RJS Presents Nat Reeves

Richmond Jazz Society’s Guest Educators Series VA Jazz bassist and International Recording Artist NAT REEVES With The Bob Hallahan Quartet Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 7PM Doors open at 6PM Capital Ale House Downtown Music Hall 623 East Main Street Free Deck Parking at 6th & Main Advance Tix: $10 with valid RJS, Altria or Student […]

June 7, 2009; 12:00 PM • by Dean Christesen

Richmond Jazz Society’s Guest Educators Series

VA Jazz bassist and International Recording Artist

NAT REEVES

With The Bob Hallahan Quartet

Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 7PM

Doors open at 6PM

Capital Ale House

Downtown Music Hall

623 East Main Street

Free Deck Parking at 6th & Main

Advance Tix:

$10 with valid RJS, Altria or Student I.D. Card

Call RJS at 804-643-1972 – Credit Card only

$15 General Public – www.capitalalehouse.com

$20 Everyone Day of Show

For more info contact RJS at (804) 643-1972 or info@vajazz.org

Major support for this and other RJS programs is provided by The Community Foundation – Serving Richmond and Central Virginia, Chevron Corporation, The Altria Group, Inc., The Arts & Cultural Funding Consortium: The City of Richmond and the Counties of Chesterfield, Hanover and Henrico, The Virginia Commission for the Arts, The National Endowment for the Arts, Verizon, Bank of America, and The ArtsFund & Its Major Investors.

Who Is Nat Reeves?

Nat Reeves is a native of Lynchburg, VA. During the 1970’s, he began performing professionally, playing the electric bass in a funk band. He moved to Richmond, VA and began playing Jazz and the acoustic bass with area musicians like Bob Hallahan, Skip Gailes, Nat Lee and others. Since moving to New York City and later Hartford, Connecticut, Reeves has enjoyed a music career spanning 25 years performing and/or recording with such noted artists as Jackie McLean, Sonny Stitt, Kenny Garrett, Donald Byrd, Wynton Marsalis, Roy Hargrove, David Hazeltine and others. He recently completed a European tour with the great saxophonist Pharoah Sanders. Reeves has been a member of the faculty at the Hartt School in Hartford, Connecticut for the past 16 years.