Sherman Irby at Chelsea Table + Stage

From The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Sherman Irby brings his dynamic jazz stylings to Chelsea Table + Stage. Playing from the school of Bop & Blues, Sherman Irby and Momentum bring an incredible energy that will satiate the hunger of Jazz-starved fans.After moving to New York in 1994, Sherman quickly connected with the fertile and vital scene at Smalls, where he was a regular until 1997. Here Sherman caught the attention of Blue Note Records. Sherman also toured the U.S. and the Caribbean with the Boys Choir of Harlem in 1995; recorded and toured with Marcus Roberts and participated in the incomparable Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead Program; and began his four-year stint with Roy Hargrove in 1997...

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From The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Sherman Irby brings his dynamic jazz stylings to Chelsea Table + Stage. Playing from the school of Bop & Blues, Sherman Irby and Momentum bring an incredible energy that will satiate the hunger of Jazz-starved fans.After moving to New York in 1994, Sherman quickly connected with the fertile and vital scene at Smalls, where he was a regular until 1997. Here Sherman caught the attention of Blue Note Records. Sherman also toured the U.S. and the Caribbean with the Boys Choir of Harlem in 1995; recorded and toured with Marcus Roberts and participated in the incomparable Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead Program; and began his four-year stint with Roy Hargrove in 1997. After departing Roy Hargrove’s ensemble, Sherman shifted his primary focus to his own group. Currently, as a member Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Sherman has arranged an array of the music that they have performed over the last eight years. He has also been commissioned to compose new works, including Twilight Sounds, his Dante-inspired ballet, Inferno, and his 2020 premier of Musings of Cosmic Stuff. Even with the orchestra’s busy schedule, Sherman was a regular member of the McCoy Tyner Quartet, and continues to carry the tradition forward with his own group, Momentum

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