ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA MUSIC SERIES / CONCERTS IN THE CHAPEL PRESENTS JAZZ GUITAR TRIO: AN HOUR OF SERIOUS JAZZ /October 16/3.00PM Gerry Gibbs is a Grammy nominated Drummer, Producer, Band Leader, Composer & Arranger. As a Solo Artist, Gibbs has released 9 Jazz Recordings. His first, back in 1996, ‘Gerry Gibbs Sextet – The Thrasher’ features Saxophonist Ravi Coltrane with Quincy Jones as Executive Producer, while his last two recordings: ‘Gerry Gibbs & The Thrasher Dream Trio’, ’We’re Back’ and ‘Live In Studio’ feature Ron Carter & Kenny Barron. In 2014 and 2015, all three recordings topped the National Jazz Radio Charts. Gerry performed, recorded and toured with a who’s who in jazz, funk, electronic & world music, among them: McCoy Tyner, Stanley Clarke, Joe Henderson, James Moody, Patrice Rushen, Dewey Redman, Eddie Harris, Mike Stern, Larry Coryell, Randy Brecker, Tom Harrell, Brad Mehldau, Parliament Funkadelic & Electronic Music Pioneer Flying Lotus, to name but a few. GERRY GIBBS / DRUMS Essiet Okon Essiet an internationally renowned Bassist, having toured throughout the The Americas, Europe and Japan as part of the Blue Note Allstars and Danilo Perez's Motherland Project and with South African pianist Abdullah Ibrahim. A member of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Essiet performed and recorded with such notables as Benny Golson, Johnny Griffin, James Moody, Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson, Cedar Walton, Pat Martino, Kenny Burrell, Jackie McLean, Kenny Barron, Louis Hayes, Art Farmer, Victor Lewis, Kenny Garrett, Kenny Kirkland ,Mulgrew Miller, Jeff "Tain " Watts, Mike Stern, Fort Apache Band, to highlight only a partial list. Currently, Essiet leads his own group called "IBO" named after a Nigerian tribe. It is a Nigerian jazz project which mixes jazz harmonies with West African rhythms. Ron Petrides is a New York based Guitarist, Composer and Educator.

ESSIET ESSIET / BASS He began his career a young lounge and pit orchestra musician in Las Vegas, backing up such legends as Tony Bennett, Lena Horne, Vic Damone, and many others. Having graduated with a Ph.D. in

Composition from NYU in 2008 (with an original dissertation on the life and music of late 20th century composer Stephen Albert), Dr. Petrides has been on faculty at an array of schools in New York including NYU, Colombia University, Mercy College, and The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. He has several CD recordings to date, including RON PET Mongolia, and Café Aman America by Music World Productions. The latest CD Keepin in Stride, features only the original music with George Cables on piano, Dave Schnitter on saxophone and Chris Pasin on trumpet. Petrides has recorded and shared the stage through the years with such greats as Walter Bishop Jr., Dizzy Gillespie, Duffy Jackson, Billy

RON PETRIDES / GUITAR Hart, Bob Mover, Ron McClure, Pete Minger, and many others.

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