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Scott Robinson's Heliotones: A Halloween Spectacular!
Birdland Theater
Sun, Nov 2 @ Show: 7:00 PM Doors: 5:30 PM
All Ages
$30.06 - $40.61 Buy Tickets

Oct. 31:
Godwin Louis, alto/soprano
Frank Lacy, trombone/horn
Gary Versace, piano/Hammond
Pat O'Leary, bass
Matt Wilson, drums

Nov. 1:
Greg Gisbert, trumpet
Chris Lewis, alto/soprano
Michael Weiss, piano
Pat O'Leary, bass
Matt Wilson, drums

Nov. 2:
Ingrid Jensen, trumpet/electronics
Bruce Arnold, guitar 
Gary Versace, piano/Hammond
Barry Stephenson, bass
drums, TBA
 

Scott Robinson and his unusual reed and brass instruments have been heard throughout 55 nations and 280 recordings with a cross-section of jazz greats representing nearly every imaginable style of the music, including Bob Brookmeyer, Tom Harrell, Frank Wess, Maria Schneider, Anthony Braxton, Joe Lovano, Ron Carter, Ella Fitzgerald, Ruby Braff and Roscoe Mitchell. Primarily a tenor saxophonist, Scott once placed directly below the great Sonny Rollins in a DownBeat Readers Poll. As a composer, his works range from solo performance pieces to chamber and symphonic works. He has been a writer of essays and liner notes, an invited speaker before the Congressional Black Caucus, and a Jazz Ambassador for the State Department. Scott releases highly adventurous music on his ScienSonic Laboratories label, and his Doctette (celebrating pulp adventure hero Doc Savage) gave what The Boston Globe called "the most quirky and delightful set" of the 2015 Newport Jazz Festival.
Scott's 2019 album Tenormore, featuring his longstanding quartet of Helen Sung, Martin Wind and Dennis Mackrel, was judged "Best New Release" by the readers of JazzTimes, and was rated “Indispensable” by France’s Jazz Hot magazine.


Photo by Dave Robinson

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