Cory Weeds Quintet With Jerry Weldon at Seattle Jazz Fellowship

Always nice to extend a hand across the border and bring our friend Cory Weeds into town to perform. The Vancouver based saxophonist arrives with a two tenor front line featuring NYC tenorist Jerry Weldon. Weeds’ BC mate, the marvelous pianist Miles Black heads up the rhythm section that includes Seattle stalwarts in bassist Michael Glynn and drummer Matt Jorgensen. 

Weeds’ bands are always swingin’, and steeped in the modern post-bop tradition. He has a long term relationship with this superb rhythm section, a history that dates back to dates at the now demolished Tula’s Jazz Club in Seattle, and Weeds’ current digs at Frankie’s in Vancouver...

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Always nice to extend a hand across the border and bring our friend Cory Weeds into town to perform. The Vancouver based saxophonist arrives with a two tenor front line featuring NYC tenorist Jerry Weldon. Weeds’ BC mate, the marvelous pianist Miles Black heads up the rhythm section that includes Seattle stalwarts in bassist Michael Glynn and drummer Matt Jorgensen. 

Weeds’ bands are always swingin’, and steeped in the modern post-bop tradition. He has a long term relationship with this superb rhythm section, a history that dates back to dates at the now demolished Tula’s Jazz Club in Seattle, and Weeds’ current digs at Frankie’s in Vancouver. Having Weldon in town from Gotham is the cherry on top of the sundae. https://seattlejazzfellowship.org/events

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