Miles @100 With Jon Faddis & Friends
About This Event
Jon Faddis is a trumpeter, conductor, composer and educator whose early reputation grew from a close study of Dizzy Gillespie’s language and sound and training with figures such as Stan Kenton and Bill Catalano. At NJPAC he leads a group billed as Jon Faddis & Friends, applying bebop rigor and big‑band discipline to a small‑group jazz setting.
About Miles @100
At NJPAC, *Miles @100* frames Miles Davis as a working musician whose centennial still organizes how jazz is heard in New York and beyond. Trumpeter Jon Faddis leads a “Faddis & Friends” lineup, bringing a background shaped by close study of Dizzy Gillespie and training in the Stan Kenton tradition, where big-band discipline meets small-group risk. The program treats Davis less as a monument than as a set of problems to solve in sound. The earned impression is one of precision that keeps the material from turning purely commemorative.
About the Artist
Jon Faddis
Jon Faddis is a jazz trumpeter, conductor, composer, and educator whose early reputation grew from a close study of Dizzy Gillespie’s language and sound. He trained under figures including Stan Kenton and Bill Catalano, then built a career that moves between bandleading, writing, and teaching.