T.J. Thompson & Friends play jazz, New Orleans r&b, and Thompson's original tunes at Best Video Film & Cultural Center on Wed., April. 24. The show starts at 7 PM and the cover is $10.

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The T.J. Thompson Trio has been performing throughout Connecticut since 2016. Their album Take Two: The Sounds of Playing won Jazz Artist of the Year by the International Music and Entertainment Association. A student of both Henry Butler and George Cables, Thompson has opened for and worked with such artists as Henry Butler, Mel Torme, Ed Thigpen, Nate Davis, Dave Liebman, and Koko Taylor as well as being a featured soloist on the Morgan Powell Jazz Album. His original music is deeply connected to the traditions of New Orleans, Straight Ahead Jazz, and Rhythm and Blues. In 2000, He performed with Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC, and as a result was a featured artist on Branford Marsalis’ NPR show, Jazz Set. In 1998 he recorded and produced Thompson Trio Take One, receiving good reviews from Goldmine and Cadence magazines. Thompson will be accompanied by the members of his trio—James Allen on drums and Miles Livolsi on bass—along with Jamie Berlyn on clarinet and baritone sax, Nathan Davis on trombone, and Charlie Mann on tuba.