THE JOY OF SAX Begins Later This Month at 59E59 Theaters

59E59 Theaters will welcome Peter and Will Anderson with THE JOY OF SAX, featuring Pat Bianchi on the Hammond B-3 Organ. Produced by Reardon-Anderson Music, LLC., THE JOY OF SAX begins performances on Tuesday, April 28 for a limited engagement through Thursday, May 7. The performance schedule is Tuesday - Thursday at 7 PM; Friday at 8 PM; Saturday at 5 PM & 8 PM; Sunday at 3 PM. Single tickets are $45 ($31.50 for 59E59 Members). To purchase tickets, call Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200 or visit www.59e59.org.

Jazz virtuosos Peter and Will Anderson are joined by Pat Bianchi on the Hammond B-3 Organ along with world-class sax player Harry Allen and drummer Kenny Washington for an extraordinary jazz event that features Blues, Bebop, Big Band, Bossa Nova and Boogaloo.

Called "virtuosos on clarinet and saxophone" (New York Times) and "remarkable" (Wall Street Journal), identical twins Peter and Will Anderson are one of the most extraordinary duos in jazz performing today. They "play with a passion, unpredictability, and sense of discovery" (All About Jazz). Born and raised in the Washington, D.C. area, they were mentored by saxophonist Paul Carr, before attending Juilliard in New York City, where they currently reside. They are saxophonists of choice for Wynton Marsalis, Jimmy Heath, the Village Vanguard Orchestra, Wycliffe Gordon, Michael Feinstein and the New York City Ballet. Leading their own ensemble, they've performed at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, Iridium, Symphony Space, Blues Alley, East Coast Jazz Fest, Mid-Atlantic Jazz Fest, New Jersey Jazz Society, Pennsylvania Jazz Society, 54 Below, Highlights in Jazz, Buck-Hill Skytop Music Fest, Treetops Music Fest, Central Illinois Jazz Fest, Jacob Burns Film Center, Louis Armstrong House, Bickford Museum Theater, Stony Brook and Michigan State Universities. They have produced and performed in three highly-acclaimed Off Broadway jazz shows at 59E59 Theaters, honoring French jazz, Artie Shaw, and the Dorsey Brothers, the last of which sold out for 30 consecutive shows. Peter and Will are featured in HBO's Boardwalk Empire and on the Grammy-winning soundtrack with Vince Giordano's Nighthawks, with whom they frequently perform. The Andersons and their band can be heard regularly Thursday nights, 9pm at 59E59 Theaters' E:Bar in Manhattan. Their debut recording from 2013, Correspondence (Smalls Records), features Kenny Barron. Most recently, the Andersons released The Music of the Soprano Masters (Gut String Records) featuring the legendary saxophonist Bob Wilber.

Preeminent Organist Pat Bianchi is arguably one of the most versatile B3 players on the jazz scene today. He actively plays and tours in contexts spanning from traditional organ trios, to progressive ensembles to fusion groups. Currently, Bianchi is an active member of the Pat Martino Trio, the Tim Warfield Quartet, Chuck Loeb's Plain and Simple Band (Guitarist with Fourplay) and frequently plays with Lou Donaldson. Bianchi is a dominant force on the Hammond Organ and his current trio includes Byron Landham (drums) and Craig Ebner (guitar). Bianchi has worked with many notable artists including: George Coleman, Randy Johnston, Lewis Nash, Houston Person, Tim Warfield, Terell Stafford, Mark Whitfield, Ed Cherry, Gary Thomas, Harvey Mason, Eric Marienthal, Byron Landham, Lou Donaldson, Till Bronner, Brad Leali, Dave Stryker, Cecil Brooks III, Chuck Loeb, Christian McBride, Eric Alexander, Pete Bernstein, Jesse Davis, Vincent Herring, Ralph Peterson Jr, Kenny Washington, Jerry Weldon, Paul Bollenback, Sean Jones, Richie Cole, Ari Hoenig, Wayne Escoffery, Javon Jackson, Winard Harper, Greg Gisbert, Plas Johnson, John Hart, Bruce Williams, Adam Niewood, Bill Goodwin, Roseanna Vitro, Jonathan Kreisberg and many others. He has appeared on countless CDs, including his own: Back Home and East Coast Roots.

Swing Bros. recording artist Harry Allen has over thirty recordings to his name. Three of Harry's CDs have won Gold Disc Awards from Japan's Swing Journal Magazine, and his CD Tenors Anyone? won both the Gold Disc Award and the New Star Award. His recordings have made the top ten list for favorite new releases in Swing Journal Magazine's readers' poll and Jazz Journal International's critics' poll for 1997, and Eu Nao Quero Dancar (I Won't Dance), the third Gold Disc Award winner, was voted second for album of the year for 1998 by Swing Journal Magazine's readers' poll. The Harry Allen - Joe Cohn Quartet won the New York Nightlife Award for Outstanding Jazz Combo Performance of 2006 and was nominated for Best Jazz Combo by the Jazz Journalists Association for the same year. Harry has performed at jazz festivals and clubs worldwide, frequently touring the United States, Europe and Asia. He has performed with Rosemary Clooney, Ray Brown, Hank Jones, Frank Wess, Flip Phillips, Scott Hamilton, Harry 'Sweets' Edison, Kenny Burrell, Herb Ellis, John Pizzarelli, Bucky Pizzarelli, Gus Johnson, Jeff Hamilton, Terry Gibbs, Warren Vache, and has recorded with Tony Bennett, Johnny Mandel, Ray Brown, Tommy Flanagan, James Taylor, Sheryl Crow, Kenny Barron, Dave McKenna, Dori Caymmi, Larry Goldings, George Mraz, Jake Hanna, and Al Foster, among others. Harry is featured on many of John Pizzarelli's recordings including the soundtrack and an on-screen cameo in the feature film The Out of Towners starring Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn. He has also done a series of commercials for ESPN starring Robert Goulet.

One of the many hard-bop revivalists to have arrived on the scene in the late '70s and early '80s, drummer Kenny Washington has been in particular demand by much older musicians, playing with such legendary veterans as Lee Konitz, Betty Carter, Johnny Griffin, Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Tommy Flanagan, Benny Goodman, Phil Woods and Ahmad Jamal. Born in Staten Island, Washington studied with the former Dizzy Gillespie drummer Rudy Collins and attended New York's LaGuardia High School for Music & Art. Washington worked with Lee Konitz in 1977, Betty Carter from 1978-9 and Johnny Griffin from 1980. A prolific freelancer, Washington has compiled an enormous discography, performing on dozens of sessions by many of jazz's most prominent figures. Washington has a strong interest in jazz history; he's written liner notes for classic jazz re-releases by Art Blakey and Count Basie, among others. He has taught jazz drumming at Juilliard, worked as an announcer at the New Jersey jazz radio station WBGO, and currently performs as a member of the Bill Charlap Trio.

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