BOSS BARITONES - Gary Smulyan & Frank Basile

$10 cover, $5 for students (free to jam) General Admission (Seated) - Doors open at 7PM @media screen and (max-width: 767px) @media screen and (max-width: 767px) @media screen and (max-width: 767px) Inspired by the rich history of the great 2-tenor pairings in jazz (think Lester Young & Herschel Evans, Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt, Lockjaw Davis & Johnny Griffin, and Al Cohn & Zoot Sims), the Boss Baritones continue this tradition, but with the pairing of the tenor saxophone's lower pitched baritone brethren. So who are these "Boss Baritones?" Locking horns in the front line are two of today's finest exponents and practitioners of the baritone saxophone in jazz: Gary Smulyan and Frank Basile . Gary Smulyan has been steadily polishing his craft for over 40 years and is all but unanimously regarded as today's leading baritone saxophonist. Since filling the baritone chair in Woody Herman's Young Thundering Herd in 1978, Smulyan has gone on to perform with virtually every important name in jazz since. A sampling of this lofty company includes the Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra, the Gene Harris Superband, B @media screen and (max-width: 767px) @media screen and (max-width: 767px) @media screen and (max-width: 767px) The Boss Baritones made their debut the weekend of March 6-7, 2020 at Smalls Jazz Club in New York City. This was an auspicious start for the band, but one week later, the Coronavirus pandemic would officially put it all on hold. Since the easing of restrictions and the return of normal aspects to life, the Boss Baritones have been regaining their momentum with performances in the New York City area (including numerous return engagements at Smalls) as well as their eponymous debut recording on Steeplechase Records. @media screen and (max-width: 767px) @media screen and (max-width: 767px) @media screen and (max-width: 767px) @media screen and (max-width: 767px) @media screen and (max-width: 767px) @media screen and (max-width: 767px) @media screen and (max-width: 767px)