The Freddie Washington Ensemble
at the Metropolitan Gallery
Saturday, December 10, 2011The Nu-Art Series is proud to present The Freddie Washington Ensemble on Saturday, December 10, 2011, from 3 to 6 p.m. The performance is part of our ongoing Jazz and the Visual Arts Series and takes place at The Nu-Art Series' Metropolitan Gallery, 2936 Locust Street, St. Louis MO 63103. Doors open at 2 p.m.; Admission is $10.00. Open seating.
Born St. Louis in 1937, Freddie Washington began playing tenor saxophone in the eighth grade and was performing professionally by age 16. After enlisting in the Navy, in 1956, he attended the Navy's music school in Washington, D.C., but in 1959 returned to St. Louis, where he began long associations with John Chapman, the legendary pianist, and John Mixon, a bass player who recorded with Miles Davis. Washington was a popular mainstay of Gaslight Square clubs in the 1960s, and over the years he has toured with Mongo Santamaria and performed with such notable musicians as Wilbur Ware, Emily Remler and Leon Thomas.
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