Fri Jun 7
Lovell Bradford Qt featuring Sean Jones & Stacy Dillard
7:30PM / $40 | $3.27 Fees Get Tickets
Lovell Bradford
Sean Jones - trumpet
Stacy Dillard - tenor sax
Lovell Bradford - piano
Shannon Hoover - bass
Malcolm Charles - drums
Charlotte based pianist, Lovell Bradford is an adjunct professor of piano at Davidson College and is one of the favorite performers at the Sharp 9, performing many times. Lovell has performed with Pharez Whitted, Slide Hampton, Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Wes “Warmdaddy” Anderson, Ronnie Burrage, and many others.
Sean Jones is a musical chameleon, comfortable in any musical setting no matter the role or genre. After a six-month stint with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Wynton Marsalis offered him a permanent position as lead trumpeter of the ensemble, a post he held from 2004 until 2010. In 2015, Mr. Jones was tapped to become a member of the SFJAZZ Collective. During this time, he has managed to keep a core group of talented musicians together under his leadership, forming the foundation for groups that have produced and released eight recordings on Mack Avenue Records. His most recent is the 2017 release Sean Jones: Live from Jazz at the Bistro.
Mr. Jones has been prominently featured in recordings and performances with many major figures in jazz, including Illinois Jacquet, Jimmy Heath, Frank Foster, Nancy Wilson, Dianne Reeves, Gerald Wilson, and Marcus Miller. He was selected by Mr. Miller, Herbie Hancock, and Wayne Shorter for their A Tribute to Miles tour in 2011. He has also performed with the Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Youngstown symphony orchestras, as well as Soulful Symphony in Baltimore and a chamber group at the Salt Bay Chamberfest.
A fortunate encounter with Wynton Marsalis in Dayton, Ohio would lead Stacy Dillard to the New York scene. Since moving to New York he has recorded four albums as a leader and recorded on over forty as a sideman. He can be found on recordings with Cyrus Chestnut, Captain Black Big Band, Eric Revis, Winard Harper, Wycliffe Gordon and many others.
7:30PM / $40 | $3.27 Fees Get Tickets