DOUBLE BILL: Jazz Guitarists Sheryl Bailey and Vic Juris / Ray Mason July 21, 2012

Contemporary jazz guitar innovators, Sheryl Bailey and Vic Juris have been collaborating for several years via “The Electric Ladyland Project,” a jazz homage to the great rock guitar innovator, Jimi Hendrix. They have performed together at the Blue Note, The 55 Bar, 92Y Tribeca, and the Syracuse Jazz Fest, to name a few of their favored haunts. Both players are known for their sound, creativity and diversity; blending modern jazz harmonies, blues melodies and sinewy melodies for a captivating interplay through any choice of material they choose, whether it’s music from the American Songbook, or favorites from Jimi Hendrix, or some of their own original melodies.

One half of the evening will be an intimate visit with these two electrifying virtuosos, sure to please anyone from the jazz purist to the blues lover. Their kinetic interplay and joy of playing together shines through, and is guaranteed to invoke smiles and inspiration
www.sherylbailey.com.
Original rock and roll with an upward slide on the songwriting scale!
Ray Mason began his first band in 1966 and has since played over 6,000 shows. He has released 12 CDs and has opened for / appeared with Steve Forbert, Willie Nile, The Kennedys, The Band, Warren Zevon, Dar Williams, Freedy Johnston, Marshall Crenshaw, James McMurtry, Alejandro Escovedo, NRBQ, Fountains Of Wayne, They Might Be Giants, Yo La Tengo, Nils Lofgren, Graham Parker, Lloyd Cole, Los Straightjackets, Link Wray….and many others. Expect to hear tunes that follow no trend while keeping an upward slide on the songwriting scale. It’s rock with the roll! One man with his Silvertone!! Link: www.raymason.com