Guest Artist: Gary Smulyan

Posted by: School of Music

$10/ General Admission. Free Admission with APU ID.  Tickets will be sold at the APU box office, on-line, and at the door the evening of the concert. 

Gary Smulyan's playing is marked by an aggressive rhythmic sense, an intelligent and creative harmonic approach - and perhaps most importantly - a strong and incisive wit. He has shared the stage and the recording studio with a stunning potpourri of luminaries including: trumpeters Freddie Hubbard and Dizzy Gillespie, saxophonist Stan Getz, pianist Chick Corea, timbales king Tito Puente, and R&B/Blues and soul icons Ray Charles, B.B. King and Diana Ross.

In addition to performing and recording in support of a myriad of people, Smulyan has accumulated a significantdiscography as a leader. At this point in his career he has at least 10 recordings out under his own name.

The baritone saxophonist, who is capable of doubling and tripling on other reed and wind instruments, is a four-time winner of the Down Beat Readers Poll and a multiple winner of numerous other official polls including the Jazz Journalists Award for Baritone Saxophonist of the Year. He is a five-time GRAMMY® award winner for his work with B.B. King, Joe Lovano, Dave Holland and the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra.