Jon Faddis with the US Navy Commodores – Manteca Suite
04/30 07:00
Washington , DC
Jon Faddis with the US Navy Commodores Performing the Manteca Suite
Jon Faddis is a complete and consummate musician -- conductor, composer, and educator. Marked by both intense integrity and humor, Faddis earned accolades from his close friend and mentor John Birks Gillespie, who declared of Faddis, "He's the best ever, including me!" As a trumpeter, Faddis possesses a virtually unparalleled range and full command of his instrument, making the practically impossible seem effortless. Time Out New York (2003) praises Faddis as "the world's greatest trumpeter ... brash soloistic logic and breathtaking technical acuity," and Nat Hentoff, in The Wall Street Journal (2005), characterizes Faddis as “a trumpet player of prodigious lyrical force
Event Partner(s)
Blues Alley Jazz
Organizer(s)
Blues Alley
Contact Person: Frank Vardaros
Tel: +
Email: [email protected]
Location(s)
Blues Alley Jazz
Club
1073 REAR Wisconsin Avenue Northwest
Washington,
DC
20007
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