Supernova W/nasar Abedey at The Side Door Jazz Club

SUPERNOVA - Sat May 16th – Doors 7:30pm, Show 8:30pm – 860-434-0886* www.thesidedoorjazz.com

SUPERNOVA has toured, performed and recorded together for several years, and each member is a band leader in their own right, with quite a discography as well. Nasar Abedey, Joe Ford, James King, Allyn Johnson and Josh Evans make up SUPERNOVA!

Nasar Abadey (Drummer) is the founder, leader and driving force of his band SUPERNOVA®. Though a bandleader for many years he has also built a solid reputation as a sideman with several groups from his home base in Washington, DC; and he has performed and/or recorded with many artists throughout his career. Inspired by Tony Williams, Max Roach, Roy Haynes, Elvin Jones and his cousin Frankie Dunlop, he creates jazz music steeped in hard bop, modal, fusion, and avant-garde styles. ...

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SUPERNOVA - Sat May 16th – Doors 7:30pm, Show 8:30pm – 860-434-0886* www.thesidedoorjazz.com

SUPERNOVA has toured, performed and recorded together for several years, and each member is a band leader in their own right, with quite a discography as well. Nasar Abedey, Joe Ford, James King, Allyn Johnson and Josh Evans make up SUPERNOVA!

Nasar Abadey (Drummer) is the founder, leader and driving force of his band SUPERNOVA®. Though a bandleader for many years he has also built a solid reputation as a sideman with several groups from his home base in Washington, DC; and he has performed and/or recorded with many artists throughout his career. Inspired by Tony Williams, Max Roach, Roy Haynes, Elvin Jones and his cousin Frankie Dunlop, he creates jazz music steeped in hard bop, modal, fusion, and avant-garde styles.

Most recently SUPERNOVA® was selected by the US State Department and the Lincoln Center as Ambassadors to tour with the American Music Abroad Rhythm Road. This one month tour took them to five (5) countries in East Africa; Rwanda, Uganda, Ethiopia, Zambia, and Mozambique. Nasar is Professor of Jazz Percussion at the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. Abadey has performed with Pharoah Sanders, Gary Bartz, Andrew White, Sonny Fortune, Dizzy Gillespie, Hank Jones, Bobby Hutcherson, Ella Fitzgerald, Sun Ra, and many other jazz greats. He has also appeared in various festivals in the USA and abroad.

SUPERNOVA Sat May 16th – Doors 7:30pm, Show 8:30pm – 860-434-0886* www.thesidedoorjazz.com *tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable - no audio or video recording allowed (incl. cell phones) photos only during first set - no flash. Enjoy a pre-show dinner, or discounted overnight stay with tickets, at The Old Lyme Inn.

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