Marshall McDonald Quartet - 6 Time Grammy Nominated Saxophonist

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Seating is limited. Tables seating 2 - 4 guests, with tables for 6 -8 available upon request. There are also single tickets available. See The Attached Seating Chart. Admission Is Still Only $17.50 Per Person. Tables Of Two = $35., Four = $70., Six = $105., and Eight = $140

Six Time Grammy Nominated Saxophonist

Latin Grammy Winner 2000 "Paquito D'Rivera & Tropicana Nights",

Latin Grammy Nomination 2000 "Chico O'Farrill Orchestra & Carambola"

Grammy Nomination 2009 as Performer "A Swingin' Christmas" Tony Bennett 

Grammy Nomination 2016 Good "Swing" Wenceslas" The Count Basie Orchestra)

Grammy Nomination 2017 "I Loves You Porgy/There's a Boat Leaving"  Clint Holmes & Count Basie Orchestra

Grammy Nomination 2018 "All About That Basie"  The Count Basie Orchestra " 

Pittsburgh-born, Marshall McDonald is a multi-Grammy Nominated saxophonist, classically trained clarinetist and is best known for his 15 years as Lead Alto with The Count Basie Orchestra. During his career, he has been a member of The

Lionel Hampton Orchestra, Paquito D’Rivera Orchestra, Abdullah Ibrahim and Ekaya, Chico O’Farrill Orchestra, Chari Persip Super Band, Illinois Jacquet Big Band, and The Family Guy Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. He has performed with Vanessa Williams, Bobby Caldwell, Aretha Franklin, The Four Tops, The Temptations, Wynton Marsalis, Nancy Wilson, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Patti Austin, Andra Day amongst others. A recent Concord recording that he is particularly proud, was recorded at the Apollo Theatre to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Ella Fitzgerald's birth, which included Andra Day, Patti Austin and a host of stars.

His screen credits include The Thomas Crown Affair, Calle 54, Michel Leeb “Humoret Swing”, The Conan O’Brien Show and PBS Austin City Limits. Marshall has played the Newport Jazz Festival, Nice Jazz Festival, Playboy Jazz Festival, Montreux Jazz Festival et al and performed at Carnegie Hall, Royal Albert Hall London, Chicago Symphony Hall, Blue Note New York, Blue Note Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Tokyo, Iridium Jazz Club, Smalls Jazz Club, Minton’s Jazz, Walt Disney Hall, Bunkyo Hall Tokyo, and Sydney Opera House to name a few.

Whether you heard him playing Lead Alto with The Count Basie Orchestra in venues all over the world, or playing tenor saxophone with Paquito D’Rivera or baritone saxophone with Abdullah Ibrahim or clarinet solos with The Duke Ellington Orchestra, Marshall McDonald upholds the traditions of Jazz Music created by the jazz masters.  A seasoned reedman, having played 30 years in the New York City area, he is well known for his ability to play all of the saxophones and woodwinds.

“Marshall is the only player I know who has played four of the sax chairs in the Count Basie Orchestra AND all five sax chairs in the Duke Ellington Orchestra” --John Williams, Count Basie saxophone legend

Marshall was offered the baritone saxophone chair with the great Lionel Hampton in 1991, a position he quickly accepted and toured the world with Lionel, playing jazz festivals and concerts in The United States, Europe, Canada, South America and Asia. Mr. Hampton eventually asked Marshall to play both tenor sax, alto sax and clarinet solos in the band and featured him on clarinet in a small group on a TV appearance on The Conan O’Brien Show. Marshall stayed with Lionel for 10 years, also playing at his memorial at Riverside Church in 2002, with guests George H. Bush, Charlie Rangel and Wynton Marsalis.

“Marshall has that pure clarinet sound. He has that sound like the symphony guys!” Lionel Hampton

Roberta Piket Pianist & Organist: Roberta Piket 2018 Downbeat Critics' Poll Winner (Rising Star, Organ) and 16th in the Rising Star category for Piano. In the 2018 Downbeat Readers' Poll, Roberta was voted 8th in the Jazz Artist category, 7th in the Piano category and 5th in the Organ category. Roberta has performed with David Liebman, Rufus Reid, Lionel Hampton, Juini Booth, Victor Jones, Ted Curson, Mickey Roker, Harvey Wainapel, Eliot Zigmund, Virginia Mayhew, Billy Mintz, and the BMI/NY Jazz Orchestra, and was thrice a featured guest on Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz, on National Public Radio.

Roberta hails from Queens, NY. where her father and composer Frederick Piket, started Roberta at the age of 7 navigating the 88s. She began playing jazz in her early teens, studying jazz piano with Walter Bishop, Jr and classical piano with Vera Wels before going on to earn a Bachelor's Degree in Jazz Piano from the New England Conservatory of Music, where she studied privately with Fred Hersch, Stanley Cowell, and Bob Moses. After graduation, Roberta returned to New York City where she studied for six years with Richie Beirach and also studied briefly with Sofia Rosoff.

Roberta is highly regarded as a teacher and has held master classes at numerous prestigious institutions including the Eastman School of Music, Rutgers University and Duke University as well as in Europe and Japan.

Billy Mintz Percussionist Percussionist: Billy Mintz began his professional career at 15 he was playing in the showbands of the Catskill Mountain resorts. By his twenties, in New York City, he was recording with the Lee Konitz Nonet (1978), Kundalini with Perry Robinson, and Badal Roy, the Eddie Daniels Quartet, Gloria Gaynor, and the Harold Danko Quartet.

In 1981 Mr. Mintz relocated to Los Angeles where he was a member of the Mike Garson Trio with Stanley Clarke; the Kim Richmond Sextet; the Bobby Shew Quintet, the Joey Sellers Jazz Aggregation, the Vinny Golia Quartet, the Mose Allison Trio and with Mark Murphy

In LA, Mintz performed with the Bill Mays Quartet, as well as with Road Work Ahead, with Mr. Mays, Bob Magnusson, and Peter Sprague. In 1988 he toured Europe with saxophonist Charles Lloyd's band.

Mr. Mintz has authored two books: "Different Drummers" (AMSCO Publishing) and "Advanced Sticking and Sight-Reading" (BM Publications). His articles have been published in Not Just Jazz and Modern Drummer magazines.

Mintz currently lives in New York, where he performs with the Alan Broadbent Trio, Roberta Piket Trio, and Tony Malaby, among others. He leads the Billy Mintz Band and the Two Bass Band, a ten-piece ensemble.

Bassist: Harvie S. Harvie S, is an award-winning bassist, educator, composer, arranger, and producer, is continually challenging himself and his peers, expanding the borders of musical direction.

His last Recording with Alan Broadbent Trio "New York Notes" on High Note Savant Records was on the Jazz Week Charts for 4 months and garnered rave reviews. In Sept 2020 the follow-up "Trio in Motion" will be released on High Note Savant. Both CDs were produced by Harvie and he was also recording engineer and co-mixed it with Dave Kowalski.

A legendary bassist, he has performed and recorded with Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Dexter Gordon, Tony Bennett, Ray Baretto, Michael Brecker, Jean Pierre Rampal, Paquito D'Rivera, Gil Evans, Art Farmer, Mark Turner, Jim Hall, Stefon Harris, Billy Hart, Lee Konitz, Yusef Lateef, Dave Leibman, Joe Lovano, Pat Metheny, Paul Motion, Chico O'Farrill, Danilo Perez, Maria Schneider, Zoot Sims, Toots Thielemans, Ray Vega, James Williams, Phil Woods, Louie Bellson and countless others. He can be heard on twenty albums as a leader, fifteen as a co-leader, and over four hundred albums as a sideman.

These recordings include his work with James Brown, Kenny Barron, Chick Corea, Tom Harrell, Sheila Jordan, Steve Kuhn, Pat Martino, Alan Broadbent, Wycliff Gordon, David Mathews, Virginia Mayhew, James Weidman, Lee Konitz, Eddie Henderson, James Moody, Danilo Perez, Anat Cohen, James Weidman, Jack Wilkins Mike Stern, Dave Leibman, John Scofield, Dr. Billy Taylor, Dave Liebman, Yusef Lateef, and Grover Washington Jr.

Harvie's album with the legendary Sheila Jordan Harvie S duo is a magical live performance released on High Note Records in 2012 called "Yesterdays". Jazz times included it in the best 100 recordings of 2012.

In January 2013, Witchcraft was released on High Note Savant with Jazz master Kenny Barron. It was #1 on Jazz Week national radio charts. This is a follow up to the previous 2009 duo recording with Kenny Barron, Now Was the Time, also on High Note/Savant Records.

Harvie S was selected a Jazz Ambassador for the United States and toured throughout Europe and Southeast Asia in this honored capacity. He has been a guest on NPR's All Things Considered and Fresh Air. His career is documented in Leonard Feather's Encyclopedia of Jazz, the Grove Dictionary of Jazz, and the All Music Guide. Mr. S composed the musical themes for the documentaries The Trumpet Kings, The Piano Legends, and John Coltrane.

Harvie S has been featured in print and internet articles in The New York Times, The New York Post, The Daily News, Japan Times, USA Today, Downbeat, All About Jazz, Jazziz, Cadence, Jazz Improv, Coda(Canada), Jazztimes, Swing Journal(Japan), Jazz Life(Japan), Jazz Forum(Poland), Jazz Hot (France), Hot House, Jazz Improv, The Los Angeles Times, Jazz Podium and Jazz-it (Italy).

Harvie S has performed at The Blue Note, The Iridium, The Kennedy Center, Montreal Jazz Festival, JVC Jazz Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival, Detroit Jazz Festival, Berlin Jazz Festival, Molde Jazz Festival, Moscow Jazz Festival, and countless other venues worldwide.

In addition to his performance career, Harvie S is an active educator. He is a Professor of Jazz Bass and Jazz Ensemble at Manhattan School of Music, in both Undergraduate and Graduate divisions. Currently developing new music for a variety of musical ensembles and recordings, Harvie S is integrating his lifetime of musical experience and research into opening doors to new and exciting pathways of creative expression. He has also written a series of bass duets that are revolutionary in their concept for teaching and performing.

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