Kocour, Sorenson, Nash - Power Trio

The Power Trio performed at The Nash Jazz Club February 25, 2022. The aptly monikered “Power Trio” brought together three of Arizona’s most accomplished musical powers.

Mike Kocour @mike_kocour – piano: In addition to being the Director of Jazz Studies at ASU – Mike has decades of performing and recording experience with five critically acclaimed CDs and a long list of credits

Stan Sorenson @ - guitar: Arguably the the voice of jazz guitar in Phoenix, having performed at every major venue, and with pretty much every notable musician, during his successful career.

Lewis Nash @lewisnashdrums – drums: Was called “Jazz’s Most Valuable Player” by Modern Drummer magazine and boasts a stunning list of recording credits and award-winning projects with some of the immortals of the jazz world.

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Joey DeFrancesco with Lucas Brown and Anwar Marshall

Joey DeFrancesco with Lucas Brown - keyboard / guitar and Anwar Marshall - drums wowed the audience at The Nash Jazz Club with a blazing mix of standards and original arrangements from his new record release "More Music". The new album is “more” in every way. It offers up ten new originals, brought to life by a new trio. And the master B3 organist, who has long supplemented his organ virtuosity with his trumpet playing, brings out his full arsenal: organ, keyboard, piano, trumpet and, for the first time on record, tenor saxophone.

On the evening:

Joey DeFrancesco - Organ / Trumpet / Tenor Saxophone - @joey_defrancesco

Lucas Brown - Keyboard / Guitar - @lucascbrown

Anwar Marshall - Drums - @anwarmarshall

The Nash Jazz Club - Venue - @thenashjazz

With sit-in guests:

Andrew Gross - Tenor Saxophone

Shea Marshall - Tenor Saxophone - @mrsheamarshall

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Akiko Tsuruga Trio

In celebration of the Japan jazz connection, The Akiko Tsuruga Trio with Akiko Tsuruga - organ, Bob Kenmotsu - tenor saxophone and Lewis Nash - drums presented two sets of hard swinging jazz at The Nash Jazz Club - Joseph Berg Jazz Photography.

The legendary Dr. Lonnie Smith says: “Akiko’s playing is like watching a flower blooming, a bird spreading her wings in the music world.” Saxophonist Bob Kenmotsu has a deeply personal and original way of playing that grooves and swings, and the Lewis Nash on drums brings his unmistakable pulse to the band.

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