演出信息

日期/Date：2018年12月8日

入场时间/Door Time：6:00 PM

演出时间/Show Time：7:30PM

地址/Add：前门东大街23号 Blue Note Beijing

23 Qianmen East Street. Dongcheng District. Beijing

电话Tel：170-0000-0288 188-BLUE-NOTE

演出信息

B2剧场票价Ticket Price：

300（边座）/400（主座）RMB

（餐饮低消：100RMB） 

乐队成员

Larry Willis - piano
Blake Meister - bass
Billy Williams - drums

1942年Larry Willis出生于哈莱姆区，在音乐的熏陶下成长，爵士乐在那时候很流行。小时候，Willis在家里的常弹练钢琴，但他的天赋似乎在于唱歌。

Willis被纽约音乐艺术高中录取，主修声乐专业。他的职业生涯非常成功，包括与伦纳德·伯恩斯坦指挥的音乐与艺术合唱团合作了歌剧科普兰。大四时，Willis回归钢琴。同年晚些时候，他开始和他的同学Al Foster和Eddie Gomez一起在城演出。

Willis继续在曼哈顿音乐学院学习音乐，在那里他将注意力从声音转向音乐理论。他还花了更多的时间在键盘上，并很快开始与他的*位也是*的钢琴老师John Mehegan一起学习。

19岁时，Willis被萨克斯演奏家Jackie McLean发现并招募入伍，并在McLean的首张专辑《Right Now!》中录制爵士乐。这张专辑还收录了Willis的两首作品。从那时起，Willis*开始和爵士乐大师一起演奏，例如Dizzy Gillespie、Woody Shaw、Cannonball Adderley、Stan Getz、Carmen McRae和Shirley Horn。从1972年到1979年，Willis是融合乐队Blood Sweat and Tears的键盘手。他还是获得格莱美提名的非裔古巴爵士乐队Fort Apache的重要一员。Willis总共出现在300多张唱片中，其中有20多张是作为领唱出现的。

Born in 1942 in Harlem, Larry Willis grew up around music; jazz was popular in his neighborhood, and closer to home, he had a brother who played piano. As a child, Willis noodled around on the piano that was in the house, but his talent seemed to lie in singing.

Willis was accepted into New York's High School of Music and Art as a voice major. His career there was very successful, and included a performance of a Copland opera with the Music and Arts Choral Ensemble conducted by Leonard Bernstein. His senior year, Willis found his way back to the piano. Later that year, he started gigging around town with his fellow classmates, Al Foster and Eddie Gomez.

Willis continued his musical studies at the Manhattan School of Music, where he switched his concentration from voice to music theory. He also spent more time at the keyboard and soon began studying with John Mehegan, Willis' first and only piano teacher.

At the age of 19, Willis was discovered and recruited by saxophonist Jackie McLean, and made his jazz recording debut on McLean's Blue Note release, Right Now! The album also included two of Willis' compositions. From that auspicious start, Willis went on to play with jazz greats such as Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Shaw, Cannonball Adderley, Stan Getz, Carmen McRae, and Shirley Horn. From 1972 to '79, Willis was the keyboardist for the fusion group Blood Sweat and Tears. He's also been a crucial part of the Grammy-nominated Afro-Cuban jazz group Fort Apache. In all, Willis has appeared on 300-plus albums, with more than 20 recordings as a leader.

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