Music In The Box
All performances are live at WCT's Black Box Theater; 23 Water Street, Ossining, NY 10562
Limited Cafe-Style Seating Available. Advanced Purchase Recommended.
Please note parking is no longer free at the Quimby Street East parking lot adjacent to the theater. Free parking for performances at WCT is still available at the Metro North lot behind our theater.
Limited Cafe-Style Seating Available. Advanced Purchase Recommended.
Please note parking is no longer free at the Quimby Street East parking lot adjacent to the theater. Free parking for performances at WCT is still available at the Metro North lot behind our theater.
Saturday
June 3
@ 7:30 PM
The Ray Blue Quartet, featuring jazz artist/composer/arranger and saxophonist Ray Blue returns to WCT. Appearing with Ray for the evening will be Greg Murphy on piano, Essiet Okon Essiet on bass and Alvester Garnett on drums
Blue’s music has been described as a fusion of straight ahead jazz and rhythmic groove. He has appeared with the likes of Alicia Keys, the Cotton Club All Stars, John Gilmore and many others. A former cast member of the Ray Charles Show which toured in Europe, his festival performances also include the Hartford Jazz Festival; European Union Annex Festival-Dublin, Ireland; Audi Jazz Festival in Brussels; and the Macao Jazz Festival in China.
Pianist Chicago native Greg Murphy has been a major contributor to the New York City jazz scene since the 1980s and he’s probably best known for his twenty-two-year association with John Coltrane’s multidirectional drummer, Rashied Ali. Bassist Essiet Okon Essiet first received critical acclaim more than a decade ago as a member of saxophonist Bobby Watson's post hard bop group Horizon. He has long since established himself as one of New York's premier bassists. Drummer Alvester Garnett moved to NY in 1993 working in both the bands of legendary jazz vocalists Betty Carter & Abbey Lincoln. He has worked with Harry Belafonte, Wynton Marsalis, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Regina Carter, Dianne Reeves, Patti LaBelle, Fantasia Barrino, KD Lang, Vanessa Williams, Stefon Harris, Papo Vázquez, Steve Turre, Teddy Edwards, Cyrus Chestnut & Charenee Wade
June 3
@ 7:30 PM
The Ray Blue Quartet, featuring jazz artist/composer/arranger and saxophonist Ray Blue returns to WCT. Appearing with Ray for the evening will be Greg Murphy on piano, Essiet Okon Essiet on bass and Alvester Garnett on drums
Blue’s music has been described as a fusion of straight ahead jazz and rhythmic groove. He has appeared with the likes of Alicia Keys, the Cotton Club All Stars, John Gilmore and many others. A former cast member of the Ray Charles Show which toured in Europe, his festival performances also include the Hartford Jazz Festival; European Union Annex Festival-Dublin, Ireland; Audi Jazz Festival in Brussels; and the Macao Jazz Festival in China.
Pianist Chicago native Greg Murphy has been a major contributor to the New York City jazz scene since the 1980s and he’s probably best known for his twenty-two-year association with John Coltrane’s multidirectional drummer, Rashied Ali. Bassist Essiet Okon Essiet first received critical acclaim more than a decade ago as a member of saxophonist Bobby Watson's post hard bop group Horizon. He has long since established himself as one of New York's premier bassists. Drummer Alvester Garnett moved to NY in 1993 working in both the bands of legendary jazz vocalists Betty Carter & Abbey Lincoln. He has worked with Harry Belafonte, Wynton Marsalis, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Regina Carter, Dianne Reeves, Patti LaBelle, Fantasia Barrino, KD Lang, Vanessa Williams, Stefon Harris, Papo Vázquez, Steve Turre, Teddy Edwards, Cyrus Chestnut & Charenee Wade
WCT is proud to be a grantee of ArtsWestchester with funding made possible by Westchester County government with the support of County Executive George Latimer.