Jerron Paxton & Dennis Lichtman

September  23rd , 8:00 pm

Paxton, still only in his 30s, is a stunningly talented
multi-instrumentalist who has earned a reputation for transporting
audiences back to the 1920s. Playing banjo, guitar, piano, fiddle,
harmonica, Cajun accordion, and percussion, he mesmerizes audiences with
his humor and storytelling. A regular on jazz and blues stages around
the world, Paxton has opened for legends like Buddy Guy and Robert Cray
and has performed solo shows at TCCC in 2016 and 2019.

“Virtually the only music-maker of his generation…to fully assimilate
the blues idiom of the 1920s and ‘30s, the blues of Bessie Smith and
Lonnie Johnson.” – Wall Street Journal.

Dennis Lichtman, also a multi-instrumentalist playing mostly clarinet,
is deeply entrenched in early to mid-1900s American music. In August
2018, he released Just Cross the River, a project instigated by a grant
from the Queens Council on the Arts, culminating with two sold-out shows
at Jazz at Lincoln Center.  Lichtman has also performed at Carnegie
Hall, major festivals throughout the United States, and on stages in
Europe, Brazil, and China. Two of his original compositions were
featured on HBO’s The Plot Against America, where he also appeared as
the bandleader.