BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//EVDB//www.eventful.com//EN VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:LATE NIGHT GROOVE SERIES: TEODROSS AVERY in New York City at Blue Note - Eventful BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20080606T003000 DTSTAMP:20080601T063950Z SUMMARY:LATE NIGHT GROOVE SERIES: TEODROSS AVERY DESCRIPTION: FEATURING: Teodross Avery\, saxophone Other musicians\, T BA "Live" whether used as an adjective or verb\, seems singularly apr opos when it is applied to Teodross "Teo" Avery and his musical brilli ance. Although unsung with an outstanding pedigree both professionally and academically\, no other saxophonist presently active seems to com e alive more buoyantly on stage or in a studio than Teo\, which is the raison d'etre as to why so many superstars have relied on his incredi ble talents. While growing up in Oakland and the Bay Area of Californi a\, his parents exposed Teo to a wide range of music and influences in cluding traditional African music\, Soul\, Rock\, and Jazz. So enthral led did he become with the sound of jazz that after hearing Teo perfor m\, the great Wynton Marsalis was compelled to purchase a saxophone fo r Teo. Fully energized and confident\, Teo eventually won a full music scholarship at age 17 to the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston. On full burner\, Teo eagerly engaged in the positive academic environment of Berklee and soon found his groove. So much so that reno wned A&R exec\, Carl Griffin of GRP/Impulse Records\, soon heard of th is new cutting edge talent and eventually signed Teo at age 19\, who s tated\, "I was so thoroughly impressed with his lyricism and writing t alent\, his force was so differently fresh". From there\, Teo launched off in 1994 with his first album In Other Words\, which received five stars in USA Today and much more critical acclaims from various music publications. Astonishingly\, Teo was not finished with Berklee and w as now feverishly in demand for his talents with the rapturous likes o f Aretha Franklin and Ramsey Lewis demanding his presence. He couldn't say no\, but amazingly and diligently balanced these demands and comp leted college while on the road in 1995. Fresh with his college degree under his arm and a slew of outstanding professional credits\, Teo di d what any other talented musician would do - tackle New York City. Th is he did with earnest and landed a performing role in the successful film Love Jones in 1995. Immediately after this\, he launched his seco nd album under the GRP/Impulse label\, My Generation\, in 1996. He als o performed with the likes of Dee Dee Bridgewater\, Roy Hargrove\, Lee la James\, Roy Ayers\, Mos Def\, and the late great Betty Carter\, amo ng many other great musicians. It was at this high water mark that Lau ryn Hill requested his presence to be a member of her successful world tour from 1998 to 1999. On the heel of this Teo was invited in 2000 t o tour with the mega rock group Matchbox Twenty. As a songwriter and p roducer\, Teo has amassed a stunning number of credits to include the feature films Beauty Shop and Brown Sugar as well as the documentary T he N Word (Tivo). He has also produced music for Amy Winehouse (Island Records) and Allen Anthony (Rocafella/Def Jam). His television perfor mances include: American Idol \, MTV's TRL\, The Ellen Degeneres Show\ , and The CBS Morning Show with Epic Recording Artist\, Shakira (2006) VHI and Regis & Kelly with Leela James (2005)\; The Essence Awards\, S oul Train Awards\, Source Awards\, Saturday Night Live\, MTV Awards\, Billboard Music Awards with Lauryn Hill (1998-99): From a recording pe rspective\, Teo has collaborated with on several successful award winn ing productions to include: Amy Winehouse - Frank (Island Records) 200 4 Gold Record\; G-Unit All Stars (Shady/Aftermath Records) 2004 3X Pla tinum\; Joss Stone - Mind\, DONOTBLOCKOURADS Body\, & Soul (EMI) 2004 2X Platinum\; Talib Kweli - Quality (Rawkus Records) 2002 Gold Record\ ; Talib Kweli - Reflection Eternal (Rawkus Records) 2000 Gold Record\; Dee Dee Bridgewater - Dear Ella (Verve Records) 2X Grammy Winner 1997 . Academically on a graduate level Teo holds a Masters degree from the prestigious Steinhardt School of Education at New York University. He is also the recipient of multiple awards to include: The Sony Innovat or Award in 1992\, The National Foundation for the Advancement of The Arts\; the Clifford Brown/Stan Getz Fellowship and the NAACP ACT-SO Aw ard in 1991. LOCATION:Blue Note @ New York, United States SEQUENCE:1212302390 UID:E0-001-010716489-9 URL:http://eventful.com/E0-001-010716489-9 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR