CUTTIN' UP!: Antonio Hart and Sherman Irby at Ginny's Supper Club

Cuttin' Up! is a remix of the old-style cuttin' contest tradition in jazz, where musicians challenged one another and rose to the occasion of greatness.

Sherman Irby is a long-time member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, during which time he also recorded and toured with Marcus Roberts and was part of Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead Program. A fluid and inventive blues-drenched player, Irby had a four-year stint with Roy Hargrove, where he took over the chair held by Antonio Hart. He's also been a member of Elvin Jones' ensemble, and Papo Vazquez's Pirates Troubadours.

One of the “young lions” to emerge in the late 1980s and first recognized for his influential work with trumpeter Roy Hargrove, Grammy-nominated altoist and educator Antonio Hart has established himself as one of the finest instrumentalists in jazz. He is a graduate of the Berklee School and has recorded and performed with a plethora of jazz greats including Art Blakey, Dizzy Gillespie, McCoy Tyner and Nat Adderley, and is a protégé of legendary saxophonist Jimmy Heath....

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Cuttin' Up! is a remix of the old-style cuttin' contest tradition in jazz, where musicians challenged one another and rose to the occasion of greatness.

Sherman Irby is a long-time member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, during which time he also recorded and toured with Marcus Roberts and was part of Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead Program. A fluid and inventive blues-drenched player, Irby had a four-year stint with Roy Hargrove, where he took over the chair held by Antonio Hart. He's also been a member of Elvin Jones' ensemble, and Papo Vazquez's Pirates Troubadours.

One of the “young lions” to emerge in the late 1980s and first recognized for his influential work with trumpeter Roy Hargrove, Grammy-nominated altoist and educator Antonio Hart has established himself as one of the finest instrumentalists in jazz. He is a graduate of the Berklee School and has recorded and performed with a plethora of jazz greats including Art Blakey, Dizzy Gillespie, McCoy Tyner and Nat Adderley, and is a protégé of legendary saxophonist Jimmy Heath.

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