The Behn Gillece Quintet “An Evening of Straight-Ahead Jazz and Beyond”
September 21 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
The South Jersey Jazz Society presents
Tom Angello’s All-Star Jazz Series
The Behn Gillece Quintet
An Evening of Straight-Ahead Jazz and Beyond
Behn Gillece – vibraphone
Willie Morris – tenor saxophone
Neil Podgurski – piano
Madison Rast – bass
Wayne Smith – drums
Award-winning vibraphonist and New Jersey native Behn Gillece leads an exciting quintet featuring musicians from the New York and Philadelphia jazz scenes. A 2018 DownBeat Rising Star Vibraphonist, Gillece has performed throughout the United States and internationally as both a bandleader and sideman. The quintet will present an evening of swinging standards, inventive arrangements, and original compositions that blend the straight-ahead jazz tradition with Gillece’s distinctive musical voice.