Ron Carter & Javon Jackson at Orpheum Theatre Saugerties Ny

For this special event, the legendary Ron Carter will be joined by American jazz tenor saxophonist, bandleader, and educator, Javon Jackson. Together, they will take an audio/visual journey to discuss his incredible career including his work with the Jack DeJohnette

RON CARTER is among the most original, prolific, and influential bassists in jazz. He has recorded over 2200 albums! Including many of the iconic jazz records of the 60's and 70's such as Speak No Evil, Maiden Voyage, Red Clay, Speak Like a Child, Nefertiti and Miles Smiles, to name a few.

From 1963 to 1968, he was a member of the acclaimed Miles Davis Quintet. Over the last 60 years he has recorded with so many of the jazz greats greats: Lena Horne, Bill Evans, B.B. King, Dexter Gordon, Wes Montgomery, Bobby Timmons, Eric Dolphy, Cannonball Adderley and Jaki Byard to name a few. After leaving the quintet he embarked on a prolific career that spanned vastly different music genres and continues to this day. He recorded with Roberta Flack, Billy Joel, Paul Simon, Bette Midler and Aretha Franklin, Tribe Called Quest,and hundreds of others. ...

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For this special event, the legendary Ron Carter will be joined by American jazz tenor saxophonist, bandleader, and educator, Javon Jackson. Together, they will take an audio/visual journey to discuss his incredible career including his work with the Jack DeJohnette

RON CARTER is among the most original, prolific, and influential bassists in jazz. He has recorded over 2200 albums! Including many of the iconic jazz records of the 60's and 70's such as Speak No Evil, Maiden Voyage, Red Clay, Speak Like a Child, Nefertiti and Miles Smiles, to name a few.

From 1963 to 1968, he was a member of the acclaimed Miles Davis Quintet. Over the last 60 years he has recorded with so many of the jazz greats greats: Lena Horne, Bill Evans, B.B. King, Dexter Gordon, Wes Montgomery, Bobby Timmons, Eric Dolphy, Cannonball Adderley and Jaki Byard to name a few. After leaving the quintet he embarked on a prolific career that spanned vastly different music genres and continues to this day. He recorded with Roberta Flack, Billy Joel, Paul Simon, Bette Midler and Aretha Franklin, Tribe Called Quest,and hundreds of others.

Moderator - Javon Jackson first became known as a member of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers from 1987 until Blakey's death in 1990 and went on to release 22 recordings as a bandleader and tour and record on over 150 CDs[5] with jazz greats including Elvin Jones, Freddie Hubbard, Charlie Haden, Betty Carter, Cedar Walton, Ron Carter, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Stanley Turpentine and Ben E. King.

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