Martucci to play with Redd, Konitz

Although he’s D.C.-based, drummer Tony Martucci plays a significant role for VCU Jazz as the Drum Set Professor. He plays in Richmond from time to time, but as you can see here, he plays some pretty serious gigs back home. Check out two of them that he has coming up in the next month. (1) […]

Although he’s D.C.-based, drummer Tony Martucci plays a significant role for VCU Jazz as the Drum Set Professor. He plays in Richmond from time to time, but as you can see here, he plays some pretty serious gigs back home. Check out two of them that he has coming up in the next month.

(1)
–Friday and Saturday, March 26-27 with legendary hard-bop pianist Freddie Redd, Brad Linde (saxophone), and Tom Baldwin (bass), performing selections from Redd’s score to “The Connection” and interpreting standards in his own unmistakable style:

Twins Jazz
1344 U Street NW, Washington DC
Friday and Saturday, March 26-27, 2010
Sets at 9pm and 11pm

(2)
–Wednesday, April 14 with legendary saxophonist Lee Konitz–performing, among other things, big band arrangements of music from “Birth Of The Cool.”

Blues Alley
1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20007
Sets at 8pm and 1opm

H/T Antonio García’s VCU Jazz E-newsletter

If jazz in D.C. is your thing, look for posts by Sriram Gopal on DCist.com for the weekly run-down.

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