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Rick Stone Quartet at Jazz Forum Arts

Courtesy of Rick Stone | Posted on August 2, 2010

When

Fri, August 20, 2010
6:30pm

At Door

Free

Musicians

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Jazz Forum Arts Presents the Rick Stone Quartet at Kingsland Point Park, Sleepy Hollow, NY, Friday August 20th, 2010

Jazz Forum Arts in association with Kingsland Point Park presents jazz guitarist Rick Stone and his Quartet, Friday, August 20th, 2010, from 6:30-8:00pm, at Kingsland Point Park, Sleepy Hollow, NY (on the Hudson River). Performing with Rick will be pianist Tardo Hammer, bassist Gary Mazzaroppi and drummer Tom Pollard. For more info, visit http://www.jazzforumarts.org.

Robert Silverstein of 20th Century Guitar calls Rick Stone "one of the finest straight-ahead guitarists on the current NYC jazz scene." Rick's recordings "Blues For Nobody," "Far East" and "Samba de Novembro" have received significant national airplay and critical acclaim. He has performed at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, the Blue Note, the Smithsonian Institute and Kennedy Center with groups that have included stellar musicians like Kenny Barron, Barry Harris, Ralph Lalama, and Eric Alexander. Rick has also worked as a sideman with blues singer Irene Reid, saxophonist Eric Person, and swing clarinetist Sol Yaged, and teaches jazz guitar at Hofstra University, Brooklyn Conservatory of Music and the Jazzmobile Saturday Workshop Program. Find out more at: www.rickstone.com...

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