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Steps Ahead, Michael Franks, And Spyro Gyra at Td James Moody Jazz Festival at New Jersey Performing Arts Center

Courtesy of James M. | Posted on October 3, 2019

Where

Steps Ahead, Michael Franks, And Spyro Gyra at Td James Moody Jazz Festival at New Jersey Performing Arts Center

When

Fri, November 15, 2019
8:00 pm

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Musicians

Spyro Gyra
band / ensemble / orchestra
Mike Mainieri
vibraphone
Ravi Coltrane
saxophone, tenor
Adam Rogers
guitar
Steps Ahead
band / ensemble / orchestra

About

NJPAC’s TD James Moody Jazz Festival hosts this one-night-only concert featuring three of the top hitmakers in jazz.

Steps Ahead is the stellar jazz fusion group formed by legendary vibraphonist Mike Mainieri back in the 1970s. Known for a singular sound that melds elements of jazz, funk, rock and R&B, the group has long been one of the most influential ensembles in contemporary jazz. For this concert, Mainieri will be joined by Ravi Coltrane (sax), Baron Browne (bass), Steve Smith (drums) and Adam Rogers (guitar). For more than three decades and on 17 albums, singer-songwriter Michael Franks has mesmerized listeners, weaving sensual lyrics over music that mixes jazz, soul, pop, chamber and more...

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