Add to Calendar Wycliffe Gordon and Friends When: July 26, 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Overview Wycliffe Gordon is one of the most outstanding trombonists today, and is also a composer, and arranger. He has been in the limelight since 1988 when he joined the Wynton Marsalis Septet and subsequently joined the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Currently, Gordon tours the world as a soloist and with his own group; in 2018 he represented the US on State Department tour to Sri Lanka where he premiered a piece written for Sri Lanka’s 70th anniversary. He has 21 CDs as a leader, has been named the Jazz Journalist’s Association’s Trombonist of the Year 13 times and Downbeat’s Critic’s Poll six times. Recipient of numerous awards and honors, Gordon has an extensive catalog of original compositions, and his arrangement of the theme music of NPR’s “All Things Considered” is heard daily around the globe. He is also a committed music educator, serving as Director of Jazz Studies at Augusta University. This concert will surely send us off snapping our fingers and dancing our way home! General Admission: $18 per show or $60 Jazz Pass for all 5 Summer Jazz concerts (Jazz Pass is only available for sale via phone or in person sales at the Box Office.) ID: b75e9dda52443a233db21d67b5cd55c1 Related Events Jul 22 The Kelly Green Seems Quartet 7PM | Monday, July 22, 2024 Jul 23 Benny Benack with the Big Beat Big Band (and that’s a lot of B’s!) 7PM | Tuesday, July 23, 2024 Jul 24 Brian Lynch and Spheres of Influence 7PM | Wednesday, July 24, 2024 Jul 25 The Tia Fuller Trio 7PM | Thursday, July 25, 2024 Jul 26 Wycliffe Gordon and Friends 7PM | Friday, July 26, 2024