Saxophonist
Bradford Hayes, originally from Dinwiddie County, Virginia, has been a force on the jazz scene for many years now. He has performed in different musical settings with Jimmy Heath, Cecil Payne, Rufus Reid, Ray Bryant, Ted Curson, Charles Davis, Joe Lee Wilson, Ben Riley, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Cecil Brooks III, Steve Colson, Pheeroan Aklaff, and Donald Braden. He worked with Babatunde Olatunji’s Drums of Passion Band for 15 years, until Mr. Olatunji’s passing. A now-retired music educator in Newark (NJ) Public Schools, he has released three albums as a leader. According to Dorothaan Kirk of WBGO-FM in Newark, NJ, “Bradford is a musician who deserves more recognition”.
This event will also stream on the Jazz Foundation and Jazz Museum Facebook pages and the Museum YouTube Channel.
Presented with the Jazz Foundation of America, supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and by the Howard Gilman Foundation.
