Dave Scott, Trumpeter - Music of Art Blakey and Originals

About this event

For this night Dave Scott and the band, in addition to showcasing a number of originals, will also be featuring many pieces from Art Blakey who was a legendary American jazz drummer and bandleader. He made a name for himself in the 1940s in the big bands of Fletcher Henderson and Billy Eckstine . He then worked with bebop musicians Thelonious Monk , Charlie Parker , and Dizzy Gillespie . In the mid-1950s, Horace Silver and Blakey formed The Jazz Messengers , a group which he led for the next 35 years. Over the years the band became known as an incubator for young talent, including Freddie Hubbard , Wayne Shorter , Lee Morgan , Benny Golson , Kenny Dorham , Hank Mobley , Donald Byrd , Jackie McLean , Johnny Griffin , Curtis Fuller , Chuck Mangione , Chick Corea , Keith Jarrett , Cedar Walton , Woody Shaw , Terence Blanchard , and Wynton Marsalis .

This is sure to be an evening of amazing music!