October 10, 2024

Meet the Rhythm Section!

John Clayton, Sam Hirsh, and Kevin Kanner to join Faddis and McPherson for live concert celebration of 'Dizzy for President's' 60th anniversary.

John Clayton, co-founder of the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra and mentor to countless young jazz musicians, is one of the premier jazz bassists of the last half-century.

It’s been 60 years since Dizzy Gillespie’s candidacy injected music, levity, and a focus on civil rights into the 1964 presidential election. By now, you’ve read and heard quite a bit about the concert we’re presenting on Sunday evening, Oct. 27 to celebrate that anniversary. And by now, you know the legendary names leading the band: Faddis and McPherson.

Now it’s time to make like Art Pepper… and meet the rhythm section. 

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