The Leon Anderson Quartet
Fri Apr 12, 7:30 PM - Fri Apr 12, 9:30 PM

The First Presbyterian Church of Sarasota and The Jazz Club of Sarasota are happy to jointly present an evening of Jazz with the Leon Anderson Quartet. Percussionist Leon Anderson will be joined by Bill Peterson on piano, Brandon Robertson on double bass, Jalen Baker on vibraphone and vocalist Avis Berry.
Leon Anderson is an American jazz drummer from Louisiana, USA who trained as a classical percussionist, and has worked with Marcus Roberts and Wynton Marsalis.
He performs and tours internationally with Marsalis, Goines, Walter Payton and the Snapbean Band, and the Third Coast Jazz Quintet. He has also performed with David Sanchez, Red Holloway, Donald Brown, Mike Wolf, Nathen Page, Allan Harris, Stephanie Nakasien, Phyllis Hyman, Barry Greene, Dianne Reeves, Harold Batiste, Donald Harrison, Mary Stallings, Judy Collins, Wessell Anderson, Wycliffe Gordon, Kent Jordan, Oliver Lake, James Moody, Deborah Brown, Rufus Reid, Henry Mancini, Art Farmer, Jason Marsalis, and the Temptations. Anderson is a professor and director of the Jazz Studies program at Florida State University.