Jazz in the City tribute to Donald Ransom (2007)
We look forward to Jazz in the City, which this year will only be one event (vs. three). Past artists who have played for this series include Fred Wesley, Jr. Walker’s All-Stars, Marion Meadows, Dave Valentin, Alex Torres, Jackiem Joyner and Richard Randolph’s Urban Jazz Coalition.
Perseverance Park/Pike Block will be the lone destination on September 3.
Jazz in the City: James Patterson singing on the Southside (circa 2007)
Phil Raney
Urban Jazz Coalition, a Syracuse Jazz in the City alumni band, prostate made their return to Syracuse and played the Northeast Jazz & Wine Festival on Saturday. The band, featuring Richard Randolph on sax and Phil Raney on Bass, especially pleased the crowd when the played a rendition of the Luther Vandross hit “Never Too Much.”
Hector Maldanado, percussion for Urban Coalition
The band also backed the featured act of the night, Jessy J.
Richard Randolph
Urban Jazz Coalition’s Duane Tribune (left) and Richard Randolph
Columbus, OH-based Urban Jazz Coalition brings an unofficial end to the outdoor live jazz season in Syracuse on Thursday. They performed in Little Italy for the season finale of Jazz in the City, a neighborhood concert series produced each summer by Larry Luttinger and the Central New York Jazz Orchestra.