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Clark Art Hosts Jazz Concert Tribute to Art Blakey
08:00AM / Wednesday, October 11, 2023
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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. —On Saturday, Oct. 14, the Clark Art Institute hosts a jazz concert in tribute to Art Blakey with musicians George Cables, David Schnitter, and Steve Davis. 
 
The concert takes place at 7 pm in the Clark's auditorium, located in its Manton Research Center.
 
According to a press release:
 
Celebrate one of the founding fathers of modern jazz, legendary drummer, and bandleader Art Blakey. Blakey developed more great young musicians than anyone else from the 1950s to the end of the twentieth century with his group Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. Alumni include Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Wynton Marsalis, Keith Jarrett, and Chuck Mangione. Three original Messengers, George Cables, David Schnitter, and Steve Davis, join us for this concert. Hear some of Blakey's well-known tunes and original music from these three phenomenal artists. Joining the Messengers for this event are trumpet player Haneef Nelson, bassist Matt Dwonszyk, and drummer Ryan Sands.
 
Tickets $12 ($10 members, $8 students, $5 children 15 and under). For more information and to register, visit clarkart.edu/events.
 
This program is a collaboration with Jazz in the Berkshires.
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