Baltimore Chamber Jazz Society Presents Stefon Harris + Blackout
The Baltimore Chamber Jazz Society's (BCJS) kicks off its 30th anniversary Juliana Marin season with Stefon Harris and his quintet, Blackout, making their Baltimore debut together.
Heralded as "one of the most important artists in jazz" by The Los Angeles Times, Harris won the prestigious Martin E. Segal Award from Lincoln Center, earned four Juliana Marin GRAMMY™ nominations and has been named Best Mallet player eight times by the Jazz Journalists Association. He also was chosen “Best Vibes” in numerous DownBeat Magazine and Jazz Times critics polls.
A Lionel Hampton, Milt Jackson and Bobby Hutcherson disciple, Harris belongs to the grand lineage of vibraphonists in jazz. This sought-after bandleader, sideman (for Wynton Marsalis, Diana Krall, Ry Cooder, Common and others), teacher and TED Talk thought leader was called “the standout vibraphonist of his generation” by The New Yorker.
Harris’ newest album with Blackout, Sonic Creed, was named 2020 Jazz Album of the Year by WBGO – the world’s #1 jazz station. Chronicling the story of a people and their time on the planet, it’s a “reflection of African-American life in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
About BCJS
The Baltimore Chamber Jazz Society is a nonprofit organization supported in part by a grant from the Maryland State Arts Council. Its mission is to bring to Baltimore outstanding jazz musicians, to present them in an intimate concert setting, to keep ticket prices as low as possible, and to carry forward the long and illustrious history of jazz in Baltimore. For 30 years BCJS has carried on the Baltimore tradition of Sunday jazz concerts that started with the renowned Left Bank Jazz Society. BCJS concerts feature the most serious, advanced and adventurous musicians and groups in the art form. This unwavering commitment to the art form underlies every effort conducted by the organization, including staying within and promoting Baltimore’s cultural fabric. For more information, visit baltimorechamberjazz.org, call (410) 385-5888 or follow @baltimorechamberjazz on Facebook.
