Portrait in Seven Shades New York Performances

“Portrait in Seven Shades” arrives at Dizzy’s Club as a live jazz set led by Ted Nash, performed with the Ted Nash Big Band. The piece works like a suite, moving through seven distinct tonal and rhythmic palettes to sketch character and atmosphere rather than plot. In a city where big-band writing has long been part of the jazz bloodstream, it reads as a contemporary entry in that lineage, shaped for the room and the musicians onstage. The writing favors clarity and restraint, letting ensemble color do the storytelling.