I welcome everyone out to Saxquest this Saturday October 17 from 2-3:30pm for a very special saxophone workshop!!! We will be hosting twenty five year-old saxophonist-composer Adam Larson. This is a free event and open to the public.
The Adam Larson Trio is currently touring through the Midwest and is also performing at Jazz at the Bistro tonight and tomorrow night. Saxquest is happy to be able to offer 2-for-1 tickets to The Bistro show. This offer can be redeemed in person or over the phone through the Bistro Box Office at 314.571.6000 using code “SAXQUEST” and is good for both adult and student tickets. That’s makes it just $7.50/each for adults and $5/each for students!
JSL website info: http://www.jazzstl.org/experience/artists/adam-larson
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/398892273638270
Hailing from New York, Larson keeps an active schedule with his quintet and as a sideman performing and recording with a virtual who’s-who of jazz over the past several year. Released in January of 2013, Larson’s debut album “Simple Beauty” and Larson’s follow up album (released in September of 2013), entitled “Overdue Ovation”, have received high praise from critics. His latest record, “Selective Amnesia” is set to be released on Inner Circle Music on November 3rd, 2015.
As a leader and sideman Adam has been part of several tours across the country and around the world, and also maintains a busy schedule as a clinician and master class presenter. Larson’s quartet was recently selected to tour on behalf of the U.S. State Department’s “American Music Abroad” program touring Africa for 35 days in April 2015.
Described by critic Howard Reich of The Chicago-Tribune as “a player for whom the word ‘prodigious’ was coined”, Larson was selected as a member of the inaugural Manhattan School of Music Jazz Institute where he completed his Master’s with honors and received the William H. Borden Award for outstanding performance in Jazz Performance in 2014.
Saxquest has been fortunate to know Adam for many years and to watch him develop his artistry. He has become a top national-level jazz artist in every sense of the phrase. Audiences are blown away by his technical facility and creativity.
Adam endorses P. Mauriat saxophones and we’d like to thank them for helping put this together. Please come out for some great music!!
Also mark your calendar:
Saturday Oct 31 – 2PM-4PM – JOEL VANDERHYDEN – KOPLANT NO
Saturday Nov 14 – 2PM-4PM – FRANK CATALANO
Saturday Apr 23 – evening – DAVID LIEBMAN
Saturday Apr 30 – 2PM-4PM – PETER & WILL ANDERSON
Saxquest address: 2114 Cherokee St., St. Louis, MO 63118
