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SUMMARY:Gerald Albright
DESCRIPTION:Fri. Oct. 16: GERALD ALBRIGHT -7:30pm- Tix: $59.50 ($75.80 th
 rough Ticketmaster\, $66.50 at the Birchmere Box Office) Born and raised
  in Los Angeles\, Albright was already an accomplished saxophonist by th
 e time he enrolled at the University of Redlands\, but he switched to ba
 ss after he saw Louis Johnson in concert. A few months after graduating 
 from college\, he joined jazz pianist/R&B singer Patrice Rushen\, who wa
 s in the process of forming her own band. Later\, when the bassist left 
 in the middle of a tour\, Albright replaced him and finished the tour on
  bass guitar. Playing both sax and bass\, he became the consummate sessi
 on and touring musician in the 80s\, working with everyone from Anita Ba
 ker\, Ray Parker\, Jr.\, Atlantic Starr\, The Temptations and Maurice Wh
 ite to Les McCann\, Teena Marie\, the Winans and Whitney Houston. He lau
 nched his solo career in the infancy of what became the smooth jazz form
 at\, with Just Between Us in 1987 and has been a core part of the genre 
 with chart-topping albums\, countless radio hits and as a member of many
  all star tours\, including Guitars & Saxes and Groovin’ For Grover. In 
 the late 90s\, he fronted a big band for and toured with pop star Phil C
 ollins and did a dual recording with vocal great Will Downing called Ple
 asures of the Night. Between his last two Grammy-nominated solo albums P
 ushing The Envelope (2010) and Slam Dunk (2014)\, he enjoyed hit collabo
 rations with two huge hits – 24/7 with guitarist Norman Brown and Summer
  Horns by Dave Koz and Friends (including Mindi Abair and Richard Elliot
 )\, which were also Grammy-nominated for Best Pop Instrumental Albums. H
 e toured with Brown and Summer Horns\, and most recently has been on the
  road with South Africa gospel/jazz singer and guitarist Jonathan Butler
 . Albright’s other albums whose titles perfectly reflect their flow incl
 ude Smooth (1994)\, Groovology (2002)\, Kickin’ It Up (2004) and Sax for
  Stax (2008). Because Albright’s musical muse has taken him to so many f
 ascinating locales along the contemporary R&B/urban jazz spectrum\, he’s
  joyfully defied easy categorizations. “Top to bottom\,” Albright says\,
  “Whether in concert\, listening to my music over the radio or CD player
 \, I always want my listeners to be taken on a musical journey with diff
 erent textures\, rhythms\, chord progressions and moods. I want people t
 o know where I’ve been and where I’m going\, and to let them hear that I
 ’m in a really good place in my life.” Artist Website: https://geraldalb
 right.com/home/ Artist Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/geraldalbright
  Artist Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geraldalbright\n\nTickets: 
 https://www.ticketmaster.com/birchmere-tickets-alexandria/venue/172043\n
 \nhttps://findlocal.community/event/2ab3588f-e498-47c9-9ed4-486b6f8a1946
LOCATION:The Birchmere\, Alexandria\, VA
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/2ab3588f-e498-47c9-9ed4-486b6f8a194
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