Contemporary Jazz Series: Bruce Dudley Quartet w/ Phillips, Santrandreu, & Wires at Nashville Jazz Workshop

The next installment in the Contemporary Jazz Series features the Bruce Dudley Quartet with Derrek Phillips, Jesus Santandreu, and Jonathan Wires. The program will feature contemporary original compositions by Dudley, Phillips, and Wires, plus a few select jazz classics. The concert takes place Saturday, November 16, 8pm in the Jazz Cave at the Jazz Workshop.

Bruce Dudley is one of the city's most elegant and accomplished pianists and educators. He studied at the New England Conservatory of Music, Manhattan School of Music, and Eastman School of Music. He received a doctorate in Jazz Studies from the University of Colorado, and is on the faculty of Belmont University, MTSU, and the Nashville Jazz Workshop. An outstanding composer and arranger, his 1998 CD Semblance was nominated for Best Jazz Album of the Year in Nashville Music Awards. His recent CD's include Mostly Monk (2010) and The Solo Sessions (2012). ...

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The next installment in the Contemporary Jazz Series features the Bruce Dudley Quartet with Derrek Phillips, Jesus Santandreu, and Jonathan Wires. The program will feature contemporary original compositions by Dudley, Phillips, and Wires, plus a few select jazz classics. The concert takes place Saturday, November 16, 8pm in the Jazz Cave at the Jazz Workshop.

Bruce Dudley is one of the city's most elegant and accomplished pianists and educators. He studied at the New England Conservatory of Music, Manhattan School of Music, and Eastman School of Music. He received a doctorate in Jazz Studies from the University of Colorado, and is on the faculty of Belmont University, MTSU, and the Nashville Jazz Workshop. An outstanding composer and arranger, his 1998 CD Semblance was nominated for Best Jazz Album of the Year in Nashville Music Awards. His recent CD's include Mostly Monk (2010) and The Solo Sessions (2012).

Derrek Phillips is also an outstanding artist/educator/composer. A Nashville resident since 2006, he was previously based in New York, where he worked with such jazz luminaries as Dr. Lonnie Smith, Charlie Hunter, Greg Osby, Christian McBride, and Joshua Redman. Since moving to Nashville, he has joined the faculty of Vanderbilt Blair School of Music and MTSU, leads his own group, the Derrek Phillips Manufactory, and is in-demand as a sideman.

Jesus Santandreu is a multitalented saxophonist who is a well-known composer in his native Valencia, Spain. He studied jazz at Berklee College of Music, and is in Middle Tennessee for two years while completing a graduate degree at MTSU.

Jonathan Wires is a frequent performer at the Jazz Workshop, and teaches at the Workshop's Summer Jazz Camp. Recognized for his skills as a bass player, Jonathan's outstancing compositional skills are less well-known but will be on display at this concert. Jonathan completed a Masters Degree in jazz studies at MTSU, and is currently on the faculty there, teaching jazz bass, composition, improvisation, and ensembles.

The Contemporary Jazz Series concert will be a rare opportunity to hear these four fine musicians outside their usual settings, for a one-of-a-kind evening of creative improvised music.

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