GRAMMY-Nominated New Orleans native Joe Dyson has certainly been one to watch. He started playing music in his family's church at just two years old. After being noticed for his peculiar talent, Joe was placed in the Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp where he was shadowed by the late, great clarinetist Alvin Batiste, and his longtime bandleader and mentor, alto saxophonist Donald Harrison Jr. He went on to graduate from the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA), and earned a Presidential Scholarship to his college alma mater, Berklee College of Music.
Joe has shared the stage with Dr. Lonnie Smith, Ellis Marsalis, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Jon Batiste, Leo Nocentelli, Sullivan Fortner, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Pedrito Martinez, and Grammy Award winners Nicholas Payton and Pat Metheny, among others. He currently tours with the Pat Metheny Group.
As a touring artist, Joe has traveled across the globe extensively. As a studio musician, he has appeared on over 30 albums; including releases by Dr. Lonnie Smith (ALL IN MY MIND, Blue Note Universal Records), Sullivan Fortner (ARIA, Impulse Universal Records) and Christian aTunde Adjuah's Grammy Nominated EMANCIPATION PROCRASTINATION (Ropeadope Records).
Joe has been based in NYC for some time now as an in-demand musician, but tonight we welcome him back home to the stage he came up on, for one night only!
Tonight, he presents the Joe Dyson Quintet, featuring:
Joe Dyson - drums
Jasen Weaver - bass
Oscar Rossignoli - piano
Gladney - tenor saxophone
Steve Lands - trumpet