- Schedule
- Kevin Mahogany Trio
- Dave Pietro's Banda Brazil
- Cyrus Chestnut and Wycliffe Gordon
- Jane Ira Bloom Quartet
- Phil Woods with an all-star big band under the direction of Dan Gailey
- Seating Chart
940 New Hampshire St.
Lawrence, KS 66044
785-843-2787
Five memorable evenings of jazz await you...
And, more than just a jazz concert, each one is a special event. Come early and enjoy live jazz in the lobby before the show along with savories, libations and conversation with your friends as you peruse the art in our galleries - and stay for more of the same after the concert.
Jazz at the Center promises to be one of the most exciting new highlights of the Lawrence arts scene. With seating limited to 300, there's not a bad seat in the house.
- 2004-2005 schedule
- Kevin Mahogany Trio
- Friday, September 24, 2004
- Dave Pietro's Banda Brazil
- Thursday, November 18, 2004
- Cyrus Chestnut and Wycliffe Gordon
- Thursday, February 3, 2005
- Jane Ira Bloom Quartet 'Chasing Paint'
- Thursday, March 3, 2005
- Phil Woods with an all-star big band under the direction of Dan Gailey
- Saturday, April 30, 2005
- Doors open at 6:30pm - Concerts at 7:30pm
- Kevin Mahogany Trio
- 7:30pm - Friday, September 24, 2004
- Equally adept at tender ballads, blazing bebop and late-night blues, Kevin Mahogany has been deemed by Newsweek "the standout jazz vocalist of his generation." The Kansas City native and Baker University graduate incorporates his deep interest in r & b and Motown into his soulful jazz approach, and his romantic side will be prominent in this intimate trio setting as Mahogany pays tribute to the late Johnny Hartman.
- Kevin Mahogany Website
- Dave Pietro's Banda Brazil
- 7:30pm - Thursday, November 18, 2004
- Prepare to embrace the sensual, passionate blend of Brazilian music and jazz offered up by Banda Brazil. Dave Pietro, longtime lead alto saxophonist in the Toshiko Akiyoshi jazz orchestra, has been one of the most in-demand musicians on the New York City scene for many years, lending his talents to Broadway orchestras, great singers like Rosemary Clooney and Ray Charles, and of course great jazz bands like the Village Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. With four of today's finest musicians from Brazil, Pietro creates a jazz/Brazilian cocktail that updates the Bossa Nova for our time.
- Dave Pietro Website
- Cyrus Chestnut and Wycliffe Gordon
- 7:30pm - Thursday, February 3, 2005
- Two of the most soulful, witty improvisors in jazz meet in an intimate duo setting. Pianist Chestnut's joyful, spiritual music draws upon his early experiences in the church as well as his scholarly studies at Berklee. The New York Times says he has "one of the surest senses of swing in jazz," while the New York Post calls his musical personality "buoyant and witty." Trombonist Gordon encapsulates the entire history of jazz trombone in his outgoing style. Twice named trombonist of the year by the Jazz Journalists Association, Gordon has performed extensively with the Wynton Marsalis Septet and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra.
- Wycliffe Gordon Website
- Cyrus Chestnut Website
- Jane Ira Bloom Quartet "Chasing Paint"
- 7:30pm - Thursday, March 3, 2005
- The innovative soprano saxophonist recreates the way Jackson Pollock pushed paint around the canvas by having her quartet move sound around the group in a sonically similar fashion. Using live electronics as well as acoustic instruments, the band takes the kinetic energy and color of Pollock's work to create music that is equal parts physical and meditative. Leonard Feather called Bloom "a commanding and insightful improvisor" while Bob Blumenthal praised her "commitment to beauty and adventure." This looks to be one of the most inspirational and original musical events you will ever experience!
- Jane Ira Bloom Website
- Phil Woods with an all-star big band under the direction of Dan Gailey
- 7:30pm - Saturday, April 30, 2005
- Alto saxophonist Phil Woods has carried the bebop flame for over five decades, and his fiery hot tone and relentlessly swinging rhythms have earned him a place in the jazz pantheon. Winner of five Grammys and numerous critics' awards, Woods was voted Best Alto Saxophonist for 20 straight years by the readers of Downbeat magazine. He has worked with Dizzy Gillespie, Buddy Rich, Quincy Jones, Benny Goodman, Thelonious Monk and many other jazz giants, as well as leading his own highly acclaimed combo since 1973. If you've never heard him soar above a big band, you are in for a treat as he's backed by this all-star band made up of the area's best musicians, handpicked by and under the direction of KU Director of Jazz Studies Dan Gailey.
- Phil Woods Website
- Dan Gailey Website
- Seating Chart
- Please remember that seats will be filled on best-available basis as of the date your Reservations form and payment is received. Members of the Lawrence Arts Center may purchase season tickets before the general public (see Ticket Sales Schedule at right). If you wish to be seated with others, please include all orders together.
- Season tickets: $135 per person / Single event tickets: $30 per person
