Diablo Regional Arts Association has announced a third season for its popular Jazz at the Lesher Center series, unveiling a line-up of stellar jazz performers to be presented in concerts on Saturday nights this summer at the Margaret Lesher Theatre, at the Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek. Concluding the four-concert series on Saturday, August 23, at 5pm and 8pm is multi-Grammy-winning trumpeter Roy Hargrove.
Born in 1969 and discovered while still in high school in Waco, Texas by Wynton Marsalis, this trumpet/flugelhorn player's incandescent talent swiftly blazed across the jazz firmament. Voted Downbeat's Soloist of the Year in 1989, by age 25 he was an established star, recording with the likes of Sonny Rollins, Johnny Griffin, Stanley Turrentine, Joe Henderson, and Oscar Peterson. Roy Hargrove has explored, and conquered, a wide variety of musical domains. Moving on from hard bop, he formed a band featuring Cuban percussionists that toured with great success; the resulting album “Habana” won Hargrove his first Grammy in 1998. His second Grammy was awarded in 2002 for Directions in Music, recorded with Herbie Hancock and Michael Brecker. Other endeavors as leader include the Roy Hargrove Big Band and the RH Factor, a group that blends jazz with elements of funk, hip-hop, soul, and gospel. He is in high demand as sideman, recording with such artists as Shirley Horn, Jimmy Smith, Ray Brown, Roy Haynes and Jimmy Cobb. With a charming, relaxed stage manner that belies his jawdropping mastery of various musical styles, Hargrove's solos can be dazzling but he can also play a ballad, as Newsweek remarked, "with a sweetness that speaks of a world of hurt."
Four-concert subscriptions, at either 5pm or 8pm, are now on sale for $125. Any remaining tickets to single concerts will go on sale in June, for $40 each. For subscriptions the public may visit https://www.LesherJazz.org or call 925.943.7469.
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Born in 1969 and discovered while still in high school in Waco, Texas by Wynton Marsalis, this trumpet/flugelhorn player's incandescent talent swiftly blazed across the jazz firmament. Voted Downbeat's Soloist of the Year in 1989, by age 25 he was an established star, recording with the likes of Sonny Rollins, Johnny Griffin, Stanley Turrentine, Joe Henderson, and Oscar Peterson. Roy Hargrove has explored, and conquered, a wide variety of musical domains. Moving on from hard bop, he formed a band featuring Cuban percussionists that toured with great success; the resulting album “Habana” won Hargrove his first Grammy in 1998. His second Grammy was awarded in 2002 for Directions in Music, recorded with Herbie Hancock and Michael Brecker. Other endeavors as leader include the Roy Hargrove Big Band and the RH Factor, a group that blends jazz with elements of funk, hip-hop, soul, and gospel. He is in high demand as sideman, recording with such artists as Shirley Horn, Jimmy Smith, Ray Brown, Roy Haynes and Jimmy Cobb. With a charming, relaxed stage manner that belies his jawdropping mastery of various musical styles, Hargrove's solos can be dazzling but he can also play a ballad, as Newsweek remarked, "with a sweetness that speaks of a world of hurt."
Four-concert subscriptions, at either 5pm or 8pm, are now on sale for $125. Any remaining tickets to single concerts will go on sale in June, for $40 each. For subscriptions the public may visit https://www.LesherJazz.org or call 925.943.7469.
Diablo Regional Arts Association has announced a third season for its popular Jazz at the Lesher Center series, unveiling a line-up of stellar jazz performers to be presented in concerts on Saturday nights this summer at the Margaret Lesher Theatre, at the Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek. Concluding the four-concert series on Saturday, August 23, at 5pm and 8pm is multi-Grammy-winning trumpeter Roy Hargrove.
Born in 1969 and discovered while still in high school in Waco, Texas by Wynton Marsalis, this trumpet/flugelhorn player's incandescent talent swiftly blazed across the jazz firmament. Voted Downbeat's Soloist of the Year in 1989, by age 25 he was an established star, recording with the likes of Sonny Rollins, Johnny Griffin, Stanley Turrentine, Joe Henderson, and Oscar Peterson. Roy Hargrove has explored, and conquered, a wide variety of musical domains. Moving on from hard bop, he formed a band featuring Cuban percussionists that toured with great success; the resulting album “Habana” won Hargrove his first Grammy in 1998. His second Grammy was awarded in 2002 for Directions in Music, recorded with Herbie Hancock and Michael Brecker. Other endeavors as leader include the Roy Hargrove Big Band and the RH Factor, a group that blends jazz with elements of funk, hip-hop, soul, and gospel. He is in high demand as sideman, recording with such artists as Shirley Horn, Jimmy Smith, Ray Brown, Roy Haynes and Jimmy Cobb. With a charming, relaxed stage manner that belies his jawdropping mastery of various musical styles, Hargrove's solos can be dazzling but he can also play a ballad, as Newsweek remarked, "with a sweetness that speaks of a world of hurt."
Four-concert subscriptions, at either 5pm or 8pm, are now on sale for $125. Any remaining tickets to single concerts will go on sale in June, for $40 each. For subscriptions the public may visit https://www.LesherJazz.org or call 925.943.7469.
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Born in 1969 and discovered while still in high school in Waco, Texas by Wynton Marsalis, this trumpet/flugelhorn player's incandescent talent swiftly blazed across the jazz firmament. Voted Downbeat's Soloist of the Year in 1989, by age 25 he was an established star, recording with the likes of Sonny Rollins, Johnny Griffin, Stanley Turrentine, Joe Henderson, and Oscar Peterson. Roy Hargrove has explored, and conquered, a wide variety of musical domains. Moving on from hard bop, he formed a band featuring Cuban percussionists that toured with great success; the resulting album “Habana” won Hargrove his first Grammy in 1998. His second Grammy was awarded in 2002 for Directions in Music, recorded with Herbie Hancock and Michael Brecker. Other endeavors as leader include the Roy Hargrove Big Band and the RH Factor, a group that blends jazz with elements of funk, hip-hop, soul, and gospel. He is in high demand as sideman, recording with such artists as Shirley Horn, Jimmy Smith, Ray Brown, Roy Haynes and Jimmy Cobb. With a charming, relaxed stage manner that belies his jawdropping mastery of various musical styles, Hargrove's solos can be dazzling but he can also play a ballad, as Newsweek remarked, "with a sweetness that speaks of a world of hurt."
Four-concert subscriptions, at either 5pm or 8pm, are now on sale for $125. Any remaining tickets to single concerts will go on sale in June, for $40 each. For subscriptions the public may visit https://www.LesherJazz.org or call 925.943.7469.
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