An all-star quintet featuring renowned saxophonist Hadley Caliman, the legendary Curtis Fuller (trombone), Larry Vukovich (piano), Jeff Chambers (bass), and Eddie Marshall (drums) concludes its Pacific Northwest tour in a special tribute concert to the Seattle-based tenor master.

The concert, which will cap a six-city run of performances coordinated by Singer and Simpson Productions, will celebrate Calimans lifetime contributions to American jazz music by featuring an outstanding ensemble of artists to perform with Caliman, who has played, recorded and toured with a list of luminaries, including Gerald Wilson, Dexter Gordon, Elvin Jones, Bobby Hutcherson, and Freddie Hubbard, among many others.

A resident of the Pacific Northwest since the 1980s, Caliman, now 77, grew up in Los Angeles, where he played in the Jefferson High School jazz band with trumpter and flugelhorn player Art Farmer. Known as Little Dex for his playing style and tutelage under Dexter Gordon, Caliman cut his teeth on the 1950s Central Avenue jazz scene. By the 1960s, he was performing, recording and touring with Mongo Santamaria, Gerald Wilsons Big Band, Willie Bobo, and Don Ellis. In the 1970s, Caliman moved to San Francisco, where he played and recorded with Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Nancy Wilson, Hampton Hawes, Jon Hendricks, and Bobby Hutcherson. Caliman also produced four albums during this period.

After relocating to the Northwest, Caliman became a sovereign member of the Northwest jazz scene, playing regularly and joining the faculty of the Cornish College of Arts, where he taught jazz music for 22 years. More recently, Calimans close collaboration with trumpeter and flugelhorn player Thomas Marriott produced Gratitude, Calimans first album in thirty years (vibraphonist Joe Locke and drummer Joe La Barbera join Caliman and Marriott on the recording).