Honoring the retired San Francisco venue, Cutting Korners pays tribute to the great live albums recorded at Keystone Korner. From 1970-83, this historic venue hosted such amazing performers such as Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson, Cedar Walton, Joe Henderson, The Timeless All-Stars, Red Garland, Sonny Stitt, and Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers.
This all star bay area based ensemble is composed of both emerging musicians and veterans of the original Keystone Korner scene. Trumpeter Max Ehrhardt and vibraphonist Gus Hurteau lead the band and are joined by bassist Isaac Coyle and drummer Miles Turk, along with the Bay Area legends Richard Howell and Frank Martin on Tenor Sax and Piano respectively.
Playing tunes selected from legendary live recordings made at Keystone Korner, this is one ensemble you will not want to miss!
Maximilian K. Ehrhardt is a trumpet player and educator from Oakland, CA. Having graduated University of the Pacific in Jazz Performance under Joe Mazzaferro, Max brings hard bop influences of Lee Morgan, Blue Mitchell, and Freddie Hubbard to his ongoing jam participation at Madrone, Marsh, Jupiter, and Honor, regularly sitting in with emerging and established jazz scene performers. He’s been honored to perform with esteemed artists such as Ambrose Akinsmuire, Sean Jones, Marquis Hill, Mike Olmos, Richard Howell, Jon Santos, Gary Brown, Frank Martin, Deszon Claiborne, and Ravi Abcarian, in such respected venues as Yoshi’s, Mr. Tipples, the Paramount, Fox Theatre, the Monterey Jazz Festival, KCSM’s Jazz On The Hill, and the Noise Pop Festival.