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Eric Wyatt Quartet at The Side Door Jazz Club
Courtesy of Janm | Posted on May 17, 2016
Where
The Side Door Jazz Club
85 Lyme St
Old Lyme, CT
Map
(860) 434-2600
When
Sat, June 11, 2016
7:30 pm
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Musicians
About
Eric Wyatt – joined by Benito Gonzalez on piano, Essiet Essiet on bass, Chris Beck on drums - is a saxophonist born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He was introduced to the sax by his father Charles Wyatt, who played tenor and hung out with many of the great jazz icons: Charlie Parker, Gary Bartz, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie and more.
Eric had the privilege of meeting two great jazz masters, both of whom changed his life: Miles Davis and his godfather, Sonny Rollins. Eric recalls, "When I met Miles I was 10 years old and was playing trumpet at the time. He was playing at the Bottom Line, a club in New York, and I never forgot all the energy and joy that this man brought to the audience...