Steve Carrington / Steve Carrington Quintet
Bronx, NY
Grant amount: $10,500
Performances
The 1905 Jazz Club. Portland, OR. 12/3/2021
Parker Jazz Club. Austin, TX. 12/6/2021
Compass Christian Church. Akron, OH. 12/10/2021
About the Artist
The saxophonist and EWI playing, Steve Carrington, has played with Charles Mingus Epitaph, Roy Hargrove, Milt Hinton, Frank Wess, Jimmy Heath, Elvin Jones, Joey DeFrancesco, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Wynton Marsalis, Wessel “Warmdaddy” Anderson, Eric Lewis (ELEW), Chick Corea, among many others. As leader of his own group, Carrington has opened for Abbey Lincoln, Lionel Hampton, Stanley Turrentine, and Milt Hinton. Recently, he has been performing with Kool and the Gang. Currently, he is a member of Greg Bandy’s band, the Valery Ponomarev Big Band, and Cyrus Chestnut’s African Reflections band. Carrington’s recordings include his debut album A Caring Tone (2014) and Mind Traveler (2019). He is presently a member of the Dizzy Gillespie All- Star Big Band and Legacy Bands under the Direction of John Lee. Steve is slated to release his third album in January 2022 to be entitled Friends R Family. This tour will promote this music and reach audiences in the western region.
Freddie Hendrix: Over the past two decades, Freddie Hendrix has become one of the most in demand trumpeters in Jazz, and beyond. Also an accomplished composer, arranger and educator, the Teaneck, New Jersey native's skill and versatility has resulted in him working with a wide array of performers that range from the Count Basie Orchestra and The Christian McBride Big Band, to Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and Alicia Keys.
Cyrus Chestnut: Cyrus' piano style, deeply rooted in the African-American traditions, exhibits a deep knowledge of the history of Jazz Piano. The influences of Art Tatum, Hank Jones, Red Garland and Tommy Flanagan are evident in his playing, but he has also absorbed many other musical concepts, which he is now blending into a mature, extremely lyrical and personal style. Without any doubt, Cyrus is called to be one of the major forces in the evolution of Jazz Piano during the 21st century.
John Lee: As a bassist, Lee's career, starting in 1970, includes work with Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Sonny Rollins, McCoy Tyner, James Moody, Jimmy Heath, Joe Henderson, Larry Coryell, Paquito D'Rivera, Gregory Hines, Aretha Franklin, Claudio Roditi, Joachim Kühn and Philip Catherine. He has also toured in the bands of Sonny Rollins, James Moody, Aretha Franklin, Jimmy Heath, Pharoah Sanders, Jackie McLean, Gary Bartz, Gregory Hines, Hank Jones, Walter Davis Jr., Wolfgang Lackerschmid, Alphonse Mouzon, Claudio Roditi, Jon Faddis, Slide Hampton, Roy Hargrove, and Roberta Gambarini. Lee was also a founding member of The Fantasy Band 1993-1996 with Chuck Loeb, Marion Meadows, and Dave Samuels. In 1996, at the bequest of Dizzy's wife Lorraine Gillespie and the Dizzy Gillespie Estate, Lee became the director and bassist of the Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Stars as well as the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band, and the Dizzy Gillespie Afro-Cuban Experience. They have recorded five albums and toured extensively around the world.
Christopher Brown: Christopher Brown is an acclaimed drummer, composer, and bandleader. He has performed and recorded with many of the world’s top recording artists, such as: Beyonce, Esperanza Spalding, Liv Warfield, Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, Delfeayo Marsalis, Roy Hargrove, Ray Charles, Jimmy Heath, Ralph Bowen, Ralph Peterson Jr., Conrad Herwig, Steve Turre, and Paquito D’Rivera.