the Nash 2nd Anniversary Weekend In-Home Cocktail Party-Concert: Barry Harris Trio at Private Home

Tickets: (10% off tickets purchased before October 10th)
Front-of-house sponsor: $110
General Seating: $80

BEST VALUE: Patron Badge (Premium Seats at all Anniversary Events): $250

EVEN BETTER: Become a sustaining member of The Nash @ $100/month and receive ONE Patron badge FREE!

Barry Harris is part of an exceptional crew of Detroit-bred jazz musicians, including Tommy Flanagan and Donald Byrd, who rose through the extraordinary arts education program in the public school system during the 1930s and 1940s. During the 1940s, and Harris was house pianist at two of the hottest Detroit spots, the Blue Bird Lounge and The Rouge, where he backed such traveling soloists as Miles Davis, Wardell Gray, Max Roach, Sonny Stitt, Lee Konitz and Lester Young. He also began to get work as an arranger and composer, showing a particular talent for treating strings. By the early 1980s, Harris’ acumen as a teacher and mentor to developing pianists had become legendary. He continues to teach and mentor young musicians, holding weekly workshop sessions in NYC for aspiring performers....

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Tickets: (10% off tickets purchased before October 10th)
Front-of-house sponsor: $110
General Seating: $80

BEST VALUE: Patron Badge (Premium Seats at all Anniversary Events): $250

EVEN BETTER: Become a sustaining member of The Nash @ $100/month and receive ONE Patron badge FREE!

Barry Harris is part of an exceptional crew of Detroit-bred jazz musicians, including Tommy Flanagan and Donald Byrd, who rose through the extraordinary arts education program in the public school system during the 1930s and 1940s. During the 1940s, and Harris was house pianist at two of the hottest Detroit spots, the Blue Bird Lounge and The Rouge, where he backed such traveling soloists as Miles Davis, Wardell Gray, Max Roach, Sonny Stitt, Lee Konitz and Lester Young. He also began to get work as an arranger and composer, showing a particular talent for treating strings. By the early 1980s, Harris’ acumen as a teacher and mentor to developing pianists had become legendary. He continues to teach and mentor young musicians, holding weekly workshop sessions in NYC for aspiring performers.

Peter Washington, perhaps the most recorded bassist of his generation, has also played an integral part in two of the most important and highly praised jazz trios of the last 20 years, in addition to a “who’s who” roster of jazz artists. Born in Los Angeles, California in 1964, Washington attended the University of California, Berkeley. Washington has worked and recorded (more than 350 projects to date) with top-tier artists of all generations — Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Golson, Freddie Hubbard, Donald Byrd, Benny Carter, Hank Jones, Milt Jackson, Kenny Burrell, Phil Woods, Cedar Walton, Clark Terry, Lionel Hampton, Mulgrew Miller, the Brecker Brothers, Eric Alexander, Benny Green, Steve Turre, Regina Carter, and many others.

Lewis Nash, namesake of The Nash, was the “first call” jazz drummer in his native Phoenix at the age of 21. In 1981, Nash moved to New York City and joined the trio of great jazz vocalist Betty Carter. For the next decade, Lewis was a member of the Tommy Flanagan Trio, and is featured on seven CD recordings with the late piano master. He also toured and recorded with both the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. His 500+ discography includes projects with jazz legends Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Benny Carter, Hank Jones and John Lewis, as well as new jazz stars Diana Krall, Joe Lovano and Roy Hargrove. Nash is also featured on recordings by Natalie Cole, Bette Midler, Nancy Wilson, Kenny Rankin, Melissa Manchester and George Michael. In 2007, the Mayor presented Nash with the Key to the City of Phoenix, and the Governor proclaimed Lewis Nash Day in honor of his achievements as a musician and world ambassador for the American art form of jazz. In 2009, Modern Drummer Magazine proclaimed Nash as the most valuable player in jazz.

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