Walter Blanding Quartet

Fri, Jun 13

DOORS 6PM | SHOW 7PM - 8PM DOORS 9PM | SHOW 9:30PM - 10:30PM $75 seats pre pays the cover and a $55 credit for any items on the dinner menu. $40 seats pre pays the cover and a $20 credit toward your bill. (18% gratuity and online service charge added at checkout under "fees”) For over 34 years, Walter has been bringing joy to people across the globe, from New York to China and everywhere in between. His artistry began to impress critics and listeners alike in 1991, with his debut on Tough Young Tenors, acclaimed as one of the year’s best jazz albums. Since then, his musical and spiritual presence on this earth continues to evolve, influencing and spreading across five of the seven continents. His career includes performances and recordings with some of the great artists of our times; Cab Calloway, Billy Eckstine, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Milt Hinton, Gregory Hines, Savion Glover, Roy Hargrove, Branford Marsalis, Sister Sledge, Isaac Hayes, Illinois Jacquet Big Band, the Count Basie Orchestra, Paul Simon, Aretha Franklin, Joshua Bell, the Wynton Marsalis Quintet, and 25 years with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra also with icons such as Chick Corea, Dave Brubeck, Wayne Shorter, Willie Nelson, Dianna Ross, Tony Bennet, Elton John, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Liza Minelli, Bobby McFerrin, Isaack Pearlman, Seiji Ozawa, the New York Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Paris Radio Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of Romania, and many others. Other notable appearances and awards include the Pulitzer Prize awarded to Walter Blanding for his contribution to the album “Form Billie Holiday to Edith Piaf” with the Wynton Marsalis Quintet, the Grammys with Natalie Cole and the JLCO, President Bill Clinton Inauguration, President Barak Obama’s Inauguration Celebration at the White House, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” TV series (2023), the Cosby Show (“27 and Still Cookin'”), The Tonight Show with Jonny Carson (Harper Bros.), The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (Wynton Marsalis Quintet), the David Letterman show (WMQ), The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and Jonathan Baptiste (WMQ), and Mr. Blanding’s entered into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame. His discography includes over 40 albums recorded for various labels and with dieerent artists worldwide. His latest album, ‘Fantasy in Blue,’ launched with this statement: “The music on this album is designed to bring us closer to understanding the beauty of our dieerences and what we all have in common. We discover the profound depth and importance of cultural awareness and well-being.” WALTER BLANDING QUARTET Walter Blanding-saxophones Cormac Avilla-piano Langston Kitchen-bass Caleb Robinson-drums