You're Invited To Summer Jazz With Art Baron & Friends Today At Roosevelt Island's FDR Four Freedoms Park 6-8 PM

According to the FDR Four Freedoms Park:

Summer Jazz with Art Baron & Friends

Thursday, August 20, 2015

6:00pm 8:00pm

Renowned jazz musician, Art Baron, will regale Park visitors with the sounds of the Harlem Renaissance and the jazz-age. (Rain date: Thursday, August 27th.)

Free

About Art Baron

Art Baron is an American jazz trombonist. He also plays didgeridoo, conch shell, penny-whistle, alto and bass recorder, and tuba. Baron is an alumnus of the Berklee College of Music. He joined the Duke Ellington band in August 1973, at the age of 23, during the last year Ellington led the band, and was the last trombonist Ellington ever hired. He leads The Duke's Men, a band made up of Duke Ellington band alumni. He has performed and/or recorded with Buddy Rich, Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed, Stevie Wonder, James Taylor, Illinois Jacquet, Sam Eckhardt, Roswell Rudd, Mel Tormé, Charlie Musselwhite, Andy Harlow, Fontella Bass, Sam Rivers, Glen Velez, John Tchicai, Wilber Morris, Alan Silva, George Gruntz, Joey DeFrancesco, Bobby Watson, Elliott Sharp, Annea Lockwood, Matt Glaser, Cyro Baptista, and She & Him. Baron lives in New York City.

Here's some Art Baron & Friends playing in 2010.