The Eric Byrd Trio
Sat, Nov 20
|BlackRock Center for the Arts, BlackBox
Enjoy a magical evening of holiday classics, jazz standards, and some Charlie Brown Christmas sprinkled in! Great for the whole family!
Time & Location
Nov 20, 2021, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
BlackRock Center for the Arts, BlackBox, 12901 Town Commons Dr, Germantown, MD 20874, USA
About the Event
Saturday, November 20, 2021
7:00 PM – VIP Lounge in the Kay Gallery (for Members)
8:00 PM – Performance in the BlackBox Theater
The Eric Byrd Trio
Enjoy a magical evening of holiday classics, jazz standards, and some Charlie Brown Christmas sprinkled in!
For twenty years, The Eric Byrd Trio (EBT), pianist/vocalist Eric Byrd, bassist Bhagwan Khalsa, and drummer Alphonso Young, Jr., have traveled the world as enthusiastic ambassadors of jazz. Rooted in swing and be-bop, The Trio also embraces gospel and the blues as core elements of their expansive performance style. Their body of work spans seven unique studio and live recordings on which they shine as a Trio and as collaborators with an expanded 8-piece ensemble they call The Eric Byrd Trio: Brother Ray Band, in tribute to The Genius of Soul icon Ray Charles. On each recording, they take a rigorous, modern approach to standards as well…