Thursday, November 5, 2009

HUJE Rehearses with McCoy Tyner

Earlier today we practiced with the great McCoy Tyner for our concert with the legend tomorrow night. And of course now I can not sleep. It was a true pleasure to see how real and down to earth McCoy is, one of the coolest jazz musicians ever. Here is a clip from our rehearsal, I take a little solo on it about half way through:

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Elijah Jamal Experience @ Twins Jazz 12/26/09

Many have you have been asking when my band will be performing on the weekend, because of the inconvenience of coming to a little bar on a Monday night to hear us play. So in response to that I have assembled a very special aggregation of musicians to perform my original music and arrangements at Twins Jazz Club on U St. Here's the lineup:

Elijah Jamal Experience
Elijah Jamal Balbed - Saxophones
Alex Brown - Piano
Zach Brown - Bass
Shareef Taher - Drums

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Twins Jazz
1344 U St. NW
Washington, DC 20009
9 and 11:00 Sets
$10 Cover and $10 Minimum
http://www.twinsjazz.com/performances

This is going to be a night of fun, hittin, straight-ahead jazz in a cozy and WARM atmosphere. Hope you all can join us for this adventure!

Peace and Love