Event:
Monday, September 22nd
Yoshi’s
San Francisco, CA

Yoshi’s in San Francisco will host drummer and composer Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band Monday, September 22nd. The band includes pianist/composer Jon Cowherd, bassists Chris Thomas, alto saxophonist and bass clarinetist Myron Walden, tenor saxophonist Melvin Butler, and of course drummer Brian Blade.

Boasting their latest album Season of Change, the band is climbing toward the top of the jazz charts, recording hit after hit on a must have CD. The chemistry of the band is one of their greatest assets, having been together recording and touring for many years, and it has shown as they have been praised as one of contemporary jazz’s most respected ensembles.

Brian Blade:

Brian Blade was born on July 25, 1970 in Shreveport, Louisiana. In 1988, Brian moved to New Orleans to attend Loyola University. It was at this time that Brian would become friends with Jon Cowherd. Both Brian and Jon were able to study and play with most of the master musicians living in New Orleans, including: John Vidacovich, Ellis Marsalis, Steve Masakowski, Bill Huntington, Mike Pellera, John Mahoney, George French, Germaine Bazzle, David Lee, Jr., Alvin Red Tyler, Tony Dagradi and Harold Battiste.

There were many inspiring musicians living and visiting New Orleans who helped Brian in his development. Some of these friends are Chris Thomas, Peter Martin, Nicholas Payton, Antoine Drye, Martin Butler, Delfeayo Marsalis, Joshua Redman, Harry Connick, Jr., Gray Mayfield, Marcus Roberts, Victor Goines and Daniel Lanois.

In 1998, Brian and Jon Cowherd began recording their own music with the group Fellowship. The band members are Chris Thomas, Myron Walden, Kurt Rosenwinkel and Melvin Butler. Since 2000, Brian has been part of the Wayne Shorter Quartet with Danilo Perez and John Patitucci.

Brian Blade grew up in Shreveport, then New Orleans, where he distilled the unique drumming styles and musical heritage of the nation’s spiritual underbelly into a powerfully swinging percussive trademark. Nurtured under the watchful eyes of Ellis Marsalis and New Orleans Dixie-drum masters Johnny Vidacovich and Herlin Riley, Blade learned to find his ‘knit in the blanket’ of sounds and styles.

[Source: www.brianblade.com]

Tickets:
8:00 pm – $16
10:00 pm – $10

Yoshi’s
1330 Fillmore
San Francisco, CA
www.yoshis.com

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