The Bakan-Longineu-Hall Trio

Reserve your seat! Call Jenny Odom 850-316-0630 for reservations or come in Wed. – Sat. during regular hours for a gallery visit so you can also see incredible works by our featured artist, Betsy Marsch. Her works will be on exhibit and for sale until September 14th. It’s smart to secure your seat ahead. A $15 donation will be greatly appreciated. Come early, seats are limited. This event is open to the public. See you soon!

The Gallery@High Cotton is located at 230 Water Street down by the Bowery area in Apalachicola, Florida. Regular gallery hours are Wednesday-Saturday, 10:00 am – 5 pm.

ABOUT THE MUSICIANS:
Michael Bakan is Professor of Ethnomusicology and Head of the World Music Ensembles program at Florida State University. He has performed with everyone from Tito Puente and John Cage, to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and leading gamelan orchestras of Indonesia, to George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic. Dr. Bakan is the author of more than 70 publications, including books on world music, Balinese gamelan music, and the artistic lives of autistic musicians. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Society for Ethnomusicology and as series editor for the Routledge Focus on World Music book series.

Longineu Parsons is an associate professor of trumpet, jazz studies, and music composition at Florida A&M University. He has toured the world performing with some of the most legendary musicians in the history of jazz, including Nat Adderly, Cab Calloway, Doc Severinsen, Herbie Mann, Branford Marsalis, Sam Rivers, and Sun Ra. He also played the role of Louis Armstrong in the national production of Satchmo. Dr. Parsons performs internationally as both a jazz and classical trumpeter, and he is also a multi-instrumentalist who plays flutes, recorders, and percussion, in addition to a wide range of trumpets and related brass instruments.

Brian Hall is an associate professor of music specializing in jazz bass, string methods, and music theory at Florida A&M University. Formerly based in Atlanta, he has toured widely and performed with renowned jazz musicians such as Marcus Printup, Russell Gunn, Charles Davis, Winard Harper, and Tim Armacost. As a performer with the Tallahassee-based Jazz Jams series, Professor Hall has had the chance to impact over 50,000 students in Leon and surrounding counties.