Herlin Riley Trio 8PM $15 Adv $20 Day of Show
Wed, Nov 13
|Maple Leaf Bar
Herlin Riley Trio 8PM $15 Adv $20 Day of Show NOTE: $2 Ticketing Fee Online ticket sales end 1 Hour before showtime. Tickets will be available at the door 1 Hour before showtime.
Time & Location
Nov 13, 2024, 8:00 PM
Maple Leaf Bar, 8316 Oak St, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA
About The Event
Since coming of age in the nurturing environment of a very musical family and a distinguished bloodline of drummers, New Orleans native Herlin Riley emerged from that most creative era of all things rhythmic in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, to enliven the ensembles of such influential and demanding improvisers as pianist Ahmad Jamal and trumpeter Wynton Marsalis through his commanding yet elegant rhythmic presence.
His authoritative style of melodic percussion is deeply imbued in the fertile creative soil of the Crescent City, encompassing as it does the entire length and breadth of America’s ongoing musical journey.
Now with the release of his debut recording for Mack Avenue Records, Riley’s New Direction is an engaging, wide-ranging recital that distills a lifetime of experience into a swinging body of new music that defines what a big tent the music of New Orleans has always represented stylistically and spiritually.
“You…