THIRDSDAY NITE #009 Winelight

‘THIRDSDAY NITE’ is a monthly jazz show at the Van Dyck Music Club held on the Third Thursday of every month - Show #009 features Winelight!

Winelight is a 5-piece contemporary jazz ensamble with tributes to the great Grover Washington, Jr, with music selected from the Grammy Award winning album Winelight, in additon to several other memorable hits from his legendary repertoire. The band is comprised of Azzaam Hameed (piano), Michael Hurt (bass), Joe Finn (guitar), Ben Rau (drums), and Allen Halstead (saxophone).

Saxophonist Grover Washington, Jr. was a crossover artist who had hits in the pop and R&B charts, due to his willingness to play over light funk arrangements and use vocalists. He can be credited with virtually inventing the style of smooth jazz that later became so prevalent, and in that way he has been highly influential. With the release of Winelight in 1980, Grover earned recognition as a leading instrumental master, and won two Grammy Awards for "Best Jazz Fusion Recording" and "Best R&B Song" for "Just the Two of Us".

We're excited to welcome Winelight to the VDMC on July 17th for Thirdsday Nite!

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