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Special Projects for Performing Arts Centers

In addition to the artists on our roster, Chriss and Company represents the following list of exciting special projects. Click the title for more information.
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Arturo O'Farrill Afro-Latin Big Band / Ballet Hispanico: Palladium Nights
Rousing audiences world wide, Former Lincoln Center Afro Latin Orchestra joins forces with Ballet Hispancio to recreate the hottest salsa evenings from New York's Famed Palladium.
Big Joe Turner Revue feat. Kevin Mahogany
The standout vocalist of his generation, Kevin, conjures the wide-open, swinging Kansas City sound popularized by Big Joe Turner in a time when Jazz, Blues, R&B and Rock & Roll were the same thing.
Brazilian Nights, The Music of Jobim
Trio Da Paz (Romero Lubambo, Nilson Matta and Duduka DaFonseca), Harry Allen, Joe Locke and long time Jobim vocalist, Maucha Adnet.

Brazil's greatest performers of Samba and Bossa lead an All-Star Group celebrating the Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim.
Ernestine Anderson Group feat. Frank Wess
The last chanteuse that still practices the art of singing pure, straight-from-the-roots jazz, Ernestine Anderson, belongs to elite company that includes Ella Fitzgerald and Carmen McRae.
Guitars of the World: Romero Lubambo (Brazil) and Lionel Loueke Trio (Africa)
Two of the most remarkable and in demand guitarists in the World perform the music inspired by their homelands.
Hubert Sumlin Group / James "Blood" Ulmer Trio
Two of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time, Hubert and Blood have redefined music and the artists to come after them. Sumlin is cited as a major influence by many artists, including Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimmy Page, and Jimi Hendrix. Blood is the blues. Reminiscent in spirit of legend Robert Johnson he continues to be a pillar of the music.
Juilliard Jazz Quintet
Wycliffe Gordon (trombone), Victor Goines (tenor saxophone), Ted Rosenthal (piano), Ben Wolfe (bass), and Carl Allen (drums), collectively known as The Juilliard Jazz Quintet, celebrating the 100th anniversary of one of the world's most revered and prestigious institutions for the study of the arts.
Ken Peplowski Big Band: Tribute to Benny Goodman
One of the top clarinetists in Jazz, Ken Peplowski has helped keep the tradition of small-group swing alive. The late Mel Torme said, "Since the advent of Benny
Goodman,there have been too few clarinetists to fill the void that Goodman left. Ken Peplowski is most certainly one of those few. The man is magic."
Nat King Cole and Johnny Hartman Revisited: Freddy Cole Quartet / Kevin Mahogany Trio
Retrospective of the most distinctive and commanding vocalists of the 1950's and 60's.
Soul Jazz Party: Lou Donaldson Quartet / Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio
Pioneers of Soul Music and Organ Jazz.
Steve Turre's Sanctified Shell Choir
Ten Time Downbeat Pollwinner and twenty year member of the Saturday Night Live Band, Steve Turre melds a traditional big band into a rich, progressive, afro-latin shell orchestra.
The Big Easy featuring Nicholas Payton Quintet and Big Chief Donald Harrison's Congo Nation
Evoking the past and future of New Orleans, two of it"s brightest sons, channel the cities' rich heritage with contemporary sensibility.
Two sides of a Song: Claudia Acuna Quintet / Paula West Quartet
Acuña matches her native folk songs from Chile with Latinized jazz standards, striking the perfect balance of familiarity and adventure. The greatest hope for Jazz singing, Paula West, delivers the most compelling renditions of the Great American Songbook.