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Destination JAZZ To Feature The All-Star Jazz Septet The Cookers On April 26
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Andrew Sussman
Destination JAZZ to feature the all-star jazz septet The Cookers plus WASHS & CASHS Jazz Bands on April 26 The Arts Alliance of Greater Waynesboro/Destination ARTS! presents its second annual Destination JAZZ event on Saturday, April 26 from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Waynesboro Area Senior High School auditorium, located at 550 E. 2nd St., Waynesboro, PA. Headlining this year’s festival is the powerhouse jazz septet The Cookers,featuring Eddie Henderson (trumpet), David Weiss (trumpet), Azar Lawrence (tenor sax), Craig ...
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Smoke Jazz Club Announces January 2025 Line-up Including Dynamic Groups The Cookers, Eubanks Brothers, And More
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AMT Public Relations
Hailed as the “#1 Jazz Club in New York City (SecretNYC),” SMOKE Jazz Club kickstarts 2025 with some of today’s top ensembles in performance this January. From one of the most musical families, The Eubanks Brothers – siblings Robin, Kevin and Duane – perform their collective club debut (Jan 22-25). The veteran jazz septet, The Cookers, electrifies audiences for five nights (Jan 29-Feb 2) with its forward-leaning hard-bop. SMOKE welcomes back both the acclaimed Bill Charlap Trio (Jan 8-12) as ...
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iTunes Names The Cookers "Time And Time Again" The 2014 "Jazz Album Of The Year"!!, New Website Launched, Winter Jazzfest Performance Announced!
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
THE COOKERS TO PERFORM MUSIC FROM “TIME AND TIME AGAIN" @ THE 2015 WINTER JAZZFEST Saturday, January 10, 2015 @ 8:45 PM The Minetta Lane Theatre, 18-22 Minetta Lane, NYC After seven years together, The Cookers, who “embody the serious-as-death commitment that it took to thrive on the New York scene some four decades ago" (Andrew Gilbert, The Boston Globe), entered the studio earlier this year to record their fourth album, Time and Time Again (released on September 16), the ...
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The Cookers Release "Time And Time Again" On Motema Music - Worldwide Tour Scheduled!
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
THE COOKERS Release Time And Time Again On Motema Music Available September 16, 2014 WORLDWIDE TOUR SCHEDULED IN SUPPORT OF THE ALBUM! The Cookers are: Billy Harper (Tenor Sax), Eddie Henderson (Trumpet), David Weiss (Trumpet), Donald Harrison (Alto Sax), George Cables (Piano), Cecil McBee (Bass) and Billy Hart (Drums) After seven years together, The Cookers, who “embody the serious-as-death commitment that it took to thrive on the New York scene some four decades ago" (Andrew Gilbert, The Boston Globe), entered ...
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The Cookers, Acclaimed Jazz Veterans, Unite To Ignite The Bride In Philly Debut Painted Bride Continues To Present World-Class Jazz First
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Painted Bride Art Center
Saturday, February 16th at 8:00pm Billy Harper Tenor Sax Eddie Henderson Trumpet David Weiss Trumpet Craig Handy Alto Sax Orrin Evans Piano Cecil McBee Bass Billy Hart Drums Philadelphia, PA: Painted Bride Art Center is pleased to present The Cookers in their Philadelphia debut on February 16th at 8 p.m., continuing its longstanding tradition to showcase world-class jazz first. The Cookers, a septet of jazz veterans who joined forces just five years ago, is blanketed with greats like tenor saxophonist ...
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The Cookers - Cast the First Stone (Plus Lion Music, 2011)
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Music and More by Tim Niland
The Cookers is a collective unit primarily consisting of veteran musicians who came up in the wake of hard-bop and free jazz in the late 1960's and early 1970's. It's a pretty extraordinary unit, all things considered: Billy Harper on tenor saxophone; Eddie Henderson and David Weiss on trumpet, Craig Handy on alto saxophone, Azar Lawrence on tenor and soprano saxophones, George Cables on piano, Cecil McBee on bass and Billy Hart on drums.
The Cookers Cast the First Stone ...
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From the Stacks 2011, Vol. 4: The Cookers, Jon Lundbom, Shane Endsley, Others
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Something Else!
By S. Victor Aaron This year's fourth installment of From The Stacks is, as has been the pattern, all jazz. But it's jazz in its many incarnations, from straight ahead post-bop to whack jazz. The protagonists here range from experienced old vets to hungry young newcomers. The common element among all six of these new releases is that I recommend them all, for what that's worth. These concise, one-paragraph reviews don't really do these records enough justice in describing the ...
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Subject: The Cookers Celebrate The Release Of Cast the First Stone @ The Iridum - May 14 & 15!
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
THE COOKERS Celebrate The Release Of CAST THE FIRST STONE (Plus Loin), Hard- Hitting Follow-Up to Acclaimed WARRIORS May 14 & 15! The Iridum 1650 Broadway, NYC (at 51st Street) Tel 212 582 2121 Showtime is 9:00 PM, tkts are $30 Billy Harper (Tenor Sax), Eddie Henderson (Trumpet), David Weiss (Trumpet), Craig Handy (Alto Sax), George Cables (Piano), Cecil McBee (Bass), Billy Hart (Drums) & Special guest Azar Lawrence (Tenor & Soprano Sax) Experience ...
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The Cookers Release Cast the First Stone (Plus Loin)
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
Hard-Hitting Follow-Up to Acclaimed WARRIORS On April 12, 2011 The Cookers CD Release Celebration May 14 & 15 @ The Iridium, NYC! Cast The First Stone Features: Billy Harper (Tenor Sax), Eddie Henderson (Trumpet), David Weiss (Trumpet), Craig Handy (Alto Sax, trks 1-5), George Cables (Piano), Cecil McBee (Bass), Billy Hart (Drums) & Special guest Azar Lawrence (Tenor Sax, trks 4, 6 & 7, Soprano Sax, trk 3) Experience counts, especially in jazz. The more time musicians spend interpreting tunes ...
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The Cookers - Warriors (Jazz Legacy Productions, 2010)
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Music and More by Tim Niland
This is a veteran supergroup that puts their egos aside to create a very nice album of hard-bop and post bop modern jazz. Consisting of George Cables on piano, Billy Harper on tenor saxophone, Billy Hart on drums, Cecil McBee on bass, Eddie Henderson and David Weiss on trumpet and flugelhorn and Craig Handy on flute and alto saxophone, the band has a wealth of experience upon which to draw. Opening with “The Core" McBee and Hart establish a powerful ...
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