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Ben Markley Big Band - "Clockwise: The Music Of Cedar Walton" Featuring Terell Stafford - Release Date: February 17
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Pianist Ben Markley, along with special guest trumpeter Terell Stafford, celebrates one of the more influential and beloved figures in jazz through this unique project, showcasing many of the late pianist and composer Cedar Walton's most revered tunes through new arrangements for big band. Performing iconic compositions such as “Hindsight," “Bolivia," and “Holy Land," Markley brings together fellow faculty members from the University of Wyoming and top-flight jny: Denver-area musicians to produce an honest and swinging recording that honors Cedar ...
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Trumpeter Terell Stafford Releases "Forgive and Forget" on Herb Harris Music
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All About Jazz
Herb Harris Music is happy to announce the release of a new album from trumpeter Terell Stafford. Forgive and Forget and is the second installment of a series of recordings dubbed “Jazzmasters Unlimited". A master jazz trumpeter with over 20 years of experience, Stafford has been hailed as “one of the great players of our time, a fabulous trumpet player" by legendary pianist McCoy Tyner. A powerful trumpeter with a finely honed sense of swing, and the ability to croon ...
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Jazz This Week: Terell Stafford, Nevermore Jazz Ball, Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet, Cornet Chop Suey, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
The autumn parade of jazz trumpeters in St. Louis continues this week with two more well-known touring musicians, even as the complete menu of upcoming local jazz and creative music events offers a variety of styles from avant to trad. Let's go to the highlights.... Tonight, trumpeter Terell Stafford opens a four-night engagement that continues through Saturday at Jazz at the Bistro. Stafford and his quintet are expected to showcase material from his album The Side of Strayhorn, a tribute ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: A Terell Stafford Sampler
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
As mentioned earlier here in this space, it's been a good fall season in St. Louis for fans of jazz trumpet, with gigs from the likes of Terence Blanchard, Wynton Marsalis, Christan Scott and Mike Metheny already completed and more to come. More specifically, last week we featured some videos of the sextet of Taylor Ho Bynum (technically a cornetist, not a trumpeter), who will be here next Saturday to perform at Luminary ...
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Terell Stafford Quintet Pays Tribute to Lee Morgan in the Kimmel Center’s Jazz Up Close Series, Feb. 25
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All About Jazz
Terell Stafford Quintet continues the Kimmel Center's 2011/12 Jazz Up Close Series, which honors Philadelphia jazz legends, with a tribute to Philly born hard-bop trumpeter, Lee Morgan, on February 25, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. in Perelman Theater. The quintet will perform a bebop-infused program of select works from the legendary composer, arranger and musician's catalogue of music, as well as works from Terell Stafford's latest 2011 release, This Side of Strayhorn. Trumpeter Terell Stafford will be joined on stage by ...
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Trumpeter Terell Stafford Interviewed at All About Jazz
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All About Jazz
Terell Stafford is as likely to credit his influences as he is to impress his listeners. Coming to jazz comparatively later than many players, and even with his busy schedule as a sideman, leader and educator, he remains devoted to exploring the music's roots, while expressing a relentless desire to learn more. Stafford's latest release, This Side of Strayhorn (MAXJAZZ, 2011), began with a commission for an educational project from the Cityfolk arts outreach group, with Stafford and his quintet ...
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Terell Stafford - This Side of Strayhorn (Maxjazz, 2011)
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Music and More by Tim Niland
The great composer, arranger and pianist Billy Strayhorn's compositions were a staple of the Duke Ellington songbook and remain a great inspiration to modern jazz musicians. Trumpeter Terell Stafford presents his view of some of the more well known compositions on this album where he is accompanied by Tim Warfield on tenor saxophone, Bruce Barth on piano, Peter Washington on bass and Dana Hall on drums.
The musicians are comfortable at many different tempos like the the lilting and haunting ...
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MAXJAZZ to Release Terell Stafford's This Side of Strayhorn on Tuesday, April 5
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
The independent St. Louis based record label MAXJAZZ has announced that they'll release trumpeter Terell Stafford's new recording This Side of Strayhorn (pictured) on Tuesday, April 5. The CD offers Stafford's interpretations of the music of Billy Strayhorn, the famed composer of jazz standards including “Take The A Train" and “Lush Life" who served for years as Duke Ellington's arranger, auxiliary pianist, and virtual alter ego. It features Stafford's working quintet, with saxophonist Tim Warfield, pianist and arranger Bruce Barth, ...
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Rare NY Area Appearance: Drummer Alvin Queen Quintet Featuring Terell Stafford at Theturning Point Cafe Piermont, NY
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Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
MONDAY JAZZ at the Turning Point Cafe Piermont, NY (South of Tappan Zee Bridge, North of GWB in Rockland. Only 25 minutes from NYC, NJ, CT, Westchester, and Orange. A great intimate setting ideal for Jazz.) Mondays 8pm-11pm World Class Jazz Mondays 8pm-11pm Monday June 22 Rare NY Area Appearance Drummer Alvin Queen Quintet featuring Terell Stafford, trumpet and Dado Moroni, piano ...
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Acclaimed Trumpeter Terell Stafford and Friends Headline “Jazz Night” at Michener Art Museum on May 2
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All About Jazz
DOYLESTOWN, PA -- Terell Stafford has been hailed “one of the great players of our time” by piano legend McCoy Tyner. The critically-acclaimed trumpeter and friends perform for Jazz Night at the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania on Saturday, May 2. Held in the Museum’s Ann and Herman Silverman Pavilion, Jazz Night features an hors d’oeuvre reception and access to myriad art exhibitions on view in the galleries. Stafford is known for performances with Benny Golson’s Sextet, ...
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