Clarence Ward III with Ebban & Ephraim Dorsey

Doors open: 6:30pm

Show starts: 7:00pm

$15 in advance, $20 day of show

Masks not required but highly recommended.

The band: Aaron Hill on keyboards, Mike Graham Jr. on bass and Chris Bynum on drums.

Saxophonist and trumpeter, Clarence H. Ward III, Standing as a major influencer in the

development of Baltimore's present jazz sound, Ward's lion heart positions him on the

vanguard, reinforcing jazz music as a vital voice for these modern times.

Performing Since the age of 15, Ward in 2003/04, Ward won a competitive spot on the

Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCU) All Star Big Band representing University

of Maryland, Eastern Shore at the Prestigious International Association for Jazz in

Education Festival in Canada and New York. It was with the All Star Big Band in 2004 that

Clarence Ward III recorded with Jimmy Cobb, live at the Schomburg Center for Black

Culture.

Over the years, he has performed with artists as diverse as Gladys Knight to N’Dambi Blue

to Robert Glasper to Nancy Wilson to Musiq Soulchild to Benny Golson. From 2008 to 2010

Ward collaborated with R&B soul singer Ledisi, performing at Yoshi Jazz Club in Oakland

and touring Japan and performing at Billboard Live in Tokyo and Osaka. In 2015/2016 he

performed with Aretha Franklin at Caesar’s Palace at Caesar’s Palace.

Clarence regularly plays with his band, Dat Feels Good, and hosts the Monday night  jazz jam 

session at Baltimore’s Terra Café.