The Hemingway Room JAzz Series - Luther S. Allison

Based in New York City, Allison is a regular on the bandstand at some of the city’s premiere jazz clubs . He has performed nationally and internationally alongside the likes of Rodney Whitaker, Jazzmeia Horn, The Baylor Project, Samara Joy, Gregory Tardy, Ulysses Owens Jr. and many more.
As band-leader, his trio, sextet, and octet feature original compositions and arrangements rooted in his influences from R&B, country and gospel. Allison accredits a great deal of his compositional inspiration and musical development to his experience playing in the black church along with the sounds of Earth Wind & Fire, Anita Baker, Sly and The Family Stone, Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, and many others playing in his household throughout his upbringing.