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  • Percussionist Emedin Rivera is a highly respected and accomplished artist in a vast array of contemporary music genres. His unique rhythmic sound clearly underscores the Latin-Caribbean-African influences.

    Emedin has performed with artists such as Stevie Wonder, Harry Belafonte, Sting, and Ben E. King. He is credited with numerous TV and magazine appearances, won 5 Emmy awards and even invented a custom drum kit!
  • Westchester Collaborative Theater will continue its highly touted Music in the Box series with the Gerry
    Malkin Jazz Collective, renowned artists who have been called a “quintessential…
    group that plays top-notch music” with pedigrees that “run deep in the jazz
    hierarchy.”
  • A vibrant and eclectic tribute to the men and women who inspire us, with music by Schubert, Gluck, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, and others. Featuring mezzo-soprano Kara Dugan, baritone John Brancy, violinist and vocalist Charles Yang, pianists Peter Dugan and Steven Blier.

  • Charles Altura -guitar
    Eric Harland -drums
    Johnathan Blake -drums
    Taylor Eigsti -piano
    Harish Raghavan -bass

    Charles Altura is a Grammy-nominated artist, originally from the San Francisco Bay Area. After graduating from Stanford University with a degree in Anthropology, he quickly made a name for himself as an exciting new voice on guitar. Charles is especially known for his work as a member of the bands of Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Terence Blanchard (including the Oscar-nominated soundtrack for “The BlacKkKlansman”), Ambrose Akinmusire, and Tom Harrell. He has also toured and/or recorded with Tigran Hamasyan, Christian McBride, Ravi Coltrane, Jeff Ballard, Aaron Parks, Dayna Stephens, and Thundercat, in addition to many others. Throughout his career, he has established himself as one of the most sought-after recording artists of the international jazz world. Altura is known for his effortless fluidity on his instrument, while never at the expense of melodicism and musicality.
  • Anthony Tidd -bass
    Kokayi -emcee
    Laurin Talese -vocals
    Erika Hicks -vocals
    Paul Cornish -piano
    Miles Okazaki -guitar
    Miguel Zenon -saxophone
    Sean Rickman -drums

    Anthony Tidd’s groundbreaking octet Quite Sane returns to premier new music commissioned by Chamber Music America for their forthcoming album project, the sequel to The Child of Troubled Times.

    Sets at 7.30pm + 9.30pm ET
  • The Tomeka Reid Quartet is excited to present new material from their forthcoming recording due out in 2023.
    Tomeka Reid -cello
    Mary Halvorson -guitar
    Jason Roebke -bass
    Tomas Fujiwara -drums

    Sets at 7.30pm + 9.30pm ET
    $20/FREE members; cabaret seating: $30/$20 members
  • Anna Webber -tenor sax, flute
    Matt Mitchell -piano
    John Hollenbeck -drums
  • Sets at 7.30pm + 9.30pm ET
    $30/$10 members; cabaret seating: $40/$20 members
  • Dezron Douglas -composer/bass
    Johnathan Blake -drums
    Glenn Zaleski -piano
    Akili Bradley -trumpet
    Chris Lewis -tenor saxophone
    Sachal Vasandani -vocals
  • Shunzo Ohno is recognized as one of the most influential trumpeters and composers today. His recordings are known for their tender and fearless spirit. Ohno’s performances and recordings with Gil Evans, Wayne Shorter, and Herbie Hancock have influenced his current works. Shunzo’s award-winning albums and compositions received acclaimed global recognition, in addition to two Grammy Award-winning albums and much more.

    Live at The Cutting Room, Shunzo Ohno’s Metamorphosis performs with his distinguished
    Jazz Ensemble and the Lotus Chamber Music Collective - Oct 9th 7:00pm
    His life story of resilience and riveting live performances are compelling and energizing. In
    pursuit of global harmony through music, he claims, “We all are Dreamers, and together,
    we are all triumphant.”
    "[Shunzo Ohno]... plays tight, crisply phrased lines with a stabbing rhythmic effect.
    Without the mute, his open tone has a broad, ringing sound that soars through high-powered
    driving lines…” - The New York Times

    “Clearly Shunzo Ohno is no ordinary man. A spectacular trumpeter and an even greater
    musician” - JazzdaGama
    “[Shunzo Ohno’s] open trumpet engages with an ethereal breath containing the same solid
    beauty of a samurai sword shaped in countless battles."

    Italy: JAZU, Nico Conversano
    Website https://www.shunzoohno.com
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