HOT HOLIDAY SAX Set for 13th Street Repertory Tonight

Say FAREWELL to 2015 with jazz artist Hayes Greenfield for some at HOT HOLIDAY SAX 13th STREET REPERTORY TONIGHT, DECEMBER 29. Refreshments @ 7:00 p.m.; Performance @ 8:00 p.m. RSVP: summerconservatory@gmail.com.

Hayes Greenfield - producer, composer, saxophonist, filmmaker, bandleader, and educator - has been active on the New York City jazz scene since the late '70s. As sideman, he has built enduring associations with such notable artists as Jaki Byard, Rashied Ali, Paul Bley, Barry Altschul, and Richie Havens. As bandleader, Hayes has recorded and produced a number of critically acclaimed CDs and played throughout the U.S. and Canada, headlining in such popular New York City clubs as the Blue Note, Birdland, the Knitting Factory, and CBGB's. European tours have taken him and his bands to Vienna, the Aalen Jazz Festival in Germany, Brighton Jazz Festival in the U.K., the Albi, Coutances, Bordeaux, Amiens, Hyeres, and Avignon Jazz Festivals in France, and the Aarhus Jazz Festival in Denmark.

In 1997, Hayes founded Jazz-A-Ma-Tazz, his live, interactive show for young people that introduces jazz in a fun, unique, and participatory way. While Hayes and his band jazz up familiar songs, young people are encouraged to join in through call-and-response, scatting, singing, interpretive sound, movement, conducting, and tap dance.
Jazz-A-Ma-Tazz plays internationally in a variety of venues, including festivals, performing arts centers, schools, community events, and museums.