Details
Thu, Apr 18, 2019
7:30pm
Contact
Box Office
888-616-0274
boxoffice@irishartscenter.org
Phone hours:
10am-6pm, Monday-Friday
In person:
Opens 60 minutes before the performance on show days
Irish Arts Center
553 West 51st Street
New York, NY 10019
Overview
A jazz series curated by Christine Tobin and Phil Robson
Our next installment of the wonderful Tobin’s Run on 51 pays homage to the music of living legend Wayne Shorter, one of the most influential composers and saxophonists of the 20th and 21st centuries. Shorter’s seminal body of work—from the Miles Davis Quintet, early recordings with Art Blakey, and Weather Report’s groundbreaking fusion, to collaborations with Herbie Hancock, Joni Mitchell, and prominent Brazilian musicians like Milton Nascimento—has earned him 10 Grammy Awards and a formidable position in the annals of jazz history. He remains a pioneer to this day, generating new music with his own groups and the likes of Esperanza Spalding, Nora Jones, and some of the brightest names in contemporary jazz.
FEATURING
Christine Tobin, curator, vocals
Phil Robson, curator, guitar
Billy Drummond, drums
Ashley Kahn, journalist, critic
Dayna Stephens, saxophone
Dezron Douglas, upright bass
Tobin’s Run on 51 is presented by award-winning Irish vocalist, songwriter, and composer Christine Tobin and acclaimed jazz guitarist Phil Robson, bringing together some of New York’s best Irish and international musicians to play sets and share film clips and stories about jazz music’s greatest artists and treasures
