Pianist Nick Masters, returning to Detroit from New Jersey, will lead a sextet that features Kasan Belgrave, Nolan Young, Allen Denard, and Kayvan Gordon, playing original music and arrangements. The group is made up of all the musicians that he grew up playing with in Detroit.
Nick is at at the prestigious William Paterson University where he has studied with Mulgrew Miller, Harold Mabern, and James Weidman. Since moving to Jersey City and NYC he has been studying with Johnny O’Neal and Norman Simmons and he runs a Friday session at Moore’s Lounge in Jersey City, and also plays with drummer Winard Harper at Moore’s Lounge as a member of the house band for the ongoing Sunday “Meet the Artist” series which has featured Regina Carter, Dave Stryker, Russel Malone, Rufus Reid, Paul West, Freddie Hendrix, Lew Tabackin, and many more.
