Friday, March 17:
The Art Lillard Quartet
featuring Ray Gallon on piano, Steve Blum on guitar, Nick Cudahy on bass, Art Lillard on drums
at the Garage
99 Seventh Avenue South, between Grove & Barrow Streets, NYC
5:45 till 9:45 PM
NO COVER
Sunday, March 19
Art Lillard's Heavenly Band CD release event for Reasons to be Thankful
at St. Peter's Church
619 Lexington Avenue at 54th Street (Citicorp Building), NYC
7:00 - 9:00 PM
$10 admission
This nine-horn band will be playing swing, blues, and Latin grooves, mostly originals from our new CD Reasons To Be Thankful, with a few standards thrown in for good measure.
Featuring:
Flutes: Jan Leder, Chip Shelton
Trumpets: Jim Cifelli, Pam Fleming
Trombones: Chris Rinaman, Noah Bless
Saxes: Jay Collins, Lou Caputo, Paul Carlon
Vocals: Mary Foster Conklin, Andrea Wolper, Jim Malloy
Piano: Cecilia Coleman
Bass: Sean Smith
Guitar: Mark McCarron
Percussion: David Picton
Drums: Art Lillard
For further information: 212-935-2200
Art Lillard's Heavenly Band: Reasons to be Thankful Summit DCD440
“Reasons to be Thankful is a recording of fresh original material with wonderful orchestration and a unique way of blending the swing fad and the modern big band sound in one setting"--Edward Blanco, All About Jazz
Please also visit my web site (www.artlillard.com) and listen to sound clips of my big band and also my trio.
For more information contact All About Jazz.
