The Headhunters

𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳-𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐤-𝐅𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒, co-led by 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢-𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐘® 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐒 & 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢-𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐘® 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐈𝐊𝐄 𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐊, perform at the New Orleans Jazz & Blues Market on 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟏 𝐚𝐭 𝟕:𝟑𝟎 𝐏.𝐌. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 50 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑!! 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑑 2022 𝑎𝑙𝑏𝑢𝑚 ‘𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝐼𝑛 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒’ 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 7𝑡ℎ 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝐿𝐿𝑀𝑈𝑆𝐼𝐶 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝑖𝑡, “𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑢𝑙”!! “𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔’ 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒎𝒐𝒔 𝒊𝒕𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇.” — 𝑱𝑨𝒁𝒁𝑰𝒁 𝑴𝑨𝑮𝑨𝒁𝑰𝑵𝑬 "𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒊𝒆 𝑯𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒄𝒌-𝒆𝒓𝒂 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝑩𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝑺𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒌...𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒊𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒆𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒇𝒖𝒏." — 𝑨𝑳𝑳 𝑨𝑩𝑶𝑼𝑻 𝑱𝑨𝒁𝒁 (2022 𝑨𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 ‘𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑰𝒏 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆’) “𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒔 '“𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒇” 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒋𝒂𝒛𝒛 𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏’𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒂𝒚.” — 𝑫𝑶𝑾𝑵𝑩𝑬𝑨𝑻 𝑴𝑨𝑮𝑨𝒁𝑰𝑵𝑬 (2022 𝑨𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 '𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑰𝒏 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆') “[‘𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑰𝒏 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆’] 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒗𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒋𝒂𝒛𝒛.” — 𝑱𝑨𝒁𝒁 𝑻𝑰𝑴𝑬𝑺 (2022 𝑨𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 ‘𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑰𝒏 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆’) “𝑯𝒆’𝒔 𝒂 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒋𝒂𝒛𝒛 𝒅𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓…𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒐 𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 ‘𝑻𝒉𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕’, 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈 “𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒇,” 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒓𝒖𝒎 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎𝒔. 𝑺𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒐, 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈, ‘𝑰𝒏𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆.’” — 𝑯𝑬𝑹𝑩𝑰𝑬 𝑯𝑨𝑵𝑪𝑶𝑪𝑲 (𝑶𝒏 𝑴𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊-𝑮𝑹𝑨𝑴𝑴𝒀® 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑫𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝑰𝑲𝑬 𝑪𝑳𝑨𝑹𝑲) “𝑳𝒆𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒋𝒂𝒛𝒛 𝒅𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓” — 𝑮𝑳𝑰𝑫𝑬 𝑴𝑨𝑮𝑨𝒁𝑰𝑵𝑬 (𝑶𝒏 𝑴𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊-𝑮𝑹𝑨𝑴𝑴𝒀® 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑫𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝑰𝑲𝑬 𝑪𝑳𝑨𝑹𝑲) 𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐎𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳 & 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐭: Nᴇᴡ Oʀʟᴇᴀɴs Jᴀᴢᴢ & Bʟᴜᴇs Mᴀʀᴋᴇᴛ ᴏꜰꜰᴇʀs Wᴏʀʟᴅ-Rᴇɴᴏᴡɴᴇᴅ & Aᴡᴀʀᴅ-Wɪɴɴɪɴɢ Mᴜsɪᴄɪᴀɴs, Nᴇᴡ Pʀᴇᴍɪᴜᴍ Sᴏᴜɴᴅ & Lɪɢʜᴛɪɴɢ Tᴇᴄʜɴᴏʟᴏɢɪᴇs, Sɪɢɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ Cᴏᴄᴋᴛᴀɪʟs & Dʀɪɴᴋs, Pʀɪᴠᴀᴛᴇ Vᴀʟᴇᴛ Pᴀʀᴋɪɴɢ, ᴀs ᴡᴇʟʟ ᴀs Lᴇɢᴇɴᴅᴀʀʏ Lɪᴠᴇ Pᴇʀꜰᴏʀᴍᴀɴᴄᴇs, ᴀɴᴅ Oᴜᴛsᴛᴀɴᴅɪɴɢ Mᴇᴍᴏʀᴀʙʟᴇ Exᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄᴇs! 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑑ℎ𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑠: 𝑀𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖-𝐺𝑅𝐴𝑀𝑀𝑌® 𝑁𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝐵𝐼𝐿𝐿 𝑆𝑈𝑀𝑀𝐸𝑅𝑆; 𝑀𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖-𝐺𝑅𝐴𝑀𝑀𝑌® 𝑁𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝐷𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑟 𝑀𝐼𝐾𝐸 𝐶𝐿𝐴𝑅𝐾; 𝑁𝐸𝐴 𝐽𝑎𝑧𝑧 𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟 & 𝐺𝑅𝐴𝑀𝑀𝑌® 𝑁𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑆𝑎𝑥𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝐷𝑂𝑁𝐴𝐿𝐷 𝐻𝐴𝑅𝑅𝐼𝑆𝑂𝑁 (𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑟𝑠); 𝑅𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑃𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝐾𝑌𝐿𝐸 𝑅𝑂𝑈𝑆𝑆𝐸𝐿 (𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐻𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝐽𝑎𝑧𝑧 𝐵𝑎𝑛𝑑); 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝑐𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝐶𝐻𝑅𝐼𝑆 𝑆𝐸𝑉𝐸𝑅𝐼𝑁. 𝐅𝐞𝐰 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐬 & 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒. That history began back in 1973 when iconic musician Herbie Hancock formed the band featuring Bennie Maupin, Paul Jackson Jr., Harvey Mason, and Bill Summers. What each member of The Headhunters brought to the table helped forge a timeless legacy and history that most bands can only dream of. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐣𝐚𝐳𝐳 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦, ‘𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬’, 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝'𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞. The band has released 6 more full-length albums including ‘Thrust’ in 1974 with the addition of drummer Mike Clark, and stepping out on their own sans Hancock's involvement on ‘Survival of the Fittest’ in 1975 and “Straight from the Gate” in 1977. The Headhunters music would go on to influence countless musicians' styles of playing today. 𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑙 𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑑ℎ𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑… 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢-𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐘® 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐈𝐊𝐄 𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐊 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚’𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐣𝐚𝐳𝐳 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐤 𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬. His incisive playing on Hancock’s “Actual Proof” garnered him an international cult following and influenced generations of drummers. While Mike digs the funk, he considers jazz his first love, and playing that music is what he says feeds his soul. Besides Herbie Hancock, Mike has performed and recorded with such well-known jazz greats as Christian McBride, Chet Baker, John Scofield, Tony Bennett, Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson, Donald Harrison, Eddie Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, Vince Guaraldi, Woody Shaw, Albert King, Larry Coryell, Mike Wolff, Wallace Roney, Billy Childs, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Chris Potter, Bobby McFerrin, Nat Adderly, Oscar Brown Jr., and Gil Evans and his Orchestra. 𝐀𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐌𝐈𝐊𝐄 𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐊’𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 ‘𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞’ 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝟒.𝟓 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝟓 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐭. ‘The Funk Stops Here’, a joint effort with Hancock alumni Paul Jackson got 5 stars, as did 2011’s ‘Carnival of Soul’. In 2001, his solo CD ‘Actual Proof’ met with critical acclaim, as did the 2003 acoustic jazz release, ‘Summertime’, featuring Chris Potter and Billy Childs. Clark’s 2009 ‘Blueprints of Jazz’ featuring Patrice Rushen, Randy Brecker, Donald Harrison, Rob Dixon, and Christian McBride was considered one of the top jazz releases of the new millennium by Downbeat Magazine! 𝐍𝐄𝐀 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 & 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐘® 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐱𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐃 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐍 (𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐄𝐑𝐒) 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳, 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐤. In the HBO drama “Treme”, Emmy award-winning director David Simon created two characters to portray how Harrison innovated new styles of music. Harrison honed his experience playing with Roy Haynes, Art Blakey, Eddie Palmieri, Dr. John, Lena Horne, McCoy Tyner, Dr. Eddie Henderson, Miles Davis, Ron Carter, Billy Cobham, Chuck Loeb, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Digable Planets, Guru’s Jazzmatazz, The Headhunters, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and The Notorious BIG. He has performed with over 200 jazz masters and created three influential styles of jazz. Harrison has been a mentor to artist as diverse as The Notorious Big, Jonathon Batiste, Christian Scott, Trombone Shorty, and Esperanza Spalding. 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐊𝐘𝐋𝐄 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐋 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐎𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. Kyle is equally adept in the worlds of jazz, classical, funk, gospel, rhythm and blues, and rock- his diverse influences shaping his personal musical identity and providing inspiration at every turn. Kyle currently performs all around the US, with other engagements taking him all over Europe, Asia, South America, Australia, and Africa with stalwarts such as Irma Thomas, Jon Batiste, Tyler Perry, Christian Scott, The Headhunters, Terence Blanchard, Lauren Daigle, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, John Boutte, Kermit Ruffins, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Donald Harrison Jr., Herlin Riley, Delfeayo Marsalis, Victor Goines, Tank and the Bangas, Shannon Powell, James Rivers, Bonerama, Glen David Andrews, Jeff Tain Watts, Borders, Topsy Chapman, Roland Guerin, Khris Royal and Windell Brunious. 𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳-𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐤-𝐅𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒, co-led by 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢-𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐘® 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐒 & 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢-𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐘® 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐈𝐊𝐄 𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐊 at the New Orleans Jazz & Blues Market on 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟏 𝐚𝐭 𝟕:𝟑𝟎 𝐏.𝐌. are NOW On-Sale on Ticketmaster, Facebook Events at: and the New Orleans Jazz & Blues Market Website at: - 𝑫𝒐𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝑶𝒑𝒆𝒏 2 𝑯𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒘!! 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