Jazz Dinner at Bearsville Theater with Ryerson, Levin, Syracuse & Siegel Quartet

About

Special Guest: Ali Ryerson

With a career spanning nearly five decades, jazz flutist Ali Ryerson has consistently ranked among the top flutists in the Downbeat Jazz Poll for well over a decade. She has performed and toured worldwide with a wide range of artists including Billy Taylor, Kenny Barron, Stephane Grappelli, Frank Wess, Red Rodney, Laurindo Almeida, Art Farmer, Maxine Sullivan, Roy Haynes, Art Farmer, Mike Mainieri, Joe Beck, as well as a recent guest appearance with Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.

She has also performed with classical artists Julius Baker and Luciano Pavarotti (when she was principal flutist with the Monterey Bay Orchestra). Ali was musical director of The Hudson River Regional Jazz Festival (2001-’04), Jazz Chair for The National Flute Association, and founder of the NFA Jazz Flute Big Band. As an educator and author, Ryerson published the widely acclaimed Jazz Flute Practice Method, and conducts master classes worldwide.