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Stefon Harris + Blackout at Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Center

Courtesy of Jason Paulin | Posted on February 5, 2021

Where

Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Center
1200 10th Avenue South
Birmingham, AL
Map
205-934-0862

Stefon Harris + Blackout at Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Center

When

Fri, April 9, 2021
7:00 pm

Musicians

Stefon Harris
vibraphone

About

Join iconic jazz vibraphonist, Stefon Harris, and his band Blackout, for a live-streamed concert on April 9!
An educator, vibraphonist and composer, Stefon Harris has been heralded as “one of the most important young artists in jazz” by The Los Angeles Times. A four-time Grammy nominee, he is a seven-time Best Mallet Player by the Jazz Journalist Association, the recipient of Lincoln Center’s Martin E. Segal Award, Downbeat’s Critics Poll Winner for Vibraphone (2015, 2013) and 2014 Expanded Critic’s Poll for Vibes from Jazz Times. He won a 2014 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Album for “Wonder: The Songs of Stevie Wonder” as a member of the SF Jazz Collective. Harris earned a B.M. degree in classical percussion and an M.M. degree in jazz performance from Manhattan School of Music. He tours worldwide with his bands Sonic Creed, Blackout and Ninety Miles. Harris teaches at New York University and is the artistic director of Jazz Education at New Jersey Performing Arts Center. Harris teaches at the Brubeck Institute through its distance learning program and at the Institute’s Summer Jazz Colony. Harris’ landmark TED Talk, “There Are No Mistakes On The Bandstand,” was the most-watched in its 2011 release and has more than 500,000 views....

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