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Byron Stripling: Sounds of New Orleans Stuart Chafetz, conductor
Saturday, January 16, 8pm Sunday, January 17, 2pm Tucson Music Hall A spectacular trumpeter with a very wide range, a beautiful tone, and the ability to blend together many influences into his own style, Byron Stripling is an extroverted performer who brings the audience into his music and is constantly in demand to play with pops orchestras around the world. The happiness that he exudes through his trumpet, his vocals and his words is reminiscent of Louis Armstrong, yet very much his own. Originally Byron enrolled at the Eastman School of Music with plans to become a classical trumpeter. “I loved classical music but my heart kept on going to Clifford Brown, Lee Morgan and Kenny Dorham.” His career blossomed as he toured with legends such as Clark Terry, Lionel Hampton, Dizzy Gillespie and Billy Eckstine, the Woody Herman Orchestra and the Count Basie Orchestra when it was led by Thad Jones and Frank Foster III. His
performances are full of remarkable musicianship, wit, showmanship, and a joyous spirit. In partnership with
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Curtis Stigers: Hooray for Love Stuart Chafetz, conductor
Saturday, February 13, 8pm Sunday, February 14, 2pm Tucson Music Hall Often euphoric and always elegant, the songs of Hooray For Love dart easily between standards and songs that perhaps should be. Like Sinatra and Nat “King” Cole, singer/songwriter/ saxophonist and two-time Jazz ECHO Award Male Jazz Singer of the Year, Stigers possesses a curator’s knack for hearing a song, framing its heart and making it his own, be it the work of Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Wilco or The Kinks. Classics like “You Make Me Feel So Young,” “The Way You Look Tonight,” and “Love Is Here to Stay” are taken for a spin with his rich singing voice.
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