Terell Stafford Quintet
About This Event
Trumpeter Terell Stafford brings his quintet to the Village Vanguard, leading with a hard-bop-informed vocabulary and a restrained feel for ballads. Stafford, who directs Jazz Studies at Temple University and emphasizes repertoire and ensemble discipline, is joined by Phil Palombi, Eric Halvorson and Matthew Fries, whose original groove-driven material mixes modern jazz improvisation with funk-rock rhythms.
About the Artists
Terell Stafford Quintet
Phil Palombi, Eric Halvorson and Matthew Fries play original alternative groove music that blends modern, creative jazz-inspired improvised music with the feel good rhythm of a funk-rock trio. It's sticky chicken-shack meets P-funk music as your satellite orbits New Orleans.
Terell Stafford
Terell Stafford is a jazz trumpeter and bandleader whose work moves between the bandstand and the classroom. He serves as Director of Jazz Studies at Temple University’s Boyer College of Music and Dance, a role that reflects his investment in repertoire, craft, and ensemble discipline.