Eric Byrd Trio, PIANO/BASS/DRUMS
Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 4:00 pm
Ticket: $60
The acclaimed Eric Byrd Trio adds a bit of jazz to the season performing the holiday classic “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” Composed by Vincent Guaraldi, this much-loved Grammy-award winning score delights audiences of all ages! A festive Steinway family affair complete with sweet treats and the iconic Silo Hill sing-along of holiday favorites.
joy and splendor. . .music so well performed that sets a new standard.
Amazon
overflows with fluid lines and melodic swells, which have the effect of delighting the aural faculties.
Jazz Times
Eric Byrd Trio
For over twenty years, The Eric Byrd Trio comprising pianist/vocalist Eric Byrd, bassist Bhagwan Khalsa, and drummer Alphonso Young, Jr., has traveled the world as enthusiastic ambassadors of jazz. Rooted in swing and bebop, The Trio also embraces gospel and the blues as core elements of their expansive performance style. Their body of work spans seven unique studio and live recordings on which they shine as a trio and as collaborators with an expanded 8-piece ensemble they call The Eric Byrd Trio: Brother Ray Band, in tribute to The Genius of Soul icon Ray Charles. On each recording, they take a rigorous, modern approach to standards as well as original compositions, playing with great acuity within the broad and rich jazz tradition.
Collectively, The Trio has played with trumpeters Wynton Marsalis, Terell Stafford and Randy Brecker, jazz guitarists Charlie Byrd and Mike Stern, jazz saxophonists Bob Berg, Buck Hill, David “Fathead” Newman, Tim Warfield and Cecil Payne, jazz pianists George Colligan and Kenny Drew, Jr., jazz saxophonists and flautists Sonny Fortune and Gary Thomas, be-bop jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, flautist, and saxophonist Ira Sullivan, jazz steel pan player Othello Molineaux, jazz vibraphonist Warren Wolf, gospel harpist Jeff Majors, jazz vocalists Vanessa Rubin and Rebecca Parris, gospel vocalist Yolanda Adams, and Cuban American singer/songwriter Jon Secada.
The Trio also dedicates their time to conducting clinics on music history, jazz, and the relationship between the spirituals/gospel, blues, and jazz. Because of their immense knowledge of music, commitment to music education, and ability to teach diverse and international audiences, they have been sponsored by the United States Embassy as Kennedy Center/U.S. State Department Jazz Ambassadors touring South America, Central America, the Caribbean, Eastern & Western Europe, and the Middle East. The Trio has also delighted audiences across the globe at the historic Montreux Jazz Festival and in Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Dubai, Estonia, Honduras, Italy, Peru, Scotland, and Trinidad and Tobago.
