CC & JAE present "Eric Alexander Quintet" with Harold Mabern in benefit performance @ECA, 03/31...

[Greg Mouning]

Dear JazzBuddies,

Creative Concerts (CC) and Jazz at ACES/ECA (JAE) will present a benefit performance with the Eric Alexander Quintet featuring the great Harold Mabern on piano. Mr. Alexander played at the Educational Center for the Arts (ECA) last year with his quartet in a performance that was widely acclaimed. In the year since, Eric Alexander's prestige has rocketed. In this year's Downbeat Magazine Jazz Poll, he placed 6th place in the tenor saxophone category. Mr. Alexander is a young and very promising musician. Boasting a warm, finely burnished tone and a robust melodic and harmonic imagination. He brings a seasoned veteran's proficiency and poise to his recording, "Nightlife in Tokyo".

Along with most frequent collaborator Mabern completing this all-star quintet are Steve Davis (trombone), Nat Reeves (bass) and Joe Farnsworth (drums).

DATE & TIME:
Saturday, March 31, 2007 @8pm

COST:
Tickets are priced at $20 and all money raised will be donated to ECA students for music scholarships. For additional information, contact Sam Goldenberg <sgolden...@yahoo.com>. Tickets may be purchased at any of the following venues:

INFO New Haven
1000 Chapel St
New Haven, CT 06510
203-773-9494

Integrity and Music
506 Silas Deane Highway (Rear)
Wethersfield, CT 06109
860-563-4005

Replay Records
2586 Whitney Ave
Hamden, CT 06518
203-934-9999

Merle's Records
1 Old Tavern Rd
Orange, CT 06477
203-795-9033

LOCATION:
Educational Center for the Arts
Main Stage
55 Audubon St
New Haven, CT 06510
203-777-5451

DIRECTIONS:
From the North: Follow I-91 to New Haven. Take Exit #3 -- Trumbull Street. At the bottom of the ramp take a left onto Orange Street. One block further, on the right, on the corner of Orange and Audubon Streets is ECA.

From the East or West: Follow I-95 to I-91 North. (See From the North: above.)

From the Valley: Follow Route 34 East into New Haven. This becomes George Street. Follow George Street into the center of town. Turn left onto Church Street (just past the former Macy's). Church Street becomes Whitney Avenue at Grove Street. Go one block further up Whitney, take a right onto Audubon Street. ECA is at the end of the block on the left.

Or use the following to get customized directions to ECA.

http://maps.google.com/maps?oi=map&q=55+Audubon+St+New+Haven+CT+06510

* Parking: On Audubon Street, in the middle of the block, you will see an entrance to the Audubon Court parking garage - between the Creative Arts Workshop and the Community Foundation of Greater New Haven buildings. We have been fortunate in that special parking arrangements have been arranged for your convenience for the concert. The Audubon Court parking garage has agreed to stay open Saturday night between the hours of 7:00 pm and midnight for our concert. And they are offering a reduced price of $6 for parking, as long as you get your ticket validated by us at the concert.

Over the years, Creative Concerts has presented performances featuring legendary jazz artists such as Keith Jarrett, Sonny Rollins, McCoy Tyner, Dexter Gordon, Max Roach, Phil Woods, Gary Burton and many others. We only do one concert per year and this is it. So don't miss this special benefit performance which supports the students at ECA!

Enjoy,
Greg
gamo...@gmail.com