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George gee5/7/2023 ![]() Wayne has been fortunate enough to study with some of the greatest jazz musicians in the world, including Jackie McLean, Ron Carter, George Coleman, Clark Terry, and Barry Harris. Then in 2004 Grammy award-winning producer, arranger and trumpeter Don Sickler asked Wayne to be a part of Ben Riley’s Monk legacy Septet.Īt this time Wayne was also touring with Jazz At Lincoln Center’s Music, and in 2006 Wayne secured one of the most coveted gigs in jazz: a frontline position in Tom Harrell’s working quintet. In 2001 he became a steady member of the Mingus Big Band/Orchestra/Dynasty, The Lonnie Plaxico Group, and Abdulah Ibrahim’s Akaya. Wayne began his professional New York career touring and recording with The Eric Reed Septet. He has recorded four CDs as a leader and has been on numerous recordings as a sideman. Since moving to New York City in 2000, tenor saxophonist Wayne Escoffery has become one of the Jazz world’s most talented rising stars and in-demand sidemen. After several years as the primary teacher for jazz flute performance at the Rotterdam Conservatory as well as at the Roosendaalse Music school in the Netherlands, Platteau moved to New York and has continued to play concerts all over Europe, North and South America, the Middle East, Indonesia, Malaysia, and South Africa. ![]() He has since managed, toured, and recorded extensively with her sextet. Originally from Belgium, Bart Platteau studied at the Brussels Conservatory and earned his master’s in Jazz Performance at the Rotterdam Conservatory, including one semester at the Berklee College of Music where he met pianist/composer Amina Figarova who became his partner. Ideal for jazz playing, avoiding the potential shrillness of the concert flute and the projection problems of the alto. In addition to Amina Figarova, the Amina Figarova Sextet will include: Bart Platteauīart Platteau is unique among jazz flutists for a number of reasons, most significantly because he is the only one known to perform almost exclusively - 90% of the time - on the Flute d’Amore, pitched in Bb. Each individual not only excels as a band member but also as a composer and bandleader in their own right. The Amina Figarova Sextet’s much-anticipated appearance at the Art of Jazz Series taking place on Friday, November 11 at 8 pm at Kleinhans Music Hall, will feature an elite ensemble of jazz artists. The Amina Figarova Sextet has been a hit at major festivals like the Newport Jazz Festival and the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Their dedication to Figarova’s powerful compositions gives the sextet a depth of feeling and unique elite status. Members of the sextets have included Grammy winners and nominees. Throughout the past twenty years, Figarova’s sextets, have displayed remarkable chemistry that brings her detailed arrangements to life. Amina Figarova Sextet to Include Grammy® Winners and Nomineesīorn in Azerbaijan, the New York-based Amina Figarova is an internationally influenced-and recognized-composer, pianist, and bandleader.
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