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Joshua White with Marshall Hawkins, May 10 @ 98 Bottles

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Pianist Joshua White teams up with the sublime bassist Marshall Hawkins for an intimate evening of duet music on May 10, in the Back Room at 98 Bottles on Kettner Blvd.

I've seen White and Hawkins in a trio with Charlie Chavez, and a quartet with vocalist Leonard Patton and Chavez, and as a trio with Duncan Moore at last years Bass Summit.

Every time I've seen the two of them together has been a standout memory for me. Duets are all about listening, and that's something White and Hawkins accomplish at a virtuoso level.

In many ways, Hawkins is the perfect bass player for the young piano phenomenon. Hawkins navigates the road less traveled among bass players — he is very adept at being "in-the-moment," an attribute that greatly enhances the exploratory nature of White's improvisations. Both musicians input like a true conversation between equals — the direction can change in an instant.

White is developing so rapidly that every San Diego appearance reveals something new to absorb, and Hawkins, a living legend of the instrument, has so much experience that his relatively rare gigs become even more important.

Hawkins became a professional in 1964, and his career is filled with highlight associations: he spent four years with singer/pianist Shirley Horn and went from there to a position in the Miles Davis Quintet. In 1969, he joined vocalist Roberta Flack's group and then worked with Richie Cole and Eddie Jefferson. He also worked with tenor saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, and those are just a few of his colleagues.

I first saw the bassist perform with Sanders more than 30 years ago, and it's a show that is still burned in my memory.

I asked White about this duet.

"It's really incredible to work with a musician like Marshall Hawkins because our musical relationship is rooted in establishing a spontaneous dialogue through notes and spaces, (or sounds and silence)," said White. "The result of such a dialogue is a free flow of ideas, born out of the tradition and expressed via the imagination."

The show begins at 8 p.m., $15 dollar cover. You must be 21.

Photo courtesy Joshua White

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Pianist Joshua White teams up with the sublime bassist Marshall Hawkins for an intimate evening of duet music on May 10, in the Back Room at 98 Bottles on Kettner Blvd.

I've seen White and Hawkins in a trio with Charlie Chavez, and a quartet with vocalist Leonard Patton and Chavez, and as a trio with Duncan Moore at last years Bass Summit.

Every time I've seen the two of them together has been a standout memory for me. Duets are all about listening, and that's something White and Hawkins accomplish at a virtuoso level.

In many ways, Hawkins is the perfect bass player for the young piano phenomenon. Hawkins navigates the road less traveled among bass players — he is very adept at being "in-the-moment," an attribute that greatly enhances the exploratory nature of White's improvisations. Both musicians input like a true conversation between equals — the direction can change in an instant.

White is developing so rapidly that every San Diego appearance reveals something new to absorb, and Hawkins, a living legend of the instrument, has so much experience that his relatively rare gigs become even more important.

Hawkins became a professional in 1964, and his career is filled with highlight associations: he spent four years with singer/pianist Shirley Horn and went from there to a position in the Miles Davis Quintet. In 1969, he joined vocalist Roberta Flack's group and then worked with Richie Cole and Eddie Jefferson. He also worked with tenor saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, and those are just a few of his colleagues.

I first saw the bassist perform with Sanders more than 30 years ago, and it's a show that is still burned in my memory.

I asked White about this duet.

"It's really incredible to work with a musician like Marshall Hawkins because our musical relationship is rooted in establishing a spontaneous dialogue through notes and spaces, (or sounds and silence)," said White. "The result of such a dialogue is a free flow of ideas, born out of the tradition and expressed via the imagination."

The show begins at 8 p.m., $15 dollar cover. You must be 21.

Photo courtesy Joshua White

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