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Sunday "meet The Artist" Jazz Series - Winard Harper & Trevor Watkis at Moore's Lounge Aka Bill & Ruth's
Courtesy of Winard Harper | Posted on September 8, 2016
Where
Moore's Lounge Aka Bill & Ruth's
189 Monticello Avenue
Jersey City, NJ
Map
(201) 332-4309
When
Sun, September 18, 2016
8:00 pm
Save the date
Musicians
Winard Harper
drumsTrevor Watkis
keyboardsAbout
Winard Harper’s special guest this time round is a friend of many years, the renowned Pianist Trevor Watkis from London. Watkis’ early influences on piano included Chick Corea, Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Wynton Kelly, Mulgrew Miller, Bud Powell and McCoy Tyner. He began playing piano professionally in 1987 and two years later studied at Berklee College Of Music. Fellow students there and at Harvard University with whom he sometimes played included Antonio Hart, Lalah Hathaway, Joshua Redman and Mark Turner. Back in the UK he in turn accompanied stars like Gary Bartz, Kenny Garrett, Eddie Henderson, Tony Kofi, Courtney Pine, Ernest Ranglin, Jean Toussaint and Stanley Turrentine, when they performed and recorded on British soil...