PM
$75/$60/$35Monty Alexander, the Festival’s artistic director and namesake, headlines the Festival on Saturday night, August 31, at 8 p.m. with his electrifying music, which crisscrosses and fuses jazz roots, the American Songbook and the sounds of his native Jamaica. Alexander has performed and recorded with artists from every corner of the musical universe and entertainment world: Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Ray Brown, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Quincy Jones, and Bobby McFerrin, among others.
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Dee Daniels
Sunday, September 1 at
2 PM
$15Wrapping up the Monty Alexander Jazz Festival is returning jazz and gospel vocalist, Dee Daniels, who will be joined by a local community choral group onSunday, September 1 at 2 p.m. Daniels, whose international presence is growing, performed at the Jus Jazz Festival in New Delhi and Mumbai, India and with the Air Jazz Quintet of Perm, Russia. Dee Daniels is a unique talent who transcends musical borders when she brings her jazz styling, infused with gospel and blues flavoring, to the stage.
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Get your Iconic Combo (Monty & Dizzy) Special Saturday Tickets! $50
ENJOY BRUNCH WITH the Isabelle De Leon Trio
Hunter’s Tavern at the Tidewater Inn
August 31, 11:15 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Enjoy a jazz brunch at Hunter’s Tavern with music by the Isabelle De Leon Trio. An a la carte menu will be offered with a complementary mimosa or Bellini cocktail. Call 410.822.1300 for reservations.
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