Name: The Ari and Cecil Alexander Quartet
Start: 2026-03-27T19:30:00-05:00
Location: Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts

𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝘆𝗻𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀:
:: The Ari and Cecil Alexander Quartet ::
Studio Series

Ari and Cecil Alexander’s decade long musical collaboration has been brought to stages across the world such as the Lincoln Center and the Copenhagen jazz festival. A finalist in the 2019 Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz International Guitar Competition, Cecil has been hailed by Jazz Guitar Today as “carrying the torch into the future,” and by Jazzwise as “a superb guitarist in the bop tradition, with bags of taste, swing and chops.” Holding a Scandinavian sensitivity to an American tradition, Danish-American Ari Alexander is as equally a jazz musician as she is a singer-songwriter. She was inspired to pursue jazz by her vibrant musical family, including her grandmother and great-aunt, jazz vocalist Teddi King. Aarhus Jazz Festival described her 2025 performance as following: "Ari treats every note with great imagination, and especially her mastery and playful use of scat singing sets her apart from other jazz vocalists. Together, Ari and Cecil anchor a quartet and duo sound that is intimate, dynamic, and rhythmically alive. Their forthcoming album Kaleidoscope is set for release in April 2026, and it features acrobatic, energetic originals penned by Ari and Cecil as well as reconstructions of the Great American Songbook.