Jon Faddis Quartet With Special Guests at the Blue Note
Blue Note Jazz Club (131 West 3rd St New York City, NY 10012)
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The last date listed for Jon Faddis Quartet: "Trumpets of Triumph" was Sunday August 28, 2011 / 8:00pm (with guests Sean Jones and Claudio Roditi).
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Great show - great venue - showed my Goldstar receipt no problem; can't wait for next show; Oh yes the apple strudel w/ice cream was great!Written on Aug 26 2011
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Description
Jon Faddis is a complete and consummate musician - conductor, composer, and educator. Marked by both intense integrity and humor, Faddis earned accolades from his close friend and mentor John Birks Gillespie, who declared of Faddis, "He's the best ever, including me!" As a trumpeter, Faddis possesses a virtually unparalleled range and full command of his instrument, making the practically impossible seem effortless. Time Out New York praised Faddis as "the world's greatest trumpeter ... [playing with] brash soloistic logic and breathtaking technical acuity," and Nat Hentoff, in The Wall Street Journal, characterized Faddis as "a trumpet player of prodigious lyrical force."
Born in 1953, Faddis began playing at age eight, inspired by an appearance by Louis Armstrong on television. Meeting Dizzy Gillespie at 15 proved to be the pivotal beginning of a unique friendship that spanned over three decades. Shortly after his 18th birthday, Faddis joined Lionel Hampton's big band, moving from Oakland, CA to New York. He worked as lead trumpet for the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra at the Village Vanguard, formed his own quartet, and soon began directing big band orchestras, including the Grammy-winning United Nations Orchestra, the Dizzy Gillespie 70th Birthday Big Band, the Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Stars, the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, and the successor to the CHJB, the Jon Faddis Jazz Orchestra of New York. The Chicago Jazz Ensemble, which celebrated its 40th anniversary at Columbia College Chicago, named Faddis as its Artistic Director in the autumn of 2004. Faddis will continue to conduct both the JFJONY and the CJE in the future. He has also served as guest conductor and featured guest artist with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra.
Faddis remains true to the tradition of honoring mentors who taught him, regularly leading master classes and clinics worldwide. He also teaches as a full-time faculty member at the Conservatory of Music, Purchase College-SUNY (where he is Artist-in-Residence, Professor & Director of Jazz Performance) and as a guest lecturer at Columbia College Chicago.
Special Guests:
August 23 and 24, 2011:
Sean Jones and Terell Stafford
August 25, 2011:
Terell Stafford and Mike Rodriguez
August 26, 2011:
Sean Jones and Lew Soloff
August 27, 2011:
Sean Jones and Brian Lynch
August 28, 2011:
Sean Jones and Claudio Roditi