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Cory Henry Presents: "the Revival" at Jazz Bakery's Movable Feast Series at Moss Theater
Courtesy of Redbeard Simmons | Posted on January 13, 2016
Where
Moss Theater
Jazz Bakery's Movable Feast Series
3131 Olympic Boulevard
Santa Monica, CA
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When
Fri, March 25, 2016
8:00 pm
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Pre-sale $17; Door $20
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ONE SHOW ONLY - NO INTERMISSION
Absolutely NO flash photography of any kind!
Cory Henry Presents: "The Revival"… (Yet another mind-blowing spin-off group from the Snarky Puppy band.) This 2014 Grammy Award Winner is a multi-instrumentalist and producer with a catalog worthy of a man twice his age. His primary instrument is the organ. At the age of six he competed at the Apollo Theater and made it to the finals.
Henry is primarily known for harmonically rich organ playing that owes a greater debt to the virtuosic unpredictability of Tatum and Peterson than it does to Jimmy Smith and other members of the Hammond organ pantheon. In his best moments he seems to capture the breadth of the Jazz and Gospel idioms and produce something altogether new. Although he possesses a great deal of technique, in his solos he regularly subordinates it to a narrative arch and exhibits a maturity that surpasses his years....