Rex Richardson Quintet | Elegy for Freddie Hubbard

($25-$35 Tickets + DICE fees | 6:30pm & 8:30pm Shows)The Century Room is excited to welcome celebrated trumpeter Rex Richardson to Tucson performing music from his album "Elegy" and dedicating the show to his trumpet hero Freddie Hubbard, who was Rex's predecessor in Joe Henderson's quintet.

Rex Richardson (trumpet) Brice Winston (tenor) Chris Peña (piano) Colin McIlrath (bass) Arthur Vint (drums)

Renowned as champion of new, genre-busting music featuring the trumpet as a solo voice, Yamaha Performing Artist Rex Richardson was named the 2008 Brass Herald International Personality of the Year, has been called “One of the finest virtuosos of our time” (Brass Herald, 2018).

A veteran of the acclaimed chamber ensemble Rhythm & Brass, jazz legend Joe Henderson's Quintet and Sextet, William Russo's Chicago Jazz Ensemble, and the world-renowned Brass Band of Battle Creek, his hundreds of soloist appearances include festivals and ensembles on six continents, such as the Phoenix Symphony and Thailand Philharmonic Orchestras, the U.S. Army Field Band and Tokyo Symphonic Winds, England's Fodens Brass Band, and the U.S. Air Force's Airmen of Note Jazz Ensemble.

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