Iridium Jazz Club Announes Upcoming March Double Bills

The Iridium Jazz Club, located at 1650 Broadway (corner of 51st), will present special March Double Bills featuring two bands on each set at 8 PM and 10 PM.

On March 17 The Marcus Strickland Trio will perform with Marcus Strickland on tenor and soprano sax, Josh Ginsburg on bass, and John Davis on 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-nominated recordings ("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/

The J.D. Allen Trio will also perform on March 17. 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

On March 24 the Logan Richardson Quartet will take the stage featuring Logan Richardson on Alto sax, Harold O'Neal on piano, Joe Sanders on Bass, and Nasheet Waits on 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 ism incisive, multi-dimensional and remarkably flexible, wrapping and twisting phrases into unexpected origami Shapes." http://www.loganrichardson.com/

Also on March 24, the John Escreet Project will perform. 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/

For more information or to order tickets, visit online at www.iridiumjazzclub.com.

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