Orion Turre

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Orion Turre

Thursday  February 8, 2023 6:30pm

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International drummer Orion Turre has performed at the most premier jazz clubs and festivals across the USA as well as having toured the Netherlands, Russia and across the Caribbean. Primarily working as a Jazz drummer in the New York area, Orion has shared the stage with incomparable Jazz greats such as Ed Cherry, Buster Williams, James Carter, Russell Malone, Bruce Williams, Gerald Cannon, TK Blue, Christian Scott aTunde Ajuah, Corcoran Holt, Akua Dixon, Steve Turre.  In addition to working the city’s top jazz clubs and leading his own band, Orion also performs as a part of Rhapsody, a first-call Jazz band for the most exclusive private events.

An accomplished arranger, Orion has been hired by recording artists and top agencies to put his signature sound on a broad range of material. His most recent arrangements and drumming can be heard on the 2020 releases SHINE by Andromeda Turre, and The Art of Navigation by June and the Pushas.
Orion’s  impeccable dynamics and reading ability have also brought him work in the off-Broadway scene. Credits include Sleep No More, Broadway star Syndee Winter’s one woman show Lena: Lessons with a Lady, William Dixon Popp’s Calloway’s Salon, and Grammy award-winner Clint Black’s Looking for Christmas.
Orion’s expertise stems from his extensive education which started with Al Cutro at age 7. Since then, he has studied with Dion Parsons at NJPAC, and later enrolled at the Prince Claus Conservatoire in Holland where he met Ralph Peterson, with whom he continues to study today. Born to legendary musicians, Orion has been surrounded by music his entire life. His mother, Akua Dixon, is a cellist, composer, and arranger who has worked with iconic musicians such as Duke Ellington, Max Roach, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, as well as hip hop visionaries like Lauren Hill and Busta Rhymes. His father, Steve Turre,  an award-winning trombonist, has played in the Saturday Night Live band for over 30 years. An innovator in his own right originating the genre of jazz conch shell playing, Steve has worked with the likes of Ray Charles, Woody Shaw, Tito Puente, Rahsaan Roland Kirk and many more.

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David Francis

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David Francis

Friday December 15, 2023 7:00pm

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David Francis is the premiere Seattle-based singer of traditional pop standards, big band and show tunes, and jazz. He sings songs made famous by singers like Nat King Cole, Bobby Darin, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Mel Torme, Joe Williams, Bing Crosby, Tony Bennett, Louis Prima, Louis Armstrong, Johnny Hartman, Perry Como, The Ink Spots, The Mills Brothers, and Louis Jordan.
Born in Philadelphia, David paid his way through music school at Combs College as a bass player, often playing 5-6 nights a week. David’s desire and aptitude for entertaining people lead him to move from a sideman to a frontman role as a singer. Through his study of jazz, he fell in love with the Great American Songbook, the harmonic and melodic beauty of the songs and the stories told by their lyrics. David thrives on bringing them to his audience in a way that makes their qualities shine, and has become a leading contemporary interpreter of songs from the Great American Songbook. 
David  sings in a variety of settings, with a piano accompanist, with a trio, a combo, or a full big band. 

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Dennis Lichtman

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Dennis Lichtman

Thursday December 7, 2023 9:30pm

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Dennis Lichtman is a multi-instrumentalist (mainly clarinet, fiddle, and mandolin) who is deeply entrenched in early- to mid-1900’s American music, from traditional jazz and swing to bluegrass and western swing.  His elegant voice carries through on all his instruments, lending a thread that weaves together the various genres he navigates.  Originally from Boston, MA, Lichtman has been living in New York City since 2002.

In August 2018, Lichtman released Just Cross the River, celebrating with two sold-out shows at Dizzy’s Club at Jazz At Lincoln Center hosted by the New York Hot Jazz Festival. The album features nine original compositions inspired by the migration of jazz legends into the borough of Queens, NY beginning in the 1920’s.  The project was instigated by a grant from the Queens Council on the Arts.

Since 2007, Dennis has been the clarinetist and bandleader of the famed Tuesday night traditional-jazz jam session at Mona’s in downtown New York, which was profiled in the New York Times, and has been described by the Wall Street Journal as “ground zero for an emerging late-night scene of young swing and traditional jazz players.” December 2012 saw the release of Tuesdays At Mona’s, a 19-minute documentary about the Mona’s session produced by Hi-Tide Films, accompanied by a live CD of Mona’s Hot Four with 19 guest musicians.

Dennis switches deftly between fiddle, clarinet, and mandolin while leading his western swing sextet, The Brain Cloud, through a broad array of American music including original compositions and new arrangements of old songs.  The Brain Cloud, featuring vocalist Tamar Korn, has held a Monday night residency at the prestigious-yet-intimate Brooklyn venue Barbés since 2011.  The band’s third full-length release, Live At Barbés, was released in April 2017.

Lichtman has performed at Carnegie Hall, major festivals throughout the United States, and on stages in Europe, Brazil, and China. He is on the faculty of the Welbourne Traditional Jazz Camp in Middleburg, VA, and has led college master classes and inner-city school workshops through the Midori Foundation, Lincoln Center’s Meet The Artist Series, and Beijing’s Ping-Pong Productions.He has performed and recorded as a regular member of Ghost Train Orchestra, Pokey LaFarge Band, Nation Beat, Jim Kweskin Band, and many more.

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Ben Hoffmann Conversations Trio

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Ben Hoffmann Conversations Trio

Wednesday November 1, 2023 7pm

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Hot Hand Band is a Brooklyn-Based multi-genre brass band formed in 2016. They honed their chops around a few restaurant/bar gigs and residencies around New York City and have been a staple of the NYC brass band scene ever since. Hot Hand Band plays party and dance music from New Orleans jazz to soul, funk, jazz, hiphop, and everything in between. They have performed all over the globe, from Brooklyn beer gardens to private events overseas to big stages in front of thousands of people.

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