Duo Tones (DUO)
3 concerts
The Allen Room, Fridays, 9:30pm
Very little in the jazz world can compare to the interplay, intimacy and surprise that results when two master musicians meet on an empty stage and weave a musical story. This new series explores jazz at its most fundamental – the instrumental duo.
Lionel Loueke & Richard Bona
September 26, 2008, 9:30pm

Guitarist Lionel Loueke from Benin and bassist/singer Richard Bona from Cameroon each a virtuoso instrumentalist whose fluency in the folkloric music of their homelands and contemporary jazz vocabulary make them major forces on both the New York and world jazz scenes.
Roy Hargrove & Cedar Walton
January 9, 2009, 9:30pm

Dubbed “The Maestro” by his peers, pianist Cedar Walton, an influential composer/arranger who approaches every tune with a fresh point of view and trumpeter Roy Hargrove, a melody master whose ravishing tone illuminates any song he plays, transcend a generation gap for their debut in The Allen Room.
McCoy Tyner & Ravi Coltrane
May 15, 2009, 9:30pm

The unique connection that exists between them is on display when master pianist and four-time GRAMMY® winner McCoy Tyner joins the groundbreaking and compelling saxophonist Ravi Coltrane for a very special duet performance.
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