The Hilton School District Jazz Department and Hilton Music Boosters are presenting the 12th annual Hilton Evening of Jazz on Friday, February 6 at 7 p.m. at Merton Williams Middle School, 200 School Lane, Hilton.
This year’s Evening of Jazz features guest artist Eddie Daniels. Daniels, a clarinetist, is equally talented at playing jazz and classical music. He first came to the attention of the jazz audiences as a tenor saxophonist with the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra. When Jones and Lewis organized their band in 1966 to play Monday nights at the Village Vanguard in New York, Daniels was one of the first musicians they called. Later that year, he won first prize for saxophone in the International Competition for Modern Jazz in Vienna, Austria. He continued working with Jones and Lewis over the next several years and toured Europe extensively with them.
A single clarinet solo recorded with the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra, “Live at the Village Vanguard,” garnered sufficient attention for him to win Downbeat Magazine’s International Critics New Star on Clarinet Award. This conversion to clarinet was not new. Daniels began clarinet at age 13 and received his master’s degree in clarinet from Juilliard. Winning numerous Grammy awards and nominations, Daniels revolutionized the blend of jazz and classical.
Tickets are $15 and also include performances by the Hilton Middle School Jazz Ensemble and Hilton High School Jazz Ensemble. Tickets purchased in groups of 10 may reserve a table. To purchase tickets, contact Jared Streiff at 392-1000, ext. 2293 or jstreiff@hilton.k12.ny.us.
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