Biography
Jazz saxophonist and vocalist Lance Bryant is known in the jazz community as a skillful and thoughtful saxophonist and arranger. Lance is also very much a vocalist at heart, having grown up singing in church and later on the New York swing scene. He presents very personal, soulful and imaginative interpretations of jazz standards and original material. Lance has been touring and recording with some of the finest musicians of the New York/New Jersey area for over twenty five years. He has traveled extensively with Phyllis Hyman, Jon Hendricks, Pete "LaRocca" Sims, Wallace Roney, Abdulah Ibrahim, Bootsy Collins, and James Williams, Count Basie Orchestra and served as principal arranger and musical director of the Lionel Hampton Orchestra. Lance’s music is often tinged with the sound and spirit of Gospel music, an extension of his background. His recordings a solo artist include Psalm (2002), Testify! (2002), Count It All Joy (2006) and As For Me and My House (2008).
Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival
Univ. of Idaho, Moscow ID
http://www.uidaho.edu/class/jazzfest/calendar
Lance co-leads the new Lionel Hampton big band, dedicated to carrying on the legacy of jazz icon Lionel Hampton. Jason Marsalis, of the celebrated Marsalis family, carries on the vibraphone tradition, and was in fact hand picked by Lionel himself. This festival kicks off a short west coast tour for the band.