GERALD ALBRIGHT
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/* --- Responsive Mobile Adjustment --- */ @media (max-width: 768px) { #buy-tickets { text-align: center !important; margin: 1em auto !important; float: none !important; display: block !important; } #buy-tickets img { width: 200px !important; /* ✅ Keep consistent size on mobile too */ height: auto !important; display: block !important; margin: 0 auto !important; } } — Fri. Oct. 16: GERALD ALBRIGHT -7:30pm- Tix: $59.50 ($75.80 through Ticketmaster, $66.50 at the Birchmere Box Office) Born and raised in Los Angeles, Albright was already an accomplished saxophonist by the time he enrolled at the University of Redlands, but he switched to bass after he saw Louis Johnson in concert. A few months after graduating from college, he joined jazz pianist/R&B singer Patrice Rushen, who was in the process of forming her own band. Later, when the bassist left in the middle of a tour, Albright replaced him and finished the tour on bass guitar. Playing both sax and bass, he became the consummate session and touring musician in the 80s, working with everyone from Anita Baker, Ray Parker, Jr., Atlantic Starr, The Temptations and Maurice White to Les McCann, Teena Marie, the Winans and Whitney Houston. He launched his solo career in the infancy of what became the smooth jazz format, with Just Between Us in 1987 and has been a core part of the genre with chart-topping albums, countless radio hits and as a member of many all star tours, including Guitars & Saxes and Groovin’ For Grover. In the la
