The East-Hampton based Arts Center at Duck Creek is offering an online winter concert series. Working in conjunction with Bar Bayeux in Brooklyn and the New York City-based non-profit group KEYED UP! for the second time, Duck Creek’s music director Peter Watrous is presenting new musical talent to the community.
The online music series began during the first wave of the pandemic with Watrous’s COVID Commissions. This series of stay-at-home concerts introduced up-and-coming acts for the benefit of artists and audiences alike. While health guidelines have shifted since its conception, Duck Creek sees this online programming as an opportunity to share music with the community all year long.
The following concerts will be performed live before an audience at Bar Bayeux. Recordings of the performances — courtesy of videographer Dan Carlson — will be posted on the Duck Creek website and YouTube channel within a week of each show. For more information on the series, visit duckcreekarts.org.
February 5: Tyrone Allen II Quartet, featuring Tyrone Allen II, bass and leader, Neta Ranaan, saxophones, Lex Korton, piano, and Kayvon Gordon, drums. Allen began his musical journey at age three, taking lessons from his father, a teacher in D.C. public schools. Allen studied jazz and classical at the Eastman School of Music and the Berklee College of Music.
February 12: Giveton Gelin Quintet featuring Giveton Gelin, trumpet and leader, Micah Thomas on piano, Zoey Abadia, saxophone, Jayla Chee, bass, and Kayvon Gordon on drums. A recent Juilliard graduate, Bahamas-born Gelin taught himself to play the trumpet at 10 years old. At 22, Gelin has played with pioneers of the New York jazz scene such as Curtis Lundy, Bobby Watson, Roy Hargrove, Wynton Marsalis, Ben Wolfe, and Jon Batiste.
February 19: Kazemde George Quintet featuring Kazemde George, saxophone and leader, Sami Stevens, voice, Manuel Schmiedel, piano, Alon Near, bass, and Adam Arruda, drums. Based in Brooklyn, George holds degrees from Harvard University and the New England Conservatory. He is known for articulating emotionally direct melodies with a warm tones and guiding restraints.
February 26: Courtney Wright Quartet, featuring Courtney Wright, saxophone and leader, Andrew Wagner, trumpet, Caelan Cardello, piano, and Eliza Salem, drums. A native of Woodbridge, Virginia, Wright is a composer and baritone saxophonist based in New York City, where she leads her own jazz orchestra and quintet.
Staff Writer on Feb 2, 2022