Reiko & Friends Join Reiko Niiya, former concertmaster of the Southwest Florida Symphony Orchestra, who retired this season after 37 years. A strong advocate for music and the arts in the community, the Gulf Coast Symphony honors Ms. Niiya at this concert, as she performs with 10 of her musician friends.
More InfoJazz at the Center: Tribute to Nat & Cannonball Adderley Julian Edwin “Cannonball” Adderley, an American jazz alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s, is remembered for his 1966 soul jazz single “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy,” a major crossover hit on the pop charts. Nat Adderley, a jazz trumpeter, was his younger …
More InfoJazz at the Center: Tribute to Pat Metheny Patrick Bruce Metheny, an American jazz guitarist and composer, is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group and is also involved in duets, solo works, and other side projects. His style incorporates elements of progressive and contemporary jazz, Latin jazz, and jazz fusion.
More InfoJazz at the Center: Tribute to Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea This concert celebrates the American jazz pianists and composers. Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea. Hancock joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the post-bop sound. Corea’s compositions …
More InfoJazz at the Center: Tribute to Louis Armstrong Louis Daniel Armstrong, nicknamed “Satchmo”, “Satch”, and “Pops”, was an American trumpeter, composer, vocalist, and actor who was among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades, from the 1920s to the 1960s, and different eras in the history of jazz.
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