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Matt Chertkoff Trio feat. Legendary Saxophonist Houston Person
Jazz973 at Clements Place Presents Matt Chertkoff Trio w Houston Person at Rutgers Institute of Jazz Studies by Gregory Burrus Productions
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About Legendary Saxophonist Houston Person
Person grew up in Florence, South Carolina, and first played piano before switching to tenor saxophone.[1] He studied at South Carolina State College where he was inducted into the school's Hall of Fame in 1999.
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In the United States Air Force, he joined a service band stationed in West Germany, and played with Don Ellis, Eddie Harris, Cedar Walton, and Leo Wright. He later continued his studies at Hartt College of Music in Hartford, Connecticut.
He first became known for a series of albums for Prestige in the 1960s. Contrary to popular belief, he was never married to the vocalist Etta Jones, but did spend many years as her musical partner, recording, performing and touring, and for much of his career this association was what he was best known for. They first met playing in organist Johnny Hammond's band.
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There are more than 75 albums recorded by Houston Person as a bandleader, on Prestige, Westbound, Mercury, Savoy, and Muse, and he has most recently been recording on HighNote. He has recorded with Charles Brown, Ron Carter, Bill Charlap, Charles Earland, Lena Horne, Etta Jones, Lou Rawls, Janis Siegel, Horace Silver, Dakota Staton, Cedar Walton, plus Billy Butler, Don Patterson, Grant Green, Sonny Phillips, Johnny "Hammond" Smith, Richard "Groove" Holmes and others.
Person has been a resident of Newark, New Jersey. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
About Guitarist Matt Chertkoff
Matt started studying music at the early age of 7 and switched to the guitar at age 11. By that time his varied listening habits included George Benson, Eric Gale, B.B. King as well as guitarists such as Eric Clapton and Jerry Garcia.
Before attending University of Miami as a jazz guitar major. Matt studied privately with Josh Breakstone and Gene Bertoncini at Eastman's summer program. Upon graduation from University of Miami with a jazz guitar degree Matt immerced himself in the cities vibrant music scene. Working most nights of the week in clubs he also made TV and record appearances.
Subsequently Matt decided to move to New York and concentrate on Jazz. Matt has performed or recorded with Fathead Newman, Grady Tate, Curtis Lundy, Bobby Forrester, Venesa Rubin, Cecil Brooks, Bernie Worrell, Percy Sledge, Lester Chambers and appeared on international TV shows on Telemundo and Nippon networks.
He currently has weekly gigs at Smoke [weds, 6.30-9pm.] and Cecill's [Sunday nights] and has recently performed or is scheduled to play at B.B. kings, the Blue Note, and the 55bar among other club engagements. Matt's recently recorded debut album features David "fathead" Newman and was recorded by Grammy winning Producer Rob Fraboni [Keith Richards, Bob Dylan.]
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About Drummer Vince Ector
Vincent Ector hails from the musical city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he attended the University of Pennsylvania. Trained in Music beginning at age nine through GAMP, a music magnet school in Philadelphia that also enabled him to study at Temple University while still a junior high school student. He then began studying privately with drummers such as, Mickey Roker, Ralph Peterson Jr., and Armand Santarelli, as well as performing for six years as a percussionist with the United States Army Band.
As a performer, he has worked with jazz luminaries that include: NEA Jazz Masters, Freddie Hubbard, Randy Weston, James Moody, Slide Hampton Ron Carter and Jimmy Heath as well as Houston Person, Gloria Lynne, Charles Earland, Bobby Watson, Lou Donaldson, Grover Washington Jr., Dr Lonnie Smith, Claudio Roditi, John Lee, Ralph Peterson Jr., Melvin Sparks, and Shirley Scott.
An accomplished musician with no confinements, Mr. Ector is currently a Lecturer of Jazz Percussion at Princeton University. He has been featured as a Clinician at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Lincoln University, Texas Tech and The Belgrade Serbia Jazz Festival among others.Vincent Ector by David Kelly
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Mr. Ector is the Founder, President and Executive Director of Arts For Kids Inc., a not-for-profit Arts-in-Education company providing workshops, performances and professional development in Music, Dance, Drama, Visual Art and Technology for schools and community-based organizations in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. (www.artsforkidsinc.org). He is also on the faculty of NJPAC Jazz For Teens and is also a sought-after Artist-in-Residence for The Center for Arts Education in NYC and Arts Horizons Inc. of Englewood, New Jersey. These residencies place him in the New York City public school system, primarily in districts for children with special needs. Mr. Ector was a featured teaching artist in the Harcourt/Brace Media Literacy Video Series, which is distributed nationally, as well as internationally.
About Bassist Mike Karn
"he first picked up the bass. Literally. “The adult education program there had their own bass,” he says. “I was down there and I picked it up.” Hey, it’s just four strings, how hard could it be? “Exactly,” he says, laughing. “Somebody, I think it was Larry Grenadier, was there when I picked it up and I held it right. He was like, ‘Oh.’ I started messing around with it and the woman who ran the program offered me an ensemble. We had no money then and she said, ‘You can teach a group, but you have to play bass in it.’ I got an old plywood bass for nothing and got it fixed up. For about six or seven months, I taught the ensemble.”
A saxophonist friend called him to play bass for a gig in a restaurant in South Jersey every Friday and that lasted for about four or five months. “I could just barely make it through the gig,” Karn recalls. “I’d be swollen and blistery, with what little technique I had. I always had a good beat and I knew harmony from learning all the saxophone stuff. At least I could walk manageable bass lines and it felt good. The instrument was a struggle, but whatever. Then I put it down. At that point, instead of getting into the bass, I re-dedicated myself to the tenor. I was in the middle of what I call my ‘New York ass-kicking period,’ where I thought I was pretty good. But I found out that I wasn’t.”
It was another bassist who pulled him back in and pushed him forward. “In 2003 I ran into the bassist John Webber, who also played guitar, and he knew that I played a little bass,” Karn says. “At the time he was getting gigs that paid so little that no actual bass player would do them. He asked me if I wanted to do these gigs and I had just gotten off a long Harry Connick tour. My bass was broken, so he lent me one of his. I went over to his pad for about a month or two. We would play together, him on guitar and me on bass. He would show me a couple of things. He’d show me what not to do. Somebody heard us and started hiring us together. His guitar nickname is Webs Montgomery, but he can really play.”
Please join us October 27 when this wonderful band featuring Houston Person comers to entertain you when Jazz973 at Clements Place Presents Matt Chertkoff Trio w Houston Person at Rutgers Institute of Jazz Studies produced by Gregory Burrus Productions.
