Show times are at 7:30p & 9:30p for this performance
(Seatings begin at 5p & 8:45p respectively)
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Hailing from Charlotte, North Carolina Luther S. Allison is a multi-instrumentalist specializing in both piano and drum set. In 2017 Allison earned his BM in Studio Music & Jazz from The University of Tennessee and his MM in Jazz Studies from Michigan State University shortly thereafter. Allison is the featured pianist on Diego Rivera’s Connections and Michael Dease’s Reaching Out, and is the featured drummer on Michael Dease’s Father Figure, and Markus Howell’s Get Right. Allison has performed nationally and internationally alongside the likes of Rodney Whitaker, Etienne Charles, The Baylor Project, Gregory Tardy, Michael Dease, and is currently the pianist for Ulysses Owens Jr.’s Generation Y Quintet. In addition to teaching piano and drum set at the Brevard Jazz Institute summer camp in Brevard, NC Allison has worked as a clinician in Mexico, China, Japan, St. Lucia, and Trinidad & Tobago. Allison is currently based in New York City where he is on faculty for both the jazz division and percussion division at The Calhoun School and performs regularly.
