Jazz: 2008-2009 Season

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Mos Def
Produced by Jill Newman Productions
Sep 21, 2008 at 7:00 PM | On Sale 6/12/08,
Artist Mos Def explores hip hop, jazz, and soul with his band, drawing from original compositions and material by Miles Davis, Beyoncé, James Brown, and Gil Scott-Heron, among others.

Kevin Mahogany's Kansas City Revue
Sep 26, 2008 | On Sale 6/12/08,
Award-winning vocalist and Kansas City native Kevin Mahogany presents his Kansas City Revue with the Godfathers of Groove and vocalist Kathy Kosins, moving through R&B, boogie woogie, blues, and jazz.

Preservation Hall Jazz Band & Blind Boys of Alabama: "Down by the Riverside"
Sep 28, 2008 at 7:00 PM | On Sale 6/12/08,
New Orleans' legendary Preservation Hall Jazz Band and vocal titans the Blind Boys of Alabama join forces to present "Down by the Riverside," combining jazz and gospel hymns.

Jeremy Pelt Quintet
Oct 3, 2008 | On Sale 8/11/08,
Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt has been lauded for his tone, which "strikes a warm balance between brightness and suffusion" (All About Jazz), and has been voted Rising Star on the trumpet five years in a row by DownBeat Magazine.

Grady Tate
Oct 4, 2008 | On Sale 8/11/08,
A member of Howard University's faculty, drummer/vocalist Grady Tate was a member of Johnny Carson's Tonight Show band for six years.

Terri Lyne Carrington Quartet
Oct 18, 2008 | On Sale 8/11/08,
A world-renowned drummer, composer, and producer, Terri Lyne Carrington is no stranger to the spotlight, having been a mainstay in the industry for more than 20 years.

Allan Harris: "Cry of the Thunderbird"
Oct 24, 2008 | On Sale 8/11/08,
Allan Harris returns to the Center with selections from his newly released CD, Cry of the Thunderbird, the next installment in his "Cross That River" trilogy.

The Blue Note Records 70th Anniversary--On Tour
Apr 5, 2009 | On Sale 2/12/09,
Blue Note Records artists--pianist Bill Charlap, trumpeter Nicholas Payton, saxophonists Ravi Coltrane and Steve Wilson, guitarist Pat Martino, drummers Lewis Nash and Peter Washington--perform well-known hits from this renowned label's vault.

John Clayton and Gerald Clayton, "Father and Son"
May 2, 2009 | On Sale 2/12/09,
Three-time Grammy-nominated bassist John Clayton's talents are consistently in demand. His son, pianist Gerald performs with an "Oscar Peterson–like style, highly controlled touch and dynamics and rhapsodic, episodic soloing" (The New York Times).

"Dedicated to You": Kurt Elling in a John Coltrane/Johnny Hartman Tribute
| On Sale 12/11/08,
Kurt Elling brings Ernie Watts and the Ethel String Quartet aboard for "Dedicated to You," Elling's creative re-imagining of John Coltrane's collaboration with "romantic balladeer" Johnny Hartman.

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