Thursday Night Jazz: “Off Minor” & Antonio Hart Celebrate Johnny Hodges & Billy Strayhorn

Thomas Wendt’s “Off Minor” Series continues as alto saxophone master Antonio Hart pays homage to one of his musical influences, Johnny Hodges, as well as Pittsburgh icon Billy Strayhorn. Hodges and Strayhorn shared a special musical connection through their mutual employer, Duke Ellington. Master Hart has had an illustrious career in Jazz, entering the national scene in the early 1990s with trumpeter Roy Hargrove’s quintet and Master Nat Adderley’s quintet. He has since become one of the world’s leading voices on his instrument, as well as an important Jazz educator.