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Press Release - April 30, 2004
Herman Green
plays Monday Jazz Project
Monday, May 10, 2004, 8 p.m., $10
Monday Jazz at the Afterthought presents the Herman Green Quartet Saxophonist Herman Green with Buck Powell on piano, Joe Vick on bass, and Dave Rogers at the drums - Monday, May 10, 2004, 8 p.m., $10 cover.
Here is some bio information from the official Herman Green Website at www.losys.net/herman/
Herman Green has performed with such great artists as John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and Clark Terry and was in Lionel Hampton's Band for eight years. He also has played and recorded with Memphis Music Legends, such as, Rufus Thomas, Isaac Hayes, and many others. His compact discs include "Who IS Herman Green? His Music" and "Inspiration: Family & Friends". Herman is currently Head of Jazz Studies at Lemoyne-Owen College in Memphis.
- Herman Green and the Memphis Blues and Jazz Quartet -
Herman Green is one of the great originators of jazz and blues. He has probably stepped forward into more unexplored areas of music than any other musician. Herman was playing on Beale Street in 1953 when his friend, then unknown, Rufus Thomas asked him to join him for a session at Sun Records. From this session came the song, "Bearcat", which many believe to be the first Rock n' Roll recording.
Another friend, then unknown, B. B. King asked Herman to help him put a band together. Herman was there when B. B. first started playing paid performances.
Through the years, you could find Herman at Sun Records, Sam Phillips Recording Service, and Stax. Many of the musicians that work with Herman in Memphis do not even realize that he also was one of the founders of the new sounds of jazz and one of the first experimenters with jazz musicians in San Francisco and New York.
Music critics say that you cannot separate jazz and blues, but it seems like everybody wants to put them in separate categories. Herman does not even try, he just plays them both, sometimes both at the same time.
Other Monday Jazz dates in May 2004
May 10 - Herman Green Quartet. Herman Green on Saxophone/Flute, Buck Powell on piano, Joe Vick on bass, and Dave Rogers on drums. 8 p.m., $10 cover.
May 17 - Dallas vibraphonist Jay Garrett. with Dan Sieckman-guitar, Joe Vick-bass, and Dave Rogers-drums, 8 p.m., $10 cover, http://www.jaygarrett.net
May 27 - Monday Jazz Project Jam Session with Dan Sieckman-guitar, Joe Vick-bass, and Dave Rogers-drums. Jam players signup starting at 7:45 p.m. in After Thought Foyer, 8 PM, $5 cover, $1 Jammers.
May 31 - Afterthought Closed for Memorial Day.
All dates at the Afterthought 2721 Kavanaugh, Little Rock. (501) 663-1196. The Monday Jazz Project is sponsored by The Arkansas Jazz Heritage Foundation (www.arjazz.org), with special assistance from the Afterthought Seating is General Admission. For more information on the Monday Jazz Project contact Cecil Rich at (501) 228-9999.
Food: The Beechwood Grill is now open next to the Afterthought, its No-Smoking, 11 AM to 9 PM, Monday thru Saturday, same menu in the Afterthought 5:30 to 9 PM., 10 PM on Friday and Saturday.
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