Danny Green Trio with Arun Luthra at Dizzy's

The Danny Green Trio performs with special guest Arun Luthra, saxophonist from New York City. Hailed as “one of the important up-and-comers on the scene today” by All About Jazz, Green is one of the most prolific and talented jazz pianists in Southern California, and has received Best Jazz Album at the San Diego Music Awards and awarded a music residency at the San Diego Museum of Art. After receiving scholarships to study music at UC San Diego and San Diego State University, Green developed his own unique style that incorporates a blend of jazz, Brazilian, Latin, and classical elements with evocative melodies and infectious rhythms. Green’s compositions are contemporary pieces that move jazz into an entirely new direction, yet feel as though they have been around for decades. Green’s dynamic trio, which includes skillful bassist Justin Grinnell and sensational drummer Julien Cantelm, recently recorded their latest album in New York City, to be released in 2016....

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The Danny Green Trio performs with special guest Arun Luthra, saxophonist from New York City. Hailed as “one of the important up-and-comers on the scene today” by All About Jazz, Green is one of the most prolific and talented jazz pianists in Southern California, and has received Best Jazz Album at the San Diego Music Awards and awarded a music residency at the San Diego Museum of Art. After receiving scholarships to study music at UC San Diego and San Diego State University, Green developed his own unique style that incorporates a blend of jazz, Brazilian, Latin, and classical elements with evocative melodies and infectious rhythms. Green’s compositions are contemporary pieces that move jazz into an entirely new direction, yet feel as though they have been around for decades. Green’s dynamic trio, which includes skillful bassist Justin Grinnell and sensational drummer Julien Cantelm, recently recorded their latest album in New York City, to be released in 2016.

Arun Luthra has been one of the premiere saxophonists and composers on New York’s jazz scene for well over a decade. He is one of the small group of American jazz musicians of Indian heritage who have continued to explore to possibilities of fusing the modern post-bop sound with elements of Indian classical music, as well drawing from a wide variety of modern and classic musical influences to create a vibrant new sound and style. In addition to his career as a performer, composer, and arranger, Luthra is also a faculty member at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York alongside such jazz and world music greats as Reggie Workman, Chico Hamilton, and Junior Mance, and Bobby Sanabria.

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