JD Walter to perform at the Jazz Bakery

International Jazz Virtuoso JD Walter Makes West Coast Debut
Walter Brings His Unique Style – Described as "Vocal Pyrotechnics" and Widely Lauded by New York City and European Jazz Communities – to The Jazz Bakery

What: Scat sensation JD Walter brings his unique sound and world-class musicians to Los Angeles for his U.S. west coast debut

When: Monday, March 31, 2008. Show times at 8:00 & 9:30 PM

Where: The Jazz Bakery, 3233 Helms Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90034


JD Walter
JD Walter is a jazz singer's singer – a purist and an innovator. Although his style has been compared to many vocal titans, it is in the same breath, uniquely his own, and he has become a singular phenomenon on the music scene.
"The guy is like an instrument… a phenomenon." ~ soprano saxophonist Dave Liebman, with whom Walter collaborated on his critically acclaimed second CD, Clear Day
"The really important thing is that starting from the first sound, JD captures the listeners' attention and from that point, they completely belong to him." ~ Maria Panteleyeva, Poinyl Jazz Report, Nizhniy Novogorod, Russia

Musicians
Pianist Orrin Evans has been playing with the Charles Mingus Big Band for the past four years. He has toured with such diverse talents as Roy Hargrove, Wallace Roney, Stefon Harris, Antonio Hart, Dave Douglas and Sean Jones, whose latest release Kaleidoscope was produced by Evans on Mack Avenue Records.
"The clear-cut best pianist of his time..." ~ Hot House Magazine
"A poised artist with an impressive template of ideas at his command" ~ New York Times

Drummer Justin Faulkner, a sixteen-year-old wunderkind is becoming well known in NYC and beyond by landing gigs with such notables as Branford Marsalis at the tender age of 15. He has studied with many notable musicians/drummers, including Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, Dennis Chambers and Christian McBride. He has performed with Bootise Barnes, Jimmy Heath, Ravi Coltrane, Victor and RoyEl "Future Man" Wooten, Duane Eubanks, Bobby McFerrin and James Moody.