A Tribute to Duke Ellington by The Max Holm Quintet

108 N Detroit Ave,Tulsa OK 74103

30 March, 2023

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Featuring Max Holm on piano, Tommy Poole on saxophone, Mike Cameron on saxophone, Dean Demerrit on bass, and Dave Bowen on the drums. Doors open at 7 p.m. | Show starts at 8 p.m. ABOUT MAX HOLM: At the age of 14 Max Holm lost half his blood and had a near death experience. Seven units of blood from seven strangers saved his life. Suddenly he had an uncontrollable passion to learn jazz, though he had only just started to learn piano. Soon he was getting attention, eventually receiving over $500,000 in scholarships. Over the years he’s received many awards, including Outstanding Jazz Piano Soloist from Wynton Marsalis at the Essentially Ellington Competition and the Outstanding Jazz Piano Soloist Award from Downbeat Magazine. Max was featured on 9 of the 10 recordings on the award-winning jazz album, The Inside of the Outside, by Jeff Coffin, Branford Marsalis, Trombone Shorty, Victor Wooten, et al. Max performed and/or recorded with many jazz greats, including Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Kirk Whalum, and Donny McAslin (David Bowie). He studied with NEA Jazz Masters Joanne Brackeen (Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers), Dave Liebman (Miles Davis), Stefon Harris, Danilo Perez (Wayne Shorter), and many others. He’s performed professionally hundreds of times across the US and Europe, including the Formentera Jazz Festival in Ibiza with his namesake trio, the Jazz L’Estartit Festival with his quartet, even appearing on the same bill as the legendary band, Journey at the 60,000-seat arena, The Stadium of Fire. Several of Max’s original compositions in various genres have been placed in television shows and films. His book How to Ace Your Sight-Reading Audition! will be out soon. Max recently relocated to Tulsa and is excited to make his official debut at the Lowdown with a new band, presenting An Evening of Duke Ellington Music.