JAMM has the incredible opportunity to host two New Orleans legends on Monday August 12th. The concerts of duo Tom McDermott (piano) and Evan Christpher (clarinet) are like attending a master class in New Orleans music/musicians– they are both masters of jazz history and their instruments!
Two Sets–7:00 & 9:00
JAMM Headquarters
1267 Lakeside Drive East Lansing
$25 (JAMM Members $20)
Both sets $40 (JAMM Members $30)
Tom McDermott is one of New Orleans’ prominent pianists and composers. In his 35 years in Nola, he’s played a wide variety of traditional piano musics: rag, trad jazz, boogie, stride, Brazilian choro, and the New Orleans piano tradition from Louis Moreau Gottschalk thru Jelly Roll Morton and Henry Butler. This spring he received his 7th review in the New York Times, from Jon Pareles: Tom McDermott mastered fearsome Jelly Roll Morton compositions like the aptly-titled Finger Breaker. He is a local luminary who deserves to be better-known.” Listen here.
Evan Christopher combines virtuosity, immaculate taste, and enthusiasm with a commitment to exploring the full range of possibilities in the New Orleans clarinet tradition.His highly personal brand of “contemporary, early jazz” strives to extend the legacies of early Creole clarinet heroes such as Sidney Bechet, Barney Bigard and Omer Simeon. Listen here.
We’re working on a project that will take a bit of time to complete, so stay tuned!