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Bobby Watson’s Horizon at the Vermont Jazz Center

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Bobby Watson's Horizon at the Vermont Jazz Center
Bobby Watson and Horizon Saturday, February 15, 2020, 8 PM at the Vermont Jazz Center Bobby Watson, one of the most important alto saxophonists on the scene today, and revered jazz educator, earned the limelight as music director of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers between 1977 and 1981. He is on hundreds of recordings, and worked with luminaries including the Marsalis Brothers, George Coleman, Dianne Reeves, Lou Rawls, Betty Carter and Carmen Lundy. Watson is best known for the ensemble Horizon, one of the preeminent small groups of the1980s -1990s. Watson and drummer Victor Lewis continue as the backbone of the group. For this performance they will be joined by pianist Ed Simon, bassist Essiet Okon Essiet and trumpeter Giveton Gelin. Sponsored by a Friend of the VJC Educational Programs. $20-40 general, $15 student- available online, at door, reserved by phone & In The Moment Records, Brattleboro. $1 extra per CC ticket www.vtjazz.org
Date and Time
February 15, 2020 @ 8:00 pm
Location
Vermont Jazz Center
74 Cotton Mill Hill #222
Brattleboro VT 05301
Contact
Ginger Morawski
802 254 9088



Bobby Watson and Horizon

Saturday, February 15, 2020, 8 PM at the Vermont Jazz Center

Bobby Watson, one of the most important alto saxophonists on the scene today, and revered jazz educator, earned the limelight as music director of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers between 1977 and 1981.

He is on hundreds of recordings, and worked with luminaries including the Marsalis Brothers, George Coleman, Dianne Reeves, Lou Rawls, Betty Carter and Carmen Lundy.

Watson is best known for the ensemble Horizon, one of the preeminent small groups of the1980s -1990s. Watson and drummer Victor Lewis continue as the backbone of the group.

For this performance they will be joined by pianist Ed Simon, bassist Essiet Okon Essiet and trumpeter Giveton Gelin.

Sponsored by a Friend of the VJC Educational Programs.

$20-40 general, $15 student- available online, at door, reserved by phone & In The Moment Records, Brattleboro. $1 extra per CC ticket

www.vtjazz.org