YardWork Concerts
A non-profit organization established to present jazz concerts and other music events in support of professional jazz musicians and the local jazz music scene in the greater Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC area.
Nasar Abadey Group
Sat, Jul 09
|Takoma Station Tavern
ALL TICKET SALES ARE FINAL...$15 Advanced / $20 Day of event
Time & Location
Jul 09, 2022, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Takoma Station Tavern, 6914 4th St NW, Washington, DC 20012, USA
About the Event
Doors open: 6:30pm
Show starts: 7:00pm
$15 in advance, $20 day of show
Featuring Allyn Johnson (piano), Mike Matthews (bass), Grant Langford (tenor sax), and Nasar Abadey (drums).
Nasar Abadey began playing drums at age five. Drawing influences from powerhouse drummers such as Tony Williams, Max Roach, Roy Haynes, Elvin Jones, Art Blakey, and his cousin, Frankie Dunlop. Nasar Abadey creates jazz music steeped in modal, free form, and avant-garde styles. He has performed in ensembles with Amiri Baraka, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Rouse, Gary Bartz, David Sanchez, Cyrus Chestnut, Sean Jones, Gregory Porter, Sonny Fortune, Ella Fitzgerald, Eartha Kitt, Kenny Kirkland, Gary Thomas, Stanley Turrentine, Sun Ra, Frank Morgan, Bobby Hutcherson, Pharaoh Sanders, Malachi Thompson and many others.
In addition to his quartet playing at Takoma Station, Abadey runs the 11-piece SUPERNOVA Chamber Orchestra with strings; a 16-piece big band, The Washington Renaissance Orchestra (WRO), and The Renaissance Trio.
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