Firehouse 12 In New Haven Hosts Saxophonist Jimmy Greene & Quartet
Event:
March 27th, 2009
(8:30 pm, 10:00 pm)
Firehouse 12
New Haven, CT
On Friday, March 27th, New Haven’s Firehouse 12 will present a two-set performance by saxophonist and Hartford native Jimmy Greene’s five year-old working quartet. The group, featuring pianist Xavier Davis (Regina Carter, Stefon Harris, Freddie Hubbard), bassist Reuben Rogers (Charles Lloyd, Joshua Redman, Dianne Reeves) and drummer Eric Harland (Taylor Eigsti, Dave Holland, Kurt Rosenwinkel) will be on tour celebrating Greene’s forthcoming April release, Mission Statement (RazDaz Recordz/Sunnyside).
Artist Information:
A graduate of Bloomfield High School, and alumnus of both the Greater Hartford Academy of the Performing Arts and The Hartt School of Music, where he currently teaches, Greene, now 34, left the Hartford area for New York in 1997 to tour and record with jazz legend Horace Silver. He has since worked with such notable bandleaders as Kenny Barron, Avishai Cohen, Harry Connick, Jr., Chick Corea, Tom Harrell, Lewis Nash, Kendrick Oliver, Mario Pavone and Steve Turre.
His own quartet has performed at major jazz venues all over New York and throughout the United States, and he has recorded under his own name for the CrissCross, RCA Victor and NuJazz Records labels. Mission Statement is his seventh release as a leader. Members of the quartet include Jimmy Greene (tenor and soprano saxophones), Xavier Davis (piano), Reuben Rogers(bass), and Eric Harland (drums).
For more information about Jimmy Greene, please visit his site.
Location:
Firehouse 12
45 Crown St.
New Haven CT 06510
(203) 785-0468
http://firehouse12.com/index.asp
