Leo Larratt Quartet feat. Emmet Cohen

Leo Larratt is a guitarist originally from Newcastle, Australia. In Australia, he worked with and was mentored by some of the country's best musicians, including Warwick Alder, Carl Dewhurst, Craig Scott, Steve Brien, and John Harkins. At the age of 23, Leo moved to New York to deepen his knowledge and pursue his passion for jazz. In New York, he has worked with world renowned musicians such as George Coleman, Houston Person, Joe Farnsworth and Emmet Cohen. He was also a private student of the great Russell Malone for two years. Leo's playing is deeply rooted in the tradition of jazz and blues, and he continually strives to bring out his inner voice on his instrument and evolve as a musician. <br /><br />Multifaceted American jazz pianist and composer Emmet Cohen is one of his <br>generation's pivotal figures in music and the related arts. Downbeat praised the "nimble <br>touch, measured stride and warm harmonic vocabulary" he employs to communicate <br>with other musicians and audiences at what he terms "the deepest level of humanity <br>and individuality." Leader of the "Emmet Cohen Trio" and creator of the "Masters <br>Legacy Series," Cohen is an internationally acclaimed jazz artist and dedicated music <br>educator. <br><br>Emmet Cohen is the winner of the 2019 American Pianists Awards and the Cole Porter <br>Fellow of the American Pianists Association, and Artist-in-Residence at the University of <br>Indianapolis. Cohen was a finalist in the 2011 Thelonious Monk International Piano <br>Competition. He has appeared in the Newport, Monterey, Jerusalem, and North Sea <br>jazz festivals, among others, and at Lincoln Center's Rose Hall and Washington's <br>Kennedy Center. Cohen has headlined at the Village Vanguard, the Blue Note, Dizzy's <br>Club Coca-Cola, Birdland, Jazz Standard, and Jazzhaus Montmartre. He is Hammond <br>B-3 organist-in-residence at Harlem's SMOKE jazz club. <br><br>A Suzuki piano student at age three, Cohen holds jazz piano degrees from the <br>Manhattan School of Music (M.M.) and the University of Miami (B.M.). Emmet Cohen <br>has performed, recorded, or collaborated with Ron Carter, Benny Golson, Jimmy Cobb, <br>George Coleman, Jimmy Heath, Tootie Heath, Houston Person, Christian McBride, Kurt <br>Elling, Billy Hart, Herlin Riley, Lea DeLaria, and Bill T. Jones. <br /><br />Russell Hall is an award winning double bassist from Kingston, Jamaica. He was introduced to jazz at the Dillard Center for the Arts directed by Christopher Dorsey. He continued his studies with master bassists Ron Carter and Ben Wolfe at The Juilliard School in New York City. He has been blessed to work with legends such as Edward Norton, Kathleen Battle, Wynton and Branford Marsalis, Barry Harris, Wayne Shorter, Roy Haynes, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Mwenso and The Shakes, Emmet Cohen and Jonathan Batiste and Stay Human. <br /><br />Joey Saylor is a drummer on the New York jazz scene. He is a member of the Jonathan Batiste trio. <br>weblinks: <br>www.myspace.com/saylorjoe