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*Please note….Due to one of our performers needing to board a plane for a concert in Paris the following day, the Lexington concert will now start at 4:00 pm*
In the canon of classic Jazz albums and star musical pairings there are few that match the artistry and melodic poetry of Undercurrent and Intermodulation by guitarist Jim Hall and pianist Bill Evans. Minimalist, masterful, modern and attentive, the careful and contagious listening that takes place between Evans and Hall in these recording sessions has commanded contemplation of Jazz guitarists, pianists, and people of refined listening taste for over 60 years. Two modern masters of Jazz revisit and reinterpret the complementary musical conversation between Hall and Evans.
As a bandleader, Sheryl Bailey has toured the US, Canada, Europe, Australia, Hong Kong, China, Japan, and the UK with her many projects: The Sheryl Bailey 3, The Sheryl Bailey 4, The Electric Ladyland Project, and Plucky Strum. She has 12 critically acclaimed releases as a leader. Sheryl has toured and recorded with The Anat Cohen Tentet, Richard Bona, David Krakauer’s Ancestral Groove, Abraham Inc., John Zorn, Tommy Campbell’s Vocal Eyes, Irene Cara, Lea Delaria, George Garzone, Jack Wilkins, Shingo Okudaira, Steve Slagle, Harvie S, Ken Peplowski, Kim Plainfield, and Gary Thomas. As an educator, she has been a Professor of Guitar at Berklee College of Music since 2000, and was recently named the Assistant Chair of the Guitar Department at Berklee. www.sherylbailey.com
Lewis Porter, pianist, educator, author, has performed across the USA and Europe. He was the subject of a full-page article in Downbeat in 2019 and a four-page feature in Jazz Times the same year. He was nominated for a Grammy in 1995 and has won two ASCAP prizes. He appears on 38 albums with Dave Liebman, Marc Ribot, Gary Bartz, John Patitucci, Terri Lyne Carrington, Tia Fuller and others. Critics write that his music makes “a beautifully creative whole” and that he is “a first-rate pianist.” Jazz Journal of the UK wrote: “Technique, imagination and feeling are all at his disposal.” Holding a Ph.D. in musicology, he is well-known as an educator and author, most notably of a celebrated book on Coltrane. His acclaimed weekly jazz essay series on Substack, “Playback with Lewis Porter”(https://lewisporter.substack.com), is followed by over 6,000 jazz fans, scholars, and musicians worldwide.
