BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//151.101.2.159//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:S:CP X-WR-CALDESC:by KC Jazz A.L.I.V.E. X-FROM-URL:https://spotlightcharlieparker.org X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RDATE:20241103T020000 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20250309T020000 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-2430@spotlightcharlieparker.org DTSTAMP:20240329T103352Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:The Majestic Restaurant\; 816-221-1888\; http://majestickc.com DESCRIPTION:Live jazz at The Majestic with Brant Jester and Carl Allen!\nAb out Brant Jester\n\nBrant Jester is from Ozark\, Missouri\, and graduated from Missouri State University with his bachelor’s degree in music perform ance. He remains busy as a jazz pianist\, piano instructor\, and accompani st across the greater Kansas City area. He is also the former pianist of t he Missouri Jazz Orchestra (MOJO). Brant has also performed with artists s uch as Julian Coryell\, Bob Bowman\, Rick DiMuzio\, Zaid Nasser\, Peter Sc hlamb\, Randy Hamm\, and comedian Todd Glass. Brant also is a composer and arranger and enjoys writing for jazz ensembles and choral music. He enjoy s playing both classical and jazz music.\nAbout Carl Allen\n\n“My ultimate goal is to get to a level like Art Blakey\, Art Taylor\, Elvin Jones\, an d Billy Higgins … who every time they sit down behind a set of drums it’s swinging….”\nWith over 200 recordings to his credit\, the gifted Milwaukee -born\, New York-based drummer\, sideman\, bandleader\, entrepreneur\, and educator\, Carl Allen’s profound and propulsive percolations provided sou lful and syncopated support for nearly three decades.\nBorn on April 25\, 1961\, Allen grew up on gospel\, R&B\, and funk\, but later turned to jazz after hearing an LP by the legendary saxophonist Benny Carter. He studied with drum instructor Roy Sneider and band director Robert Siemele. His fi rst hometown gigs were with sax greats Sonny Stitt and James Moody. Allen studied at The University of Wisconsin at Green Bay from 1979 to 1981 and transferred to William Patterson College in New Jersey\, where he graduate d in 1983 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Jazz Studies and Performance.\nAllen joined trumpeter Freddie Hubbard a year before his graduation\, served a s his Musical Director for eight years\, and recorded several recordings w ith the trumpeter including Double Take and Life Flight. Allen also played with Michael Brecker\, Randy Brecker\, Benny Golson\, Jennifer Holliday\, J.J. Johnson\, Rickie Lee Jones\, Sammy Davis Jr.\, Branford Marsalis\, K enny Garrett\, Lena Horne\, Ruth Brown\, Wayne Shorter\, Herbie Hancock\, Bobby Hutcherson\, Mike Stern\, Nellie McKay\, Terence Blanchard\, Phil Wo ods\, Benny Green\, Cyrus Chestnut\, Joe Henderson\, Billy Childs\, and ma ny others. Allen’s phenomenal sideman discography also includes Jackie McL ean (Dynasty)\, Donald Harrison (Indian Blues\, Noveau Swing)\, Donald Byr d (A City Called Heaven)\, and Art Farmer (The Company I Keep).\n“Carl All en is an international powerhouse. His sound and feeings have fuled the ba nds of Freddie Hubbard\, Christian McBride and countless others as well le ading his own projects. “\n– Joe Lovano\nPiccadilly Square (Timeless) was Allen’s first CD as a leader\, released in 1989\, followed by The Dark Sid e of Dewey (Evidence)\, The Pursuer (Atlantic)\, Testimonial (Atlantic)\, and Get Ready\, his 2007 Mack Avenue gospel/Motown accented debut release with co-leader\, bassist Rodney Whitaker followed up by Work to Do (Mack A venue Records) featuring Kirk Whalum.\nEducation has always been part of m y mission Allen says. Art Blakey taught me the importance of nurturing the next generation of musicians. “Every generation needs someone to help the m get to the next level and this is what I am hoping to do”. In May of 201 2\, Allen received an honorary doctorate from Snow College in Ephraim\, Ut ah in Humane Letters.\nAllen is also an accomplished businessman. He co-fo unded Big Apple Productions in 1988 with saxophonist Vincent Herring and p roduced several recordings for several Japanese labels with future stars R oy Hargrove and Nicholas Payton. Several years ago he created Nella Produc tions which produces projects and developed an education component for the company called The New York Jazz Symposium where he runs workshops around the world on jazz. Allen has also produced recordings for pianist Eric Re ed\, Dewey Redman\, Pharoah Sanders\, Freddie Hubbard\, Kris Bowers\, and guitarist Lage Lund\, the winner of the 2005 Thelonious Monk International Monk Competition and many others totaling nearly 70 credits as a producer .\nCarl Allen’s multifaceted career provides the perfect template for what a modern musician should be. As Sid Gribetz of Jazz Times wrote\, “more t han just another fine drummer\, Carl Allen has it all together as a bandle ader\, businessman\, and producer\, becoming a force in today’s jazz world .”\nAllen maintains an exhaustive schedule of recording\, touring\, and te aching. He remains active as a sideman with Christian McBride and Inside S traight\, Benny Golson\, and others. As a leader most recently leading The Carl Allen Quartet as well as The Art of Elvin\, a tribute band dedicated to his two drum influences\, Art Blakey and Elvin Jones was started after the passing of Elvin Jones in 2004. 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\\nLive jazz at The Majestic with Brant Jest er and Carl Allen!
\nBrant Jester is from Ozark\, Missouri\, and graduated from Missouri State University with his bachelor’s degree in music performance. He remains bu sy as a jazz pianist\, piano instructor\, and accompanist across the great er Kansas City area. He is also the former pianist of the Missouri Jazz Or chestra (MOJO). Brant has also performed with artists such as Julian Corye ll\, Bob Bowman\, Rick DiMuzio\, Zaid Nasser\, Peter Schlamb\, Randy Hamm\ , and comedian Todd Glass. Brant also is a composer and arranger and enjoy s writing for jazz ensembles and choral music. He enjoys playing both clas sical and jazz music.
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“My ultimate goal is to get to a level like Art Blakey\, Art Taylor\, Elvi n Jones\, and Billy Higgins … who every time they sit down behind a set of drums it’s swinging….”
\nWith over 200 recordings to his credi t\, the gifted Milwaukee-born\, New York-based drummer\, sideman\, bandlea der\, entrepreneur\, and educator\, Carl Allen’s profound and pr opulsive percolations provided soulful and syncopated support for nearly t hree decades.
\nBorn on April 25\, 1961\, Allen grew up on gospel\, R&B\, and funk\, but later turned to jazz after hearing an LP by the legen dary saxophonist Benny Carter. He studied with drum instructor Roy Sneider and band director Robert Siemele. His first hometown gigs were with sax g reats Sonny Stitt and James Moody. Allen studied at The University of Wisc onsin at Green Bay from 1979 to 1981 and transferred to William Patterson College in New Jersey\, where he graduated in 1983 with a Bachelor’s Degre e in Jazz Studies and Performance.
\nAllen joined trumpeter Freddie Hubbard a year before his graduation\, served as his Musical Director for eight years\, and recorded several recordings with the trumpeter includin g Double Take and Life Flight. Allen also played with Michael Brecker\, Ra ndy Brecker\, Benny Golson\, Jennifer Holliday\, J.J. Johnson\, Rickie Lee Jones\, Sammy Davis Jr.\, Branford Marsalis\, Kenny Garrett\, Lena Horne\ , Ruth Brown\, Wayne Shorter\, Herbie Hancock\, Bobby Hutcherson\, Mike St ern\, Nellie McKay\, Terence Blanchard\, Phil Woods\, Benny Green\, Cyrus Chestnut\, Joe Henderson\, Billy Childs\, and many others. Allen’s phenome nal sideman discography also includes Jackie McLean (Dynasty)\, Donald Har rison (Indian Blues\, Noveau Swing)\, Donald Byrd (A City Called Heaven)\, and Art Farmer (The Company I Keep).
\n\n“Carl Allen is a n international powerhouse. His sound and feeings have fuled the bands of Freddie Hubbard\, Christian McBride and countless others as well leading h is own projects. “
\n– Joe Lovano
Piccadilly Square (Timeless) was Allen’s first CD as a leader\, released in 198 9\, followed by The Dark Side of Dewey (Evidence)\, The Pursu er (Atlantic)\, Testimonial (Atlantic)\, and Get Ready em>\, his 2007 Mack Avenue gospel/Motown accented debut release with co-le ader\, bassist Rodney Whitaker followed up by Work to Do (Mack Av enue Records) featuring Kirk Whalum.
\nEducation has always been part of my missi on Allen says. Art Blakey taught me the importance of nurturing the next g eneration of musicians. “Every generation needs someone to help them get t o the next level and this is what I am hoping to do”. In May of 2012\, All en received an honorary doctorate from Snow College in Ephraim\, Utah in H umane Letters.
\nAllen is also an accomplished businessman. He co-fo unded Big Apple Productions in 1988 with saxophonist Vincent Herring and p roduced several recordings for several Japanese labels with future stars R oy Hargrove and Nicholas Payton. Several years ago he created Nella Produc tions which produces projects and developed an education component for the company called The New York Jazz Symposium where he runs workshops around the world on jazz. Allen has also produced recordings for pianist Eric Re ed\, Dewey Redman\, Pharoah Sanders\, Freddie Hubbard\, Kris Bowers\, and guitarist Lage Lund\, the winner of the 2005 Thelonious Monk International Monk Competition and many others totaling nearly 70 credits as a producer .
\nCarl Allen’s multifaceted career provides the perfect template f or what a modern musician should be. As Sid Gribetz of Jazz Times wrote\, “more than just another fine drummer\, Carl Allen has it all together as a bandleader\, businessman\, and producer\, becoming a force in today’s jaz z world.”
\nAllen maintains an exhaustive schedule of recording\, to uring\, and teaching. He remains active as a sideman with Christian McBrid e and Inside Straight\, Benny Golson\, and others. As a leader most recent ly leading The Carl Allen Quartet as well as The Art of Elvin\, a tribute band dedicated to his two drum influences\, Art Blakey and Elvin Jones was started after the passing of Elvin Jones in 2004.
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