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The Mike Kaplan Nonet Salutes Cedar Walton, Sun 12/29 4-7pm, Trumpets Jazz Club

The Mike Kaplan Nonet Salutes Cedar Walton, Sun 12/29 4-7pm, Trumpets Jazz Club

Source: Mike Kaplan

The Mike Kaplan Nonet will celebrate Cedar Walton's musical legacy by performing new large group arrangements (for six horns & rhythm section) of some of his unique and memorable compositions. Many will be familiar to jazz connoisseurs.... and some are not as well known, but certainly deserving of wider recognition. The legendary pianist/composer (who also played with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, JJ Johnson, the Jazztet and many other greats) passed on earlier this year at the age of 79. There ...

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