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Jon Mayer Trio at Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden

Courtesy of Deanie Nyman | Posted on October 14, 2019

Where

Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden
270 Arlington Drive
Pasadena, CA
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When

Sun, October 27, 2019
2:00 pm

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Musicians

Jon Mayer
piano
Will Lyle
bass, acoustic

About


Jon Mayer mixes “introspective lyricism and a hard-bop drive. He’s a strong rhythmic player with a lot of piano vocabulary.” – Kirk Silsbee, Downbeat Magazine

The World Music Series brings another jazz legend to the garden, pianist Jon Mayer.

Mayer is from the tradition of New York players who are not afraid to express strong emotions from both ends of the spectrum. He is a muscular, blues based pianist on one hand and is entirely at home with a ballad and it’s potential for tenderness. His jazz pedigree is solid, having grown up in New York City during a particularly fertile time in modern jazz evolution. Mayer is represented on a John Coltrane recording Like Sonny on Roulette and on a Jackie McLean Prestige date called Strange Blues....

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