Buffalo Jazz Collective & Alex McArthur

The Buffalo Jazz Collective Celebrates Billie Holiday and Lester Young
Friday February 28, 2025 7p
The Taylor Theatre at The Kenan Center
433 Locust St, Lockport, NY 14094

Alex McArthur vocals
Mark Filsinger trumpet
Elliot Scozzaro saxophone
George Caldwell piano
Paul LaDuca bass
John Bacon drums

Billie Holiday and Lester Young had one of the great collaborations in Jazz history.Their soulful interpretations of the Great American Songbook exemplify the best of Jazz during its popular heydey of the World War II era.  For this concert The Buffalo Jazz Collective featuring vocalist Alex McArthur will present some of the exact arrangements that characterize this incredible period of Jazz music including "Night and Day”, “Easy Living”, “All of Me” and “The Very Thought of You”.