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“Some sounds stop you dead in your tracks…Blanding’s tenor saxophone is certainly one of those: huge, warm and woody, something hewn straight from nature.” – Sydney Morning HeraldA member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra since the 1990s, Walter Blanding carves out a saxophone sound like no other. Born into a musical family (both parents played in the house band at New York’s Village Gate jazz club), he started playing professionally at age 16—and it was around that age that the youngster was first heard by Wynton Marsalis, who says, simply, “I always loved him and his playing. He plays with deep blues feeling, harmonic sophistication and directness.”
About Attucks Jazz Club
It’s the region’s sweet spot for jazz: in the historic Attucks Theatre’s top floor ballroom, the Attucks Jazz Club is a neon-lit, intimate space where every seat is close to the music and the artist roster reads like a who’s who of the art form. With open table seating and the welcoming Club bar, the Attucks Jazz Club embodies the way jazz was meant to be heard.
Curated by one of the region’s jazz giants, pianist and educator John Toomey, the Attucks Jazz Club series attracts some of the hottest players in the jazz world. A favorite of local jazz fans, Toomey is a dazzlingly gifted pianist, and his namesake trio performs with the featured guest artist in each Attucks Jazz Club show. (When he’s not performing, Toomey teaches Jazz History and Jazz Improvisation at Old Dominion University, where he also directs the Jazz Combo and Jazz Choir.) Regular players in the trio include bassist Jimmy Masters, who has enlivened the region’s jazz scene for more than three decades, and drummer Frank Russo out of Washington D.C.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Attucks Theatre, 1010 Church St, Norfolk, VA 23510-3106, United States,Norfolk, Virginia
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