PRESENTED AS PART OF THE ALLUVION JAZZ SERIES
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TWO SHOWS - 7PM & 9PM - $30 in advance - $35 at the door - Seated listening room show
Tickets sold separately for each show. Both shows are 75 minute sets.
In 2022 Christian McBride started touring with a brand new band: Christian McBride & Ursa Major. Led by eight-time GRAMMY-winning bassist, composer, and bandleader McBride, this project features four young master instrumentalists, with Christian on both acoustic and electric bass.
THE BAND: Christian McBride on bass, Savannah Harris on drums, Nicole Glover on sax, Mike King on piano and keys, & Ely Perlman on guitar. Learn more below!
7PM SHOW
Wed April 23 • 7:00 PM - 8:15 PM
Doors + bar open at 6:30pm
$30 advance tickets - $35 at the door - Please note: tickets will not grant entry for the later performance
9PM SHOW
Wed April 23 • 9:00 PM - 10:15 PM
Doors + bar open at 8:30pm
$30 advance tickets - $35 at the door - Please note: tickets will not grant entry for the earlier performance
THE JAZZ SERIES PACKAGE
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About the artists:
CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE - BASS
Christian McBride has blazed an extraordinary trail as one of the most preeminent musicians of his time. Over the last three decades, the 7x GRAMMY® winner and Newport Jazz Festival Artistic Director has made momentous advances as a dynamic musician and recording artist, a prolific composer-arranger-producer, a distinguished curator of culture, and a dedicated educator and mentor. A proliferate bandleader, McBride’s ensembles are each distinctive extensions of his tremendous threshold of creative inspiration, which span and synthesize straight-ahead, experimental, free-leaning jazz, funk, soul, Latin, hip hop and rhythm and blues. His celebrated groups — Inside Straight, The Christian McBride Big Band, The Christian McBride Trio, Christian McBride’s New Jawn, and A Christian McBride Situation — have not only enjoyed consistent high praise and critical acclaim, but they have also emphasized his role as an early presenter of rising stars, like pianist Christian Sands, vibraphonist Warren Wolf, and drummer Ulysses Owens Jr.
Learn more on his website
SAVANNAH HARRIS - DRUMS
Savannah Harris is a New York City-based drummer, composer, and producer. Raised in Oakland, California by musician parents, she gravitated towards the drums at age two. Steeped in a jazz tradition, Savannah’s more recent work reflects her versatility. She’s recorded with indie and experimental artists Helado Negro, Kate Davis, Justin Allen, and Standing on the Corner. Her jazz recordings include releases from Peter Evans, María Grand, and Or Bareket. She’s performed with Jason Moran, Ambrose Akinmusire, Kenny Barron, Terence Blanchard, Billy Childs, Christian Scott, José James, and Georgia Anne Muldrow. Currently, she’s been working extensively with Nick Hakim and Roy Nathanson, Aaron Parks, Melanie Charles, Or Bareket, Peter Evans, and Joel Ross. In 2019, Savannah was awarded the Harlem Stage Emerging Artist Award, and she received her master’s in jazz performance from Manhattan School of Music. She was featured twice in the January 2021 issue of Modern Drummer as both a featured artist and a contributing writer. In October of 2021, she debuted her solo piece “With Inner Sound, Truth” commissioned by Issue Project Room as a tribute to composer Ruth Anderson. Savannah was also featured in Sixteen Journal’s “JAZZ” edition, with portraits shot by photographer James Brodribb.
Learn more on her Instagram
NICOLE GLOVER - SAXOPHONE
Saxophonist, bandleader, composer and educator Nicole Glover, is based in New York City and has established herself as a rising star and a musician in great demand. Her most recent solo recording is Strange Lands (Savant), with the venerable pianist George Cables. The London Times awarded the album 4 stars, calling it “otherworldly.” It remained near the top of the Jazzweek radio charts for 11 weeks. Nicole is also an integral member of the supergroup ARTEMIS, led by musical director Renee Rosnes. In May 2023, the collective released their 2nd recording, In Real Time on Blue Note Records, and in November 2023, they were elected “Best Jazz Group” by the Downbeat Reader’s Poll.
Read more on her website
MICHAEL KING - PIANO & KEYS
Virtuosic pianist Michael King, a Chicagoan native began playing drums in his local church band at the early age of 4. This fortuitously melodic schooling nurtured an undeniable affinity to the piano and organ, the very seat that he began to occupy, by ear, at age 14. Mr. King is an alumni of Lincoln Park High School and the prestigious Oberlin Conservatory. He was selected to attend the Thelonious Monk Institute and The Ravinia Jazz Scholars program on merit scholarships. Michael has performed with Bobby Watson, Kevin Eubanks, Dave Liebeman, Gary Bartz, Billy Hart, Joel Frahm, Rufus Reid, & Antonio Hart, among others. Currently you can catch Mr. King touring internationally with: The Mike King Trio, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Robin Eubanks, Marquis Hill, Theo Croker, Soul Understated, Melissa Aldana, & Marcus Printup.
Learn more on his website
ELY PERLMAN - GUITAR
Ely is a guitarist, songwriter and producer based in New York City. He is a member of eight-time Grammy Award Winning Christian McBride's newest quintet.
Hailing from Tel Aviv, Ely has collaborated with other acclaimed artists including Shai Maestro, Ben Wendel, Braxton Cook, Carmen Lundy, Jason Palmer, Noah Preminger, Amir Bressler, as well as with renowned producer, Larry Klein.
A Berklee College of Music graduate, Ely leads multiple musical projects, including a jazz quartet highlighting his compositional vision and SWIMS, an alternative Indie band as lead singer and producer.
Learn more on his website