Lawrence Sieberth photographed by Eliot Kamenitz
The Jazz Foundation of America & NOLAxNOLA present a performance featuring the Lawrence Sieberth Quartet on Wednesday, October 5th at 2:00 PM CDT.
This program takes place inside our third-floor Performance Center, listening room. Admission is free and open to the public, seating is limited and offered first come, first serve. Learn more about our program admission policy.
Enjoy jazz music from home with the New Orleans Jazz Museum! Join the Jazz Museum online for our daily Live-Stream Concert Series, in which dynamic jazz musicians perform live from the Jazz Museum! Tune in at 2 pm on facebook.com/nolajazzmuseum/live to watch for free.
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Lawrence Sieberth (Piano)
Lawrence Sieberth's local ensembles vary from New Orleans traditional to questing improvisations, from the avant-garde to mainstream jazz and R&B. He has performed at virtually every venue in New Orleans, from small clubs to the annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival where he has been a regularly featured artist and musical director for over 30 years. His collaborations with notable local performers include Johnny Adams, Charles Neville, Allen Toussaint, Irma Thomas, Tony Dagradi, John Vidacovich, Luther Kent, Brian ‘Breeze’ Cayolle, Victor Goines, and Jason Marsalis. He presently performs and tours with Gerald French & the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band and vocalist Germaine Bazzle.
Doug Belote (Drums)
South Louisiana native Doug Belote grew up in Cajun country, immersed in the sounds of jazz, rock, funk, R&B, Cajun, zydeco, Dixieland, gospel, Latin, and New Orleans second line rhythms. He began playing the drums at age 12 and worked in clubs and at recording sessions while still in high school. After just a semester at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, he sold everything he owned (including his drums) and hit the road for The Drummers Collective in New York City. There, he studied with Ricky Sebastian and Kim Plainfield and broadened his musical palette. He has toured Europe, Asia, South America, Australia, and the Caribbean with a variety of New Orleans-based jazz, blues, and funk artists.
He has recorded on more than 200 albums and his resume includes work with Mike Gordan, Larry Carlton, Jerry Douglas, John Oates, Travis Tritt, Eric Clapton, Joe Sample, Col. Bruce Hampton, Oteil Burbridge, Jeff Coffin, George Porter Jr., Willie Nelson, Dr. John, Sonny Landreth, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Rodney Crowell, Warren Haynes, Henry Butler, Delfeayo Marsalis, Donald Harrison, Anders Osborne, Cyril Neville, Ivan Neville, Jon Cleary, Bonnie Bramlett, Randy Crawford, The Jazz Crusaders, Steve Masakowski, and many other artists. Doug has done T.V. sessions for countless commercials and film scores around the world. He proudly endorses Yamaha drums, Zildjian cymbals, and Pro-Mark drumsticks.
Amina Scott (Bass)
Amina Scott, born and raised in Oakland, CA, is an upright and electric bassist, composer, and arranger. Her interest in music began at an early age when her grandmother began giving her piano lessons. From then, her love and passion for music has yet to cease, playing electric bass at the age of twelve and was soon playing gigs with local bands in Oakland. In 2012, Amina relocated to New Orleans, LA where she studied with Allen Nisbet, Roland Guerin, and Ed Wise. In 2017, Amina began her studies at Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL) studying with Rodney Jordan, Leon Anderson, Marcus Roberts, and Bill Peterson. In 2019, she obtained her Masters in Music in jazz studies. In 2017, Amina joined the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra led by Adonis Rose. With them, she has performed at festivals such as the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Detroit Jazz Festival, Ascona Jazz Festival (Ascona, Switzerland), and the Detroit Jazz Festival as well as with the small group, NOJO 7, performing at venues and festivals such as the St. Lucia Jazz Festival (St. Lucia) & the Exit Zero Jazz Festival (Cape May, NJ).
Additionally, she also led her own quartet at the 2019 Jacksonville Jazz Festival (Jacksonville, FL). Now based in New Orleans, Amina has performed with various artists including Dee Dee Bridgewater, Steve Turre, Wessell “Warm Daddy” Anderson, Nicholas Payton, David Murray, Jamison Ross, Joanne Brackeen, Herlin Riley, Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah, and more. She has also performed with the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra (Tallahassee, FL) and the Albany Symphony Orchestra (Albany, GA) and is the current bassist for Dee Dee Bridgewater’s DDB Big Band which is an all women big band featuring women from all across the United States. In 2017, Amina was a fellow in the Steans Institute of Music Jazz Program (Ravinia, IL) under the direction of Rufus Reid, Billy Childs, and Nathan Davis. She is also a bandleader in her own right leading her quartet, her six-piece fusion band PHYRA. Amina currently teaches as an adjunct professor at Loyola University New Orleans working with various ensembles and bass students within the Popular and Commercial Music program. She endorses Aguilar Amplification.
Rex Gregory (Flute/Saxophone)
A New Orleans based saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist, Rex Gregory has performed and/or recorded with a diverse array of luminaries such as Aretha Franklin, Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, Rickie Lee Jones, Jason Marsalis, Dr. John, Derek Smith aka Pretty Lights, Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Stanton Moore, Herlin Riley, and many others.
This event is in partnership with NOLAxNOLA. To check out other event listings, go to NOLAxNOLA.com.