The James Library & Center for the Arts Presents All-Star Night of Jazz

The James Library & Center for the Arts, Norwell’s historic community arts center and lending library, presents an All-Star Night of Jazz concert on Saturday, January 30, 7:30 pm at 24 West Street, Norwell. The performance is sponsored by Andrew G. Gordon Insurance, Inc. and Campanelli.

All-Star Night of Jazz features world-class musicians Laszlo Gardony on piano, Yoron Israel on drums, John Lockwood on bass, and Stan Strickland on saxophone. Virtuosic talent has drawn these four musicians of the highest critical acclaim to perform together their own original compositions and arrangements for a jazz concert beyond imagination.

Hungarian-born Laszlo Gardony has delivered soulful improvisations and compositions to great critical acclaim in 26 countries. Winner of the Great American Jazz Piano Competition, Gardony has been called “a pianist worthy of praise within the highest pantheon of performers” by Jazz Review and “a great pianist” by Dave Brubeck. He has released 11 albums, including his sextet’s new live album, “Life In Real Time” featuring several musicians performing at this concert. He has been featured with the Boston Pops, the Utah Symphony and The Smithsonian Institute’s “Beyond Category” Traveling Duke Ellington Exhibit. A Bostonian for over two decades, he currently serves as a Professor of Piano at Berklee College of Music.

Percussion master Yoron Israel’s brilliant musicality, intensity and versatility are appreciated worldwide, with international recognition for performance. He has released seven notable albums as a bandleader, the most recent being “This Moment”. Additionally he is featured on over 200 major recordings as an accompanists with such artists as Ahmad Jamal, Abbey Lincoln, Art Farmer, Joe Lovano, Tom Harrell, Joshua Redman and Roy Hargrove among numerous others. A highly regarded educator, Israel is a clinician, author and is the esteemed Assistant Chair and Professor of Percussion at Berklee College of Music.

Acoustic and electric bassist John Lockwood has toured stateside and in Europe extensively. He has performed with the Buffalo Philharmonic, the Boston Pops, MIT Symphony, Pat Metheny, Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Shaw, Toots Thielemans, Stan Getz, and more. Lockwood also serves as Associate Professor of Bass at Berklee College of Music and New England Conservatory.

American singer, saxophonist, flutist and actor Stan Strickland has performed internationally; featured on recordings by jazz greats including Bob Moses, Marty Erlich and Yusef Lateef; opened for Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins and more. Strickland serves as an adjunct professor at Lesley College, and teaches at Berklee College of Music, Tufts University, and Longy School of Music.

Tickets for All-Star Night of Jazz are $25 adults, $22 seniors and $10 for students. A limited number of tickets for seniors are available by in-person reservation, subsidized by the generosity of the Cordelia Family Foundation. For more information or to order tickets, please call 781-659-7100, visit www.jameslibrary.org or follow our social media channels on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

About the James Library & Center for the Arts

Since 1874, The James Library has served the South Shore community as a warm gathering place. Housed in a landmark Victorian in historical Norwell Center, The James is dedicated to serving the community by providing high-quality programs, resources and materials through a concert hall, art gallery and the operation of a free lending library. As an independent, non-profit arts center we foster a mission for the creation, appreciation and enjoyment of the arts for residents of all ages on the South Shore, while preserving the historic character of our home. The James Library is located at 24 West Street, Norwell and is open to the public Tuesday through Friday from 1 to 5 pm and on Saturday from 10 to 1 pm. The library is closed on Saturdays during July and August. For more information, please call 781-659-7100, visit www.jameslibrary.org or follow us on Facebook.