Chris Byars / Ari Roland Quartet

Mon Jul 19, 2010

22:30 to 01:00

Location

JazzyB
Anexartisias & Athinon street
Limassol, Limassol 3040

Description

Chris Byars - tenor saxophone/ piano
Ari Roland – bass
Zaid Nasser - saxophone
Stefan Schatz - drums
Yaala Ballin – vocals

Born and raised in New York City, Ari Roland became a fully professional jazz bassist at the age of 16. After studying at the Juilliard School, he played with many of the most significant figures in Jazz including Betty Carter, Barry Harris, Lou Donaldson, Wynton Marsalis and Harry Connick JR. Over the last two years, he has traveled extensively for the US Department of State as a Jazz Ambassador, performing in 20 different countries.

Chris Byars was born in New York into a family of professional classical musicians. He began studying the saxophone at 14 and has worked with The Glen Miller Band, The Grammy Award Big Band and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. He is equally in demand as a composer and arranger.

Sponsored by the U.S.A. Embassy