D.D. Jackson Plays: Ellington, Monk & Jackson
Fri, Dec 06
|Toronto
Presented by Caliban Arts Theatre, D.D JACKSON PLAYS: ELLINGTON, MONK & JACKSON. Solo Piano with Special Guest from NYC Vocalist Yoon Sun Choi and a grand Bosendorfer. 2 Sets Feature Concert. Doors at 7pm, show at 8pm. George Elliott Clarke hosts – 5 Poets Breaking into Song – The 14th Amendment
Time & Location
Dec 06, 2024, 7:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Toronto, 1300 Gerrard St E, Toronto, ON M4L 1Y7, Canada
About the event
Learn more about D.D. Jackson:https://www.ddjackson.com/
After receiving his B.Music with High Distinction in Classical Piano from Indiana University, and his Masters in Jazz from the Manhattan School of Music, the multi-Emmy-winning composer D.D. Jackson began his career as a jazz pianist/composer, and went on to record, perform, and tour around the world with some of the most acclaimed names in jazz and beyond, including drummer Jack Dejohnette, and saxophonists James Carter and David Murray (with whom he most recently completed a week at New York's historic Village Vanguard). He also has collaborated frequently with Questlove and "The Roots”, most recently appearing with them on piano at the theater of Madison Square Garden for the John Lennon 75th Birthday Concert, at Radio City Music Hall (for which he also wrote 30-piece orchestral arrangements), and as an arranger/producer/pianist on their last 2 CD’s.
This is a rare change to hear D.D. Jackson perform…