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The New Brunswick Jazz Project Presents the Donald Malloy Quartet

By Virginia DeBerry
The New Brunswick Jazz Project
Presents
The Donald Malloy Quartet
Thursday January 27
7.30PM n 10.30PM
at
MAKEDA
338 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ
Donald Malloy n Trumpet
Seth Johnson n Guitar
Patrice Blanchard n Bass
Jaimeo Brown – Drums
No Cover
Donald Malloy grew up in the Ifa tradition and his first musical experience was with traditional
“African Praise Music” playing the drums and singing. He learned to play the trumpet in the Cleveland Heights School system and quickly gravitated toward jazz. By the age of 18 Donald had performed with Terence Blanchard, John Clayton, Jeff Clayton, Bobby Watson, and Winard Harper. After graduating Cleveland Hts. High and Cuyahoga Community College simultaneously, Donald was awarded a scholarship to the esteemed Oberlin Conservatory where studied with jazz greats like Marcus Belgrave, Billy Hart, and Gary Bartz. Donald continued to demonstrate his musical talents and became aware of his gift for composition. He was commissioned to compose Stark Winters, for the independent film, Man Cry. He also composed Spirit of New Orleans, a four movement suite for the Jazz Heritage Orchestra.
Upon graduating from Oberlin, Donald furthered his education as a graduate student at Rutgers University. There he was mentored by, the legendary William Fielder. Since his move to New York City, Donald has had the honor of performing with such greats as Geri Allen, Victor Lewis, Frank Lacey, Michele Rosewoman, Cecil Brooks III, Mike Mossman, The Drifters, Eddie Palmieri, Conrad Herwig, and Frank Sinatra Jr. Donald, also will be in the new film, Downtown Express, by producer Michael Hausman (The Firm, Broke Back Mountain The Firm, Broke Back Mountain, Amadeus) where his song Juanita, from his new album The Mothers will be heard.
In 2009, Donald released his debut album Spirituality with his cutting edge band, SIGHT. Here, he has revisited his spiritual roots, combining the music for the Orisha (African deities of the Yoruba people) and jazz. SIGHT’s second album, The Mothers, was released in January 2011.
Now residing in Brooklyn, New York, Donald continues to push forward. He is always being inspired and is determined to transcend boundaries. Like life, Donald’s music grows with each new experience. “A person can never lay stagnant. You either move onward and upward or downward and backward.”
For more information: http://nbjp.org |Mike @ 732.640.0001| Email: [email protected]