SPECIAL TONIGHT IN NYC: 'BROTHERS IN JAZZ' - 'HIGHLIGHTS IN JAZZ' FINAL SHOW OF THE SEASON
MAJOR CABARET EVENT TONIGHT
Jack Kleinsinger's Highlights In Jazz, New York's longest running jazz concert series, concludes it's 42nd Season with "Brothers In Jazz starring the Heath Brothers (Jimmy Heath and Albert "Tootie" Heath) and Peter Anderson & Will Anderson performing Music of the Dorsey Brothers at THE TRIBECA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (199 Chambers Street, NYC - 212-220-1460) on Thursday, May 8th at 8:00 pm. The show also will feature Wycliffe Gordon, plus a surprise special guest. Now in their fifth decade together, The Heath Brothers, remains one of the most enduring groups performing in jazz history. First assembled in 1975, the band, which originally featured tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath, bassist Percy Heath and drummer/percussionist Albert "Tootie" Heath (along with pianist Stanley Cowell) garnered international recognition with their debut Strata East recording Marching On.
Sharing the bill with the Heath Brothers will be Peter and Will Anderson (Performing The Music of the Dorsey Brothers), making their third Highlights In Jazz appearance. The remarkable young siblings, have received widespread praise for their Off Broadway jazz productions Artie Shaw at 100, The Fabulous Dorseys and Le Jazz Hot. They will reprise their swinging renditions of compositions by big band giants Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey with an exciting ensemble featuring Wynton Marsalis Sextet and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra alumnus, trombonist Wycliffe Gordon, who will be performing for the dedicated Highlights crowd for the fifteenth time. Tickets are $45.copyright 2014 - See cabaret listings from all over the world at CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE