Local drummer Ray LeVier and his quintet play a set of original music in his hometown of Nyack at Maureen’s Jazz on Friday night, Feb. 18, from 8 to 9:30 pm.
On Friday, Levier will be joined by:
~ David Gilmore – Guitar
(Wayne Shorter, Dave Douglas, Muhal Richard Abrams, Sam Rivers, Steve Coleman, Don Byron, Cassandra Wilson, Uri Caine, Randy Brecker, David Sanborn)
~ Duane Eubanks – Trumpet
(Elvin Jones, John Hicks, Curtis Fuller, Louis Hayes, Randy Brecker, Avery Sharpe, Mulgrew Miller, Alicia Keys, Wu Tang Clan, Nicholas Payton)
~ Neil Alexander – Keys
(The Mahavishnu Project, Mr. Gone Weather Report Project, Judi Silvano, George Brandon, Robert Kopec Quartet, Fred Jacobs Quartet, SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance choreographers)
~ Fima Ephron – Bass
(Screaming Headless Torsos, Lost Tribe, Walter Becker, David Torn, Gil Scott Heron, Natalie Merchant, Meshell N’Degeocello, David Fiuczynski/John Medeski’s ‘Lunar Crush’, John Zorn, Kurt Rosenwinkle, Ben Monder, Chris Potter, Wayne Krantz, Don Byron, David Sancious, Alana Davis)
Our roundup of events this week includes free BridgeMusik concerts, Jazz in the Garden, the premier of Castling at Penguin Rep Theatre, Pharrell Williams’...