Milt Hinton Jazz Perspectives Concert Series
“An Evolution of Partnerships: The Milt Hinton Jazz Perspectives Concert Series,” by Eugene Marlow, Ph.D., JazzEd Magazine, March 2010.
Current Season
| 2016-2017 | High energy performance of “Echoes of Etta: A Tribute to Etta James”; Electric flute duo (plus drums) of Flutronix; Grammy-winning saxophonist Vince Giordano and the New York-based Nighthawks Orchestra. (all taking place at the Engelman Recital Hall) |
The Milt Hinton Jazz Perspectives Series: Performers & Venues 1992-2017
| 2015-2016 | The Billy Strayhorn Legacy Big Band, Musical Director saxophonist virtuoso Michael Hashim; piano virtuoso ArcoIris Sandoval Sextet; pianist Kirk Nurock & Friend. (all taking place at the Engelman Recital Hall) |
| 2014-2015 | The Harlem String Quartet; pianist Justin Kauflin Quartet. (all taking place at the Engelman Recital Hall) |
| 2013-2014 | The Hot Club of Detroit; trumpeter/singer extraordinaire Bria Skonberg & Friends. (all taking place at the Engelman Recital Hall). |
| 2012-2013 | “Women in Jazz” photography (Mishkin Gallery) in collaboration with the Hinton Jazz Series; pianist Renee Rosnes Quartet (Peter Washington, Steve Nelson, Bill Stewart); Moroccan-born songstress Malika Zarra Quartet. (all taking place at the Engelman Recital Hall). |
| 2011-2012 | “Keeping Time: The Life, Music and Photographs of Milt Hinton-A collaboration with the Milt Hinton Jazz Series; Jay Leonhart (bass) and Friends (Wycliffe Gordon, Houston Person, Bernard Purdy, and John Colianni); The Harvard Jazz Band with Cecile McBee. (all taking place at the Engelman Recital Hall). |
| 2010-2011 | vibraphonist Joe Locke & Force of Four (Robert Rodriquez, Johnathan Blake, Ricardo Rodriquez); Cyrus Chestnut: A Two-Set Solo Concert. (all taking place at the Engelman Recital Hall) |
| 2009-2010 | Bobby Sanabria on the BBC’s October broadcast Latin jazz series; Trio Da Paz (Engelman Recital Hall); Jazz Journalists Association president Howard Mandel on “American Blues”; The Andy LaVerne/John Abercrombie Piano/Guitar Duo (taking place at the Engelman Recital Hall) |
| 2008-2009 | Indian-born jazz guitarist Rez Abassi and a trio; Italian-born vocalist Roberta Gambarini and her trio; journalist Dan Ouellette on his online developed biography of bassist Ron Carter; Bobby Sanabria’s “clavZ celebration” lecture and demonstration; and Columbian-born jazz harpist Edmar Castaneda (with trio). (all taking place at the Engelman Recital Hall) |
| 2007-2008 | Jazz/bluegrass mandolinist Andy Statman; Grammy-nominated singer Carla Cook and a trio; the gospel brass group The McCollough Sons of Thunder. (all taking place at the Engelman Recital Hall) |
| 2006-2007 | bassist Rufus Reid quintet; Bobby Sanabria leading the 19-piece Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra; jazz/R&B/funk bassist Lonnie Plaxico sextet; lecture/demonstration on legendary pianist Art Tatum by Arnold Laubich. (all taking place at the Engelman Recital Hall) |
| 2005-2006 | George Gee Swing Orchestra performs in the Newman Vertical Campus cafeteria; seven-time multi-Grammy nominee “Drummer of the Year” Bobby Sanabria and Quarteto AchZ; the 2006 Grammy-award winning Turtle Island String Quartet; and the Andy Middleton Octet in collaboration with Chamber Music America. (all three of these events take place at the Engelman Recital Hall) |
| 2004-2005 | Chico O’Farrill Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Arturo O’Farrill (perform at Mason Hall); Dikki Du and the Zydeco Crew (takes place at the Newman Vertical Campus lobby); Grammy-nominated vocalist Carla Cook (Engelman Recital Hall); pianist/composer Andy Laverne and his trio (Engelman Recital Hall). |
| 2003-2004 | Vanguard Jazz Orchestra (perform at Mason Hall); The “Sax in the City” quartet (Newman Vertical Campus lobby); The Ted Piltzecker Septet (Engelman Recital Hall); the Roberta Piket Trio (Engelman Recital Hall). |
| 2002-2003 | “The Latin-Jazz All Stars” with trumpeter/leader Michael Mossman, tenor saxophonist David Sanchez, trombonist Steve Turre, pianist Arturo O’Farrill, alto saxophonist Antonio Hart, bassist Andy Gonzalez, and percussionist Phoenix Rivera (perform at Mason Hall); The Marty Sheller Big Band (Newman Vertical Campus lobby); Chris Washburne’s SYOTOS Latin-Jazz ensemble (Newman Vertical Campus lobby);”Rumbamerica,” an Afro-Cuban ensemble made up of some of New York’s top Afro-Cuban drummers, singers, and dancers (Nagelberg Theatre). |
| November 2001 | The Heath Brothers Quartet (“Percy, Jimmy, and Tootie”) with special guest trumpeter Jimmy Owens (perform at Mason Hall). |
| November 2000 | The Bronx Horns (perform at Mason Hall). |