On Saturday, May 12th at 9PM the The John and Alice Coltrane Home in Dix Hills will be holding a benefit concert at Treme (553 Main St, Islip, NY 11751) to help raise continued funds and awareness towards the legacy of two of two of Jazz Music’s biggest and brightest stars!

The concert will feature the likes of Avery Sharpe and his Trio, with Zaccai Curtis and Winard Harper, along with Special Guests Premik Russell Tubbs, Tom Manuel, and more TBA!

Bassist, composer, and educator Avery Sharpe's career spans over four decades. He was influenced by the great Reggie Workman, who played with John Coltrane and has lead his own bands. Sharpe has performed with the legends of Jazz, including Dizzy Gillespie, Archie Shepp, and Art Blakey. Over a twenty year period, he's played with McCoy Tyner, who was part of the John Coltrane band, and played on some of Coltrane's greatest tunes. He is a Sterling Brown Distinguished Visiting Artist in Residence in Music and Artist Associate in Jazz Bass, and Jazz Coach at Williams College. 

Zaccai Curtis has been performing since the age of five. As a high school student, he was recognized by Down Beat Magazine as a top young performer and chosen as the pianist for the National Grammy Band Small Combo. When not touring with some of the top jazz musicians like Donald Harrison, Christian Scott and Avery Sharpe, Zaccai focuses on his quartet and his seven-piece band, Insight, which has traveled all over the world and has just performed at the Havana Jazz Festival. In February Zaccai performed with the Message, an all-star band which includes Donald Harrison, Billy Pierce, Brian Lynch, Carl Allen, and Avery Sharpe. Four of these musicians are alumni of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. 

Baltimore native Winard Harper is one of the hardest working drummers in jazz today. He's not only leading his very exciting and hard swinging sextet, but is also in demand as a sideman.When he's not touring, Harper continues to work and record with artists like Joe Lovano, Jimmy Heath, Steve Turre, and Avery Sharpe. His newest release, Make it Happen, goes a long way to highlight his talent as drummer, composer, and bandleader. 

Premik Russell Tubbs is a composer, arranger, producer and an accomplished multi-instrumentalist performs on various flutes, soprano, alto and tenor saxophones, wind synthesizers, and lap steel guitar. Premik has worked with everyone from Carlos Santana, Whitney Houston, Herbie Hancock, John McLaughlin, Ravi Shankar, Narada Michael Walden, Clarence Clemons, Ornette Coleman, Jackson Browne, Jean-Luc Ponty, Lonnie Liston-Smith, Scarlet Riveria, James Taylor, Sting and Lady Gaga just to name a few. He is equally adept in pop, R&B, jazz, world and experimental genres.

Jazz historian, music educator and trumpet player, Tom Manuel is the Jazz Ensemble Director, Applied Jazz Trumpet Instructor and Area Director of Jazz Studies at Long Island University. Manuel also holds an adjunct position at Suffolk Community College as well as a faculty position with the Stony Brook University Pre-College Music Division directing their jazz program. He has taught in the public school system for over a decade, on the collegiate level, and served for many years as a member of the Suffolk County Music Educators Association ExecutiveBoard. Manuel received his formal music training from Boston University

 

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www.tremeislip.com

 

For More Information, Contact:

Ron Stein 

rstein@thecoltranehome.org

631 223-1361

516 635-9719 (cell)