JC KUHL QUARTET + JOHN D'EARTH

Name: JC KUHL QUARTET + JOHN D'EARTH
Start: 2025-08-25T19:00:00-04:00
Location: 3108 West Cary Street, Richmond, VA, United States, Virginia 23221

Schedule

Mon, 25 Aug, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

3108 West Cary Street, Richmond, VA, United States, Virginia 23221 | Richmond, VA

Saxophonist JC Kuhl presents a series of unique performances that showcase a wide variety of musicians. This special addition spotlights the legendary John D'earth on trumpet.
J.C. Kuhl has been an adjunct professor of jazz saxophone at VCU since 2005. A native of Baltimore, MD, he plays saxophone, flute, and clarinet and studied at Towson State University, where he majored in jazz/commercial music. After working in clubs in the Baltimore/Washington, D.C. area, he moved to Richmond in 1995 and joined the eclectic rock band Agents of Good Roots, which fused many different styles including jazz, hip-hop, and classical. They toured incessantly for six years, playing more than 200 shows a year. After Agents, J.C. was a member of Devil’s Workshop Big Band, Modern Groove Syndicate, Bio Ritmo, and The Thompson/D’earth Band.
John D’earth plays trumpet with a striking, original sound and a technique that he mobilizes for spitfire improvisation and gripping melodies. A consummate jazz artist, composer, and gifted educator, he draws inspiration from collaborators on the bandstand, from students, and from nature. Internationally known for his contributions in straight-ahead jazz (D’earth served as foil to guitarist Emily Remler, added brawn to the George Gruntz Big Band, and played on Bob Moses’ early recordings) he exhibits omnivorous musical tastes including free improvisation, mainstream rock, and modern classical music. Since he joined the musicians union at age fourteen this wildly eclectic musician has performed across the globe. He appears on over 100 recordings on vinyl, CDs, film, and video in a career that spans the analogue and digital eras. Despite a commanding musical presence he possesses an uncanny ability to bring out the best in musicians with whom he shares the bandstand. All of this is evident on his newly released album, Coin Of The Realm, (Cosmology Records 2023). This song cycle of originals, recorded with his long-standing quintet, reveals a musician who, in his seventies, is still evolving and very much in his creative prime.
This performance includes: John D’earth (trumpet/flugelhorn); JC Kuhl (saxophone); Garen Dorsey (piano); Randall Pharr (bass); Devonne Harris (drums).
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SHOW NOTES
Admission: $15
Doors: 6:00pm
Music: 7:00pm
21+ / 16+ must be accompanied by an adult
Reserved seating.
3108 W Cary St