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Jazz @ The Dance Hall: Chris Klaxton / Taylor O'Donnell Quintet at The Dance Hall
Courtesy of Brown Paper Tickets | Posted on January 12, 2018
Where
The Dance Hall
7 Walker Sreet
Kittery, ME
Map
207.703.2083
When
Sat, February 10, 2018
7:30 pm
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Musicians
Taylor O'Donnell
vocalsAbout
Trumpeter / keyboardist Chris Klaxton and vocalist Taylor O'Donnell return to The Dance Hall with a new quintet featuring virtuoso guitarist Peter Herman, recent transplant to the Seacoast area - NYC drummer John Mettam, and the Seacoast's busiest bassist - Scott Kiefner.
Having studied from masters such as Clark Terry, Terrance Blanchard, Fred Hersch, and Peter Eldridge, both Klaxton and O'Donnell are firmly rooted in the jazz tradition yet share a wide ranging and eclectic repertoire; swinging the standards of yesterday while maintaining a firm grasp on the music of today. O'Donnell has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show with producer David Foster, sung background for singer / songwriter Ben Folds, and has performed alongside Janis Siegel, The Real Group, New York Voices, and choral group Seraphic Fire. Klaxton has made a reputation as being a gifted multi-instrumentalist and composer, focusing heavily on jazz trumpet, yet contributing horn, keyboards, guitar and percussion to a variety of award winning hip-hop, rock, and indie projects. ...