Duane Eubanks - trumpet
Renato Chicco - hammond organ
Jure Pukl - tenor sax
Andy Watson - drums

DUANE EUBANKS LeeOrgan Quartet – celebrating the music of Lee Morgan

Duane Eubanks simmers. Percolates. The jazz trumpeter/ composer/arranger/producer is a multi-talented force whose fiery blasts and sweet distinctive sound carry his horn into a musical space that defies categorization. There’s a gritty soul and passion that emphatically captures his Philadelphia roots on his most recent pair of albums as a bandleader: “Things of that Particular Nature” (2015-Sunnyside) and “DE3-Live at Maxwell’s (2016-Sunnyside). Duane studied jazz in master classes at Temple University with the legendary Dr. Billy Taylor. He cut to the chase and headed to New York. He was tapped by the great pianist Mulgrew Miller to join his ensemble, Wingspan. Acclaimed double-bassist/bandleader Dave Holland invited Duane to play with his big band on a pair of Grammy award winning albums. Eubanks became a hotly sought-after horn. He recorded and played with Elvin Jones, John Hicks, Curtis Fuller, Louis Hayes, Randy Brecker, Avery Sharpe and Nicholas Payton.  Duane is one of my all-time favorite brass men. One of the most honest musicians I’ve come across. He plays from the heart, coming from such a rich musical family tree.“  Roy Hargrove – Grammy Award winning trumpeter.