Jazz and Blues Showcase - The Nick Hempton Quartet
Sun, Sep 13
|Cunningham Piano Company
Nick Hempton (saxophone) Charlie Sigler (guitar) Lucas Brown (organ) Byron Landham (drums) | Cunningham Piano Company | 1724A E Marlton Pike, Cherry Hill Township, NJ 08003 | Tardo Hammer (piano) Lee Hudson (bass) Keith Balla (drums) 3pm-530pm | $25 adults, $20 seniors & students |
Time & Location
Sep 13, 2026, 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Cunningham Piano Company, 1724A E Marlton Pike, Cherry Hill Township, NJ 08003, USA
About the event
The Jazz & Blues Showcase series returns on Sunday, September 13th with more great live jazz for its South Jersey fans. Headlining our fall opener is NICK HEMPTON, the swinging, soulful blues saxophone sensation. Noted jazzmen providing quartet support for him are guitarist CHARLIE SIGLER, organist LUCAS BROWN & drummer BYRON LANDHAM.
Growing up in Australia, Hempton idolized saxophone icons Dexter Gordon, Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt. They became the driving force in his desire for a career in jazz & an opportunity to continue the music of those jazz legends. Believing the best way to achieve that was to relocate to New York City’s “hotbed” of jazz in the U.S., he did so while still in his twenties in 2004.
He worked in N.Y. to establish himself as a fixture in its jazz scene. The superb professional credits he’s since earned justified that move. He gained popularity by performing with such…
