Fri May 22
Adjunct professor of piano at Davidson College, Lovell Bradford has played on a number of top recordings in both the Gospel and Jazz traditions. He began playing in the jazz scene of Columbus, OH before moving to Charlotte, NC. Lovell has performed with artists such as Pharez Whitted, Slide Hampton, Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Wes “Warmdaddy” Anderson, Ronnie Burrage, Sean Jones, Stacy Dillard and many others.
Sean Jones is an American trumpeter and composer featured on the 2007 Grammy Award-winning album Turned to Blue by Nancy Wilson. As a bandleader, Jones has released eight albums under the Mack Avenue Records label. He performs with his own groups both nationally and internationally.
Saxophonist, Stacy Dillard is a perfect example of the fusing of tradition and innovation, the combination which keeps everything fresh, exciting, energetic, theraputic, and more importantly, real. A longtime fixture of the NYC jazz scene.
Sean Jones - trumpet
Stacy Dillard - tenor saxophone
Lovell Bradford - piano
Butler Knowles - bass
Malcolm Charles - drums