The Ilya Lushtak Quartet
Our series' next spring show is on Sunday afternoon, May 19. It features the playing & vocal stylings of renowned jazz guitarist ILYA LUSHTAK. His N.Y. quartet includes pianist OSCAR WILLIAMS II, bassist KYLE COLINA & drummer O.C. DAVIS.
Russian born ILYA LUSHTAK moved with his family to San Francisco as a child. He grew up there, as did his interest in a music career. As an adult in the 1990s, he began getting opportunities to showcase the jazz "chops" he'd developed by getting gigs with some established & noted San Francisco jazz artists. Important among them were pianist Larry Vuckovich & saxophonist Noel Jewkes.
With these experiences & a newfound confidence in a jazz career, Lushtak was motivated to move & follow his career dreams in New York City. By the early 2000s, that paid off as he began finding performance & recording work with a long list of veteran jazz luminaries. Beginning with Frank Wess & Hank Jones, it also included Barry Harris, Jimmy Cobb, Cedar Walton, Louis Hayes, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Charles Earland, Mel Rhyne & Jimmy Lovelace. Along with his more recent work with contemporaries David Hazeltine, Joe Magnarelli & Grant Stewart, Lushtak continues to record & to delight jazz audiences in performance across the U.S. & abroad.
Our Jazz & Blues Showcase has performed live jazz in a variety of venues in the South Jersey area. We've loved discovering interesting venues for these amazing ensembles!
Join us Sunday, MAY 19TH at 3pm at Cunningham Piano at their Cherry Hill Showroom! What better place than this iconic piano company for the Ilya Lushtak Quartet
https://www.cunninghampiano.com/
$15 for Seniors and Students - $20 for Adults
Advance credit card payment: 856-651-7596, option 1, Sales
or cash at the door.
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