May 25, 2006 8pm - 11:00pm
The Montage Grille May 25, 2006 8pm - 11:00pm. 50 Chestnut St
Rochester, NY 14604 585-232-1520 An Evening of Smooth and Funky Jazz
with Jimmie Highsmith, Tyler Owens & Wycliffe Gordon.. May 25, 2006
8pm - 11pm $15 at the door. Doors will open at 7pm. Vocalist Tyler
Owens is renown worldwide for his vocal performances and has written
songs for recording artists such as Grammy Award-winning producer
Michael Powell (Anita Baker) and blues diva Millie Jackson.
Critically acclaimed saxophonist Jimmie Highsmith has shared the
stage with multiple Grammy Award winners, including Alicia Keys and
Wynton Marsalis. Jimmie Highsmith, Jr.,s sax work represents some of
the best in the Smooth Jazz Genre. Wycliffe Gordon enjoys an
extraordinary career as a performer, conductor, composer, arranger,
and educator, receiving high praise from audiences and critics
alike. Gordon tours the world performing hard-swinging, straight-
ahead jazz for audiences ranging from heads of state to elementary
school students. His trombone playing, which mixes powerful,
intricate runs with sweet notes extended over clean melodies, has
been universally hailed by jazz critics. Gordon received the Jazz
Journalists Association 2002 and 2001 Award for Trombonist of the
Year, the Jazz Journalists Association 2000 Critics' Choice Award
for Best Trombone and has been nominated for the 2003 Jazzpar Award.
In addition to a thriving solo career, he tours regularly leading
the Wycliffe Gordon Quartet headlining at legendary jazz venues
throughout the country. Gordon is a former veteran member of the
Wynton Marsalis Septet, The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, and The
Gully Low Jazz Band. Gordon's extensive performance experience
includes gigs with Dizzy Gillespie, Nat Adderley, Harry "Sweets"
Edison, Joe Henderson, Al Grey, Clark Terry, Branford Marsalis,
Tommy Flanagan, Shirley Scott, Lionel Hampton, and Shirley Horn, to
name just a few. Additionally, Gordon has been a featured guest
artist on Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center series.