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Javon Jackson All Star Quartet featuring Benny Green and Jimmy Cobb for One Night at Nighttown |
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Written by Ronaldo Oregano
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Monday, 28 November 2005 |
 Javon Jackson All Star Quartet featuring Benny Green and Jimmy Cobb
with Jim Anderson will appear on Monday, December 5th at
Nighttown in Cleveland, Ohio. Showtime is 7:00 PM and tickets are only $25. This
concert is co-sponsored in conjunction with Tri-C Jazz Studies. You can
also attend a free workshop with the Javon Jackson All-Star Quartet at
Tri-C Metro Campus Auditorium on Monday 12/05 at 10:00AM.
Tenor Saxophonist Javon Jackson
has been a prominent figure on the national jazz scene since joining
the great drummer Art Blakey and his Jazz Messengers in 1986. He
remained a Messenger until Blakey's death in 1990. In the early
90's Jackson was a valuable sideman to jazz stalwarts Cedar Walton,
Elvin Jones, and Ron Carter. In the early 90's he started his
recording career on the Criss Cross label and then moved over to Blue
Note in 1994. Javon Jackson has released 10 solo CD's, including
his latest on the Palmetto label "Have You Heard". His new CD
features Dr. Lonnie Smith on organ and Mark Whitfield on guitar.
Javon Jackson is firmly in the hard bop tradition, but has also taken
excursions highlighting more modern material while keeping the musical
integrity high. Jackson's sound has frequently been compared to
the late great Joe Henderson, especially early in his career.
While Henderson's influence is undeniable, Javon has also taken
inspiration from Sonny Stitt, an early childhood hero. At this
point in his career his sound has matured and is all his own. He
will surely be an influence himself on the next generation.
The senior member of the All-Star Quartet is the great drummer Jimmy Cobb. Cobb was a
valuable member of many historic ensembles including those of Wes
Montgomery, Cannonball Adderley, Wynton Kelly, singers Sarah Vaughan
and Dinah Washington, and most notably of all the Miles Davis group
that recorded the classic "Kind of Blue" in 1960. That group
included Adderley, Kelly, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Paul Chambers, and
Cobb. Jimmy Cobb is the last living member of that group of
incredible musicians.
Jimmy has remained very active supporting too many groups to list,
teaching at the New School in Manhattan, and in the past years leading
his own group Jimmy Cobb's Mob. That group has featured young
stars like guitarist Peter Bernstein and saxophonist Eric
Alexander. Three critically acclaimed CD's have been released by
Cobb's Mob and there are surely more to come. Jimmy Cobb has been
cited as an inspiration by many younger drummers including the late
great Tony Williams. Today Jimmy Cobb continues to lay down his
impeccable beats while serving as a mentor and inspiration to his
present bandmates and listeners worldwide.
Benny Green a bandmate of Javon
Jackson in Art Blakey's Messengers has been a sensation since his early
days as a teenager in Berkley, California. In the early 1980's
right after graduating from high school, Green made the move to New
York City. He studied with the great bop pianist Walter Bishop
and quickly was picked up by legendary singer Betty Carter. From
there he joined Blakey, started his recording career with several hit
records for Blue Note, and then spent several years in Ray Brown's Trio
in the mid 90's. Presently Benny Green has a series of highly
successful CD's out on Cleveland's Telarc records including one that
has him playing duets with the legendary Oscar Peterson.
Benny Green has consistently distinguished himself as a great player,
distinctive composer, and always amazes audiences throughout the
world. He has collaborated with most of the present generation of
jazz stars at one time or another. Some players that he has
worked with prolifically include Christian McBride, Rusell Malone,
Ralph Moore, Freddie Hubbard, and many, many more. In the past 15
years, Green has been the leader of his own groups and made a string of
highly successful solo appearances. Always a crowd pleaser, Benny
Green should be especially exciting to watch in this All-Star setting.
Veteran bassist Jim Anderson
from Cincinatti, Ohio has a long list of impressive credits. They
include tours with Art Blakey, Ernestine Anderson, Hank Crawford, and
Nat Adderley. Currently Jim is the co-leader of Cincinatti's
Cohesion Jazz ensemble. In recent times Jim Anderson has appeared
with saxophonists Joshua Redman and Gary Bartz, and with the drummer
Louis Nash. Anderson, like all great bassists, knows how to
anchor a great jazz group.
Don't miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to hear Four Great Jazz
Musicians at the top of their game, when Javon Jackson, Jimmy Cobb,
Benny Green, and Jim Anderson hit the stage in the intimate setting of
Nighttown, on Monday, December 5th.
Downbeat's International Jazz Guide to the 100 Great Jazz Clubs
lists Nighttown Restaurant in Cleveland Heights, calling it "A comfortable, white tablecloth
restaurant, Nighttown's jazz room has become Cleveland's best
year-round bet for touring artists. A host of Cleveland's foremost
artists are home there as well."You can find Nighttown at 12387
Cedar Rd. in Cleveland Heights. For reservations call (216) 795-0550.
Visit theur websit at
www.nighttowncleveland.com. |
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