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FUNK, FIRE & SAX | Gerald Albright Closes Weekend 1 of Catalina Island JazzTrax 2025

BUY TICKETS NOW FOR 2026 → www.jazztrax.com 📅 Opening Weekend: Oct. 8-11, 2026 📅 Closing Weekend: Oct. 15-18, 2026 __________________________________________________________ 00:48—Smooth beat drop 04:20—Sax & piano parlay 04:49—Colin “CeCe” Clawson going smooth jazz MOZART 08:44—Full-tilt sax, Gerald Albright __________________________________________________________ The lights dimmed. The Avalon Ballroom fell silent. Then — Gerald Albright, THE FUNKATIER, lifted his saxophone. 🎷 From the quiet… just Gerald and that unmistakable tone. Moments later, boom—a beat drop that gives GOOSEBUMPS as keyboardist Colin “CeCe” Clawson launched into something like smooth-jazz Mozart. Backed by his musical director James “J Rob” Roberson, Gerald took the Catalina crowd on a full-tilt ride through groove, grace, and that trademark "Papa G" energy. It was the Sunday Night Finale of Opening Weekend—and no one commands a stage quite like Gerald Albright. __________________________________________________________ A true Angelino, born and raised in Los Angeles, Gerald Albright is a cornerstone of contemporary jazz—a virtuoso saxophonist and bassist whose collaborators include Patrice Rushen, Anita Baker, Quincy Jones, Whitney Houston, Ray Parker Jr., The Temptations, and Phil Collins, who featured him on a world tour. His 1987 solo debut "Just Between Us" (featuring his now-legendary take on Luther Vandross’s “So Amazing”) helped define the smooth-jazz sound. Since then, Gerald’s stacked up: 🎷 15 Billboard #1 Smooth Jazz Airplay hits 🏆 9 Grammy nominations 🏅 Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award (2021) This year, he’s still topping charts—“Livin’ My Best Life” hit #1 on Billboard’s Smooth Jazz Chart, and his feature on BeBe Winans’ “Father in Heaven (Right Now)” climbed to #1 on the Gospel Airplay Chart. Only at the Catalina Island JazzTrax Festival do you hear excellence like this... 26 miles across the sea __________________________________________________________ 🎥 Filmed Live: Sunday, October 12—Avalon Ballroom, Catalina Island, CA 🎹 Keyboard: Colin “CeCe” Clawson 🎶 Musical Director: James “J Rob” Roberson 🎸 Bass: Kaybass Diggs __________________________________________________________ Presented by Art Good, the Catalina Island JazzTrax Festival celebrates the world’s top contemporary jazz artists 26 miles across the sea in the historic Avalon Ballroom. 🎟️ Tickets, lineup, and updates: 🌐 www.jazztrax.com 📘 Facebook: @CatalinaIslandJazzTraxFestival 📸 Instagram: @jazztraxfestival __________________________________________________________ #GeraldAlbright #TheFunkatier #PapaG #JazzTraxFestival #CatalinaIsland #SmoothJazz #LiveJazz #Saxophone #CeCeClawson #JRob #ArtGood #JazzTrax #AvalonBallroom #ContemporaryJazz #BillboardJazz #JazzLegend #JazzFestival #LivePerformance #FunkJazz #MusicOnTheIsland #Bass #Piano #JazzPiano #Mozart