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Saxophonist Houston Person Saturday February 18th At The Jefferson School African American Heritage Center. at Jefferson School African American Heritage Center

Courtesy of Gary Funston | Posted on January 9, 2017

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Jefferson School African American Heritage Center
233 4th St NW,
Charlottesville, VA
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Sat, February 18, 2017
8:00 pm

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The Charlottesville Jazz Society is proud to bring legendary tenor saxophonist Houston Person to Charlottesville for the first time on Saturday February 18th at The Jefferson School African American Heritage Center. For this 8:00 pm concert, which is co- sponsored by The Jefferson School African American Heritage Center and WTJU, Houston will be accompanied by The Randy Johnston 3.
Houston Person built his reputation as a leader with a series of soulful recordings for Prestige Records in the 1960’s. However, for a large part of his career he was best-known for his long time partnership with the great vocalist, Etta Jones, which lasted over 30 years until her death in 2001. His many appearances as sideman include recordings with Lena Horne, Lou Rawls, Horace Silver, Charles Earland, Joey DeFrancesco, and many others....

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