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The Cookers at Musical Instrument Museum

Courtesy of Lorene Ely | Posted on October 14, 2016

Where

Musical Instrument Museum
4725 E. Mayo Boulevard
Phoenix, AZ
Map
480.478.6000

When

Fri, October 21, 2016
7:30 pm

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Musicians

Billy Harper
saxophone
David Weiss
trumpet
Craig Handy
saxophone
The Cookers
band / ensemble / orchestra

About

7:30pm – 10:00pm. “For all this interior sophistication, the Cookers remain a blast furnace of infectious power and rhythm. Four top-notch horn players erupt together in chromatic splendor — or, to use McBee’s language, open doors for one another while the nonpareil rhythm section of Cables, McBee and Hart keeps finding new ways to stoke and shift the pulse of tune.”—Star Tribune. The Cookers are an all-star jazz ensemble made up primarily of veteran bandleaders and star soloists, including tenor saxophonist Billy Harper, trumpeters Eddie Henderson and David Weiss, alto saxophonist Craig Handy, pianist George Cables, bassist Cecil McBee, and drummer Billy Hart...

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