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June 8, 2022
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7:30 pm
9:00 pm

Ebban Dorsey's Senior Recital

We are very happy to celebrate the accomplishments of one of our favorite young Baltimore Jazz Giants Ebban Dorsey as she performs her Senior Recital on Wednesday, June 8 at 7:30 p.m.!

Piano : Tyler Bullock
Bass : Kris Funn
Drums : Charlie Wilson
Horns: Gary Thomas, Ephraim Dorsey, Ebban Dorsey

Ebban Dorsey, 17-year-old alto saxophonist, composer, and bandleader, is from Baltimore, Maryland. She’s been playing since she was 10 years old, and in the past 7 years she has studied with Blake Meister, Carl Grubbs, Tim Green; and is currently studying with Gary Thomas. Ebban has performed with Kamasi Washington, Kenny Garrett, Ben Williams, Ronald Bruner Jr., Sean Jones, Tim Green, Warren Wolf, Christian Scott, Gary Thomas, Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts, Donald Harrison, Gary Bartz, Carl Grubbs, John Lamkin, Benito Gonzales, Tia Fuller, Wycliffe Gordon, Mimi Jones, Shamie Royston, Allison Miller, Christian McBride, Matthew Stevens, Lady Brion, and many more. Ebban was a member of the 2022 Herbie Hancock Institute’s National Peer-to-Peer Quintet, during which she participated in a week-long tour to Milwaukee. She was a member of Carnegie Hall’s NYO Jazz 2020, 2021, and 2022. Ebban has recorded an album with the 2021 Jazz big band. Ebban and Ephraim have performed in the National Peer-to Peer All Start Septet between 2019 and 2022.

She has also performed a jazz rendition of “This Land is Your Land” at the Baltimore Orioles stadium as part of the “Women of Music” concert series, and later performed the national anthem alongside Ephraim Dorsey for the 2020 season opener. Alongside her brother, Ebban has performed at Keystone Korner, Dizzy’s Coca Cola Club, Kennedy Center, Caton Castle, Chestertown Jazz Festival, Monclair Jazz Festival, the Arts & Drafts Summer Music & Arts Festival, Bohemian Caverns, and many other venues. Ebban Dorsey is an extraordinary musician with a bright future ahead of her.

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