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The Set Featuring The Mitch Butler Quintet at Facebook Live
Courtesy of Lonnie Davis | Posted on January 23, 2022
When
Thu, February 24, 2022
8:00 pm
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Musicians
Dr. Mitch Butler
tromboneRon Brendle
bassMalcolm Charles
drumsSean Higgins
pianoAriel Mejia
trumpetAbout
JazzArts Charlotte’s virtual live music series presents Raleigh-native trombonist Mitch Butler.
Enjoy an evening with Butler’s high energy arrangements of jazz standards with a stellar group of seasoned musicians and young upstarts from our own Jazz Academy.
Mitch Butler has been the trombonist and arranger for a number of critically acclaimed musical groups, including the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (Grammy Award for large jazz ensemble with the release of the recording Book One) and the international award-winning jazz group JazzBonez. Adding the role of producer to his resume, Butler teamed up with Grammy Award-winning producer Richard Seidel in 2017, where he served as musical director for critically acclaimed vocalist Tiffany Austin and her second album Unbroken. Butler has also performed and/or recorded with musical greats Dee Dee Bridgewater, Curtis Fuller, Tia Fuller, Derrick Gardner, Robert Glasper, Slide Hampton, Conrad Herwig, Branford Marsalis, Bob Mintzer, Melton Mustafa, Kenny Rampton, Stephen Riley, Fred Wesley, and many others. Mitch has also been a dedicated educator in jazz studies throughout his career, currently serving as Associate Professor of Jazz Studies at UMKC....