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The Secondary Messengers
Date and Time
Saturday Sep 25, 2021
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDTSeptember 25, 2021 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
605 Main Street
Fees/Admission
$15
Contact Information
The Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts Center Anne-Marie (860) 347-4957
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The Secondary Messengers have graced the stage at the Buttonwood Tree before, and this September, we welcome them once again! The Secondary Messengers are devoted to promoting the music of the influential ensembles of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers recorded from the early ’50s to the late ’80s. Noted for improvisation in the funky hard bop idiom with close harmonic lines, an intense driving rhythm section, and meticulously crafted arrangements by composer-band members such as Horace Silver, Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Woody Shaw, Benny Golson, and Kenny Dorham, the Jazz Messengers served as a school for many young musicians who later went on to notable careers as leaders of their own groups. They were also an inspiration to generations of jazz musicians who never played with Blakey. In living cells, secondary messengers are molecules that relay signals from receptors on the cell surface to target molecules inside the cell. In doing so they amplify the strength of the original signals. We hope to call attention to the great library of music that the “primary” Messengers have left for jazz musicians to work on and the world to enjoy. Find out more at their website.
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