Lewis Porter's All-Star Tribute to Coltrane and Monk

Thu, Oct 02

$25 TICKETS | ALL AGES Lewis Porter, pianist, educator, author, has performed across the USA and Europe. He was the subject of a full-page article in Downbeat in 2019 and a four-page feature in Jazz Times the same year. He was nominated for a Grammy in 1995 and has won two ASCAP prizes. He appears on 38 albums with Dave Liebman, Marc Ribot, Gary Bartz, John Patitucci, Terri Lyne Carrington, Tia Fuller and others. Critics write that his music makes “a beautifully creative whole" and that he is “a first-rate pianist.” Jazz Journal of the UK write: Technique, imagination and feeling are all at his disposal." Holding a Ph.D. in musicology, he is well-known as an educator and author, most notably of a celebrated book on Coltrane. His acclaimed weekly jazz essay series on Substack, “Playback with Lewis Porter”(https://lewisporter.substack.com), is followed by over 5,000 jazz fans, scholars, and musicians worldwide. Chris Brown has played drums with the Marsalis family, Roy Hargrove, Jimmy Heath, and many other legends.