Tim Green Qnt & Keyon Harrold Qnt Perform at Iridium Tonight, 3/10

The Iridium Is Pleased To Present SPECIAL MARCH DOUBLE BILLS 

TWO BANDS ON EACH SET 8 & 10PM

March 10 

Tim Green Quintet
Tim Green - Alto Sax
Mike Moreno - Guitar
Xavier Davis - Piano
Joe Sanders - Bass
Obed Calvier - Drums

Saxophonist, composer and arranger, TIM GREEN, is a rising star on the International music scene. A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Tim was inspired to pursue music by
a family of musicians at the young age of 10. A student at the Manhattan School of Music in 2004, where he studied with world-renowned instructors such as Dick Oatts, Gary Dial, Bob Mintzer and Steve Slagle Green has had the opportunity to perform with various artists such as Roy Hargrove, Mulgrew Miller, Jon Faddis, Christian McBride, Carl Allen, Rodney Whitaker, Hubert Laws, Kenny Burrell, and Patrice Rushen to name a few. http://www.myspace.com/timgreenmusic

Keyon Harrold Quintet
Marcus Strickland- Tenor Sax
Shedrick Mitchell- Piano
Dezron Douglass- Bass
Emanuel Harrold- Drums

Keyon Harrold is a talented trumpeter/composer/ Platinum music producer from the same hometown as legend Miles Davis, Saint Louis, Missouri. He has one of the most fresh and unique approaches to improvisation on the jazz scene today. He is a graduate of New School University Mannes Jazz Program. He is a protégé of the esteemed voice of jazz, Wynton Marsalis who speaks of Keyon in a Down Beat magazine artice"Talkin' Trumpets" Marsalis sais"Keyon Harrold is the future of the trumpet". And he is one of the most sought after trumpeters in the world. http://www.myspace.com/keyonharrold

 

March 17
Marcus Strickland Trio
Marcus Strickland - Tenor and Soprano Sax
Josh Ginsburg - Bass
John Davis - Drums

Marcus Strickland is a jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist originally from Miami, Florida who currently lives in New York. He was named 'Rising Star, Soprano Saxophone' in Downbeat Magazine's Critic's Poll '08 and 'Best New Artist' in JazzTimes Magazine's Reader's Poll '06; has two releases on Fresh Sound New Talent Records as a leader ("At Last" and "Brotherhood"); and currently plays with Dave Douglas, Jeff 'Tain' Watts, and Will Calhoun. The aspiring saxophonist has been on two Grammy-nominatedrecordings ("Fountain of Youth" - Roy Haynes & "Keystone" -Dave Douglas). His own record label, Strick Muzik, was launched in 2006 with an adventurous double CD project featuring twobands of his, and appropriately titled with a play on words "Twi-Life". http://www.marcusstrickland.com/

and

J.D. Allen Trio
J.D. Allen- Tenor Sax
Gregg August- Bass
Chris Beck- Drums

Hailed by the New York Times as "a tenor saxophonist with an enigmatic, elegant and hard-driving style," JD Allen is a bright rising light on today's international jazz scene.
His unique and compelling voice on the instrument - the result of a patient and painstaking confrontation with the fundamentals of the art - has recently earned Allen a blaze of critical attention signaling his ascension to the upper ranks of the contemporary jazz world. http://www.myspace.com/jdallen11

March 24
Logan Richardson Quartet
Logan Richardson- Alto Sax
Harold O'Neal- Piano
Joe Sanders- Bass
Nasheet Waits- Drums

Saxophonist Logan Richardson, a native son of Kansas City, is the recipent of the Zoot Sims Scholarship (full music scholarship) at The New School University in New York. He's performed with Carl Allen's "New Spirit" band ('02), Greg Tardy Band ('03-05), Joe Chambers "The Outlaw" Band ('05-07) Nasheet Waits "Equality"('07-present), Jason Moran "Big Band Wagon"('07-present) He's recorded as a sideman on -Joe Chambers "The Outlaw"('05) Greg Tardy's " Steps of Faith ('06) Nasheet Waits "Live From MPC (‘09) NYC Town Hall ('09) Jason Moran's Big Band Wagon -50th anniversary of Thelonius Monks historic NY TOWN HALL performance. The NEW YORK TIMES says "Logan Richardson's saxophone playing is incisive, multi-dimensional and remarkably flexible, wrapping and twisting phrases into unexpected origami Shapes." -http://www.loganrichardson.com/

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John Escreet Project
Dave Binney- Alto Sax
John Escreet- Piano
Zack Lober- Bass
Nasheet Waits- Drums

Since moving to New York in 2006, John Escreet has had a powerful impact, and is emerging as one of the most creative and original pianists on the music scene there. He is highly revered amongst his peers for his creativity, openness and for his own original music, which draws inspiration from many different sources, and encompasses them all and much more. He recently received a commission by Chamber Music America to compose new music as part of the New Jazz Works Program for 2009.
http://www.johnescreet.com/

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Starting March 1st Set Times Will Be 8 and 10 PM