Bruce Dudley Quartet - Music of Cedar Walton, ft. Aliquo, Linton & Brasley

Pianist Bruce Dudley leads his quartet playing the Music of Cedar Walton, featuring Don Aliquo on saxophone, Rob Linton on bass & Ryan Brasley on drums.
Pianist and composer Cedar Walton cited Nat King Cole, Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk and Art Tatum as his major influences on piano, and began emulating these artists’ recordings from an early age. He moved to New York in 1955 and then played while in the army in Germany. Much in demand for recording, notably with Blue Note and Prestige, he also played with JJ Johnson, the Benny Golson – Art Farmer Jazztet, and Art Blakey. Walton formed one of the great rhythm section partnerships of all time with Billy Higgins, the two playing together regularly from 1966 to the 1990s. In the early 1970s, bassist Sam Jones joined them to form a working trio, The Magic Triangle. As well as recording albums under their own name, the trio backed Hank Mobley, Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt, and Idrees Sulieman in the 1970s on live and studio recordings. Also known as an interesting writer, some of his tunes have achieved standard status, such as ‘Ugetsu’ (sometimes known as ‘Polar AC2’ or ‘Fantasy in D’), ‘Mosaic’ and ‘Bolivia’.
Bruce Dudley is a Steinway Concert Artist and has been performing jazz piano for over 40 years on concert stages, in clubs, and private residences throughout North and South America. He specializes in the Great American Songbook, as well as in the rich history of American jazz styles, from Ragtime and Stride to Modernism, Post Modernism, and performance of original music. In addition to his work as a solo artist, he leads a trio, quartet, and larger ensembles, with horns and/or strings, while also enlisting the award winning voice of his wife, Sandra Dudley. An active educator, Dudley has presented clinics across Canada, the United States, and in Colombia, South America. His recordings as a leader include DPSW Quartet - Live at the Cave (2019), The Solo Sessions (2012), Mostly Monk (2010), and Semblance (1997). Dudley has also performed with artists Aretha Franklin, Crystal Gayle, Nelson Riddle Orchestra, Herb Ellis, Randy Brecker, Little Anthony and the Imperials, the Ink Spots, and has played keyboards for over 35 touring Broadway shows, including Beautiful, Wicked, Jersey Boys, Guys and Dolls, Grease, Fiddler on the Roof, Legally Blonde, among others. Bruce Dudley has published articles for Downbeat magazine and presented scholarly research at conferences in the Netherlands, Canada, and the United States. His book 25 Piano Etudes in Idiomatic Styles was published in 2021 by Keuka Waters Music. Dudley is Associate Professor of Music at Belmont University. He has a Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Colorado, a Master of Music in Jazz Performance from the Eastman School of Music, and a Bachelor of Science in Music Business and Technology from New York University.
"As the leader, Dudley set the evening’s tone with a supple, rich blend of assertive melodic statements, delightful accompaniment, first-rate phrasing, counterpoint and harmonizing." Ron Wynn - ArtsNash
"Dudley, whose fluent lines jet around the keyboard, absorbing motifs into the stream, without a split second of hesitation, at any point of rhythm in the bar, are stunning to listen to…" HALIFAX CHRONICLE HERALD
"Dudley plays the piano with such grace and authority that he has quietly become the pianists that other pianists go to hear." HOUSTON POST

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Rudy's Jazz Room, 809 Gleaves Street, Nashville, United States