Happy 57th birthday Don Braden - Jazz Saxophonist Flutist Composer Educator. Don is known around the world as an exciting and interactive jazz soloist, a creative and prolific composer, a passiomate and energetic educator and as a specialist at arranging and performing classic popular songs in the modern jazz style. Having spent years as the saxophonist with greats like Betty Carter, Wynton Marsalis, #FreddieHubbard and Roy Haynes, he has developed an extensive knowledge of every aspect of Jazz

Saxophone virtuoso Don Braden has played with legends—Wynton Marsalis, Betty Carter, Freddie Hubbard, Roy Haynes—and now he’s coming to Columbia. A world-renowned soloist, composer, and educator, Braden brings his powerful artistry to “Billy Strayhorn Reimagined”—a bold tribute to one of jazz’s most brilliant composers. Joining him: Mark Rapp (trumpet) · Keith Davis (piano) · Zee Slaughter (bass) · Kris Phelps (drums) Thursday, May 22 · 7:30PM Koger Center · Live in the Lobby Series 1051 Greene