RALPH PETERSON'S MESSENGER LEGACY BAND CELEBRATES ART BLAKEY'S 99TH BIRTHDAY

When:
Thursday, Oct 11, 2018 8:00p -
9:15p

Where:
Sculler's Jazz Club
400 Soldiers Field Road
Boston, Massachusetts 02134

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Admission:
$ 30 per ticket and $80 per dinner and show package

Categories:
Music, Nightlife

Event website:
https://scullersjazz.com/

The Messenger Legacy is an elite line-up of alumni members of one of Jazz’ most influential bands, Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers.
The current configuration is Bobby Watson, Essiet Essiet, Geoff Keezer, Brian Lynch, Bill Pierce and at the drums, the last drummer chosen by Art Blakey to play at his side in the Jazz Messenger 2 Drummer Big Band Ralph Peterson. Bobby Watson and Bill Pierce were present the night Peterson first sat in with the band at Mikell’s and was a mainstay from the late 70’s through the early mid 80’s. Essiet Essiet was brought to Art Blakey by recommendations of Ralph Peterson and Bobby Watson. Geoff Keezer and Brian Lynch joined what turned out to be the last edition of The Messengers before Art Blakey’s passing.
Arguably, no other drummer is more qualified than Peterson to lead a band with such depth. Thirty years ago, Peterson, then a fresh-faced 21 year-old chosen to play by Blakey as a Messenger in the 1983 version of The Jazz Messenger two drummer Big Band and learned first hand from Buhaina himself. Peterson remained the 2nd drummer in the Big Band until Blakey’s passing. Depending on availability other Jazz Messenger who have done and would be available would include Donald Harrison, Craig Handy, Robin Eubanks, Kuumba Frank Lacy, Phillip Harper, Johnny O'Neal, Donald Brown and sometimes even Reggie Workman who joined Art in 1962 the year Peterson was born. Mr. Workman also played in the inaugural Messenger Legacy concert.
This group of musicians wishes to preserve, protect and honor the legacy of a man who was much more then a bandleader to all of them

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