Live From Harlem The Jazz Foundation of America Presents: Dick Griffin Quartet
April 04, 2024
National Jazz Museum in Harlem | Free - Weekly
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Jazz Foundation of America presents live weekly concerts free to the public from the New Orleans Jazz Museum. You can see them every Wednesday in person or on our Facebook and Youtube pages. You are now able to attend these performances at the Jazz Museum in New Orleans. These series are also carried on Off Beat Magazine and Louisiana Music Factory Facebook pages. For this week's performance the Jazz Foundation of America is proud to present:
Dick Griffin Quartet
Dick Griffin is one of today's leading trombone pioneers. In a career spanning over 50 years, he has performed with some of the biggest names in Jazz and Soul, as well as appearing with several symphony orchestras. A short list of the luminaries Mr. Griffin has worked with includes Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Tito Puente, Art Blakey, Charles Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie, McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Heath, Lionel Hampton, Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, Isaac Hayes, Dionne Warwick and Sun Ra. An accomplished painter as well as composer / arranger, he has been honored by the NEA, BMI and others, and has released six albums as a leader.
Jazz Foundation of America presents live weekly concerts free to the public from the New Orleans Jazz Museum. You can see them every Wednesday in person or on our Facebook and Youtube pages. You are now able to attend these performances at the Jazz Museum in New Orleans. These series are also carried on Off Beat Magazine and Louisiana Music Factory Facebook pages. For this week's performance the Jazz Foundation of America is proud to present:
Dick Griffin Quartet
Dick Griffin is one of today's leading trombone pioneers. In a career spanning over 50 years, he has performed with some of the biggest names in Jazz and Soul, as well as appearing with several symphony orchestras. A short list of the luminaries Mr. Griffin has worked with includes Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Tito Puente, Art Blakey, Charles Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie, McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Heath, Lionel Hampton, Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, Isaac Hayes, Dionne Warwick and Sun Ra. An accomplished painter as well as composer / arranger, he has been honored by the NEA, BMI and others, and has released six albums as a leader.