This Jazz Night at Carson features Vincent Herring and the USC Thornton Honors Combo under the direction of faculty member Jason Goldman.

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Jazz Night at Carson featuring Vincent Herring & the Honors Combo

Carson Soundstage (CTV 136)

Something Else! it is a true celebration of the genre that went down in history as soul jazz. The band plays new and modern arrangements of 50s – 60s classics plus original compositions written in the same style.


The band Something Else! is made up of seven musicians chosen from time to time from a shortlist of names selected among the major specialists of the modern mainstream who love to play the music of their youth putting heart and great competence into it.

"something Else!" Feat. Vincent Herring, Jeremy Pelt, Wayne Escoffery, Paul Bollenback, Dave Kikoski, Essiet Essiet, Lewis Nash

Teatro Morlacchi

Boasting a warm, finely burnished tone and a robust melodic and harmonic imagination, tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander has been exploring new musical worlds from the outset. He started out on piano as a six-year-old, took up clarinet at nine, switched to alto sax when he was 12, and converted to tenor when jazz became his obsession during his one year at the University of Indiana, Bloomington (1986-87). At William Paterson College in New Jersey he advanced his studies under the tutelage of Harold Mabern, Joe Lovano, Rufus Reid, and others. "The people I listened to in college are still the cats that are influencing me today," says Alexander. "Monk, Dizzy, Sonny Stitt, Clifford Brown, Sonny Rollins, Jackie McLean, Joe Henderson--the legacy left by Bird and all the bebop pioneers, that language and that feel, that's the bread and butter of everything I do. George Coleman remains a big influence because of his very hip harmonic approach, and I'm still listening all the time to Coltrane because I feel that even in the wildest moments of his mid- to late-Sixties solos I can find these little kernels of melodic information and find ways to employ them in my own playing."

Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring Quintet

Dearborn Station

Jazz supergroup Something Else! is led by acclaimed alto saxophonist Vincent Herring and features some of today’s finest jazz musicians playing the most iconic, toe-tapping Soul Jazz classics. This septet delivers a high-energy mix of beloved rhythmic tunes and original compositions, all with fresh arrangements that keep the spirit of the genre alive and vibrant. The lineup draws from a rotating pool of top-tier artists, including trumpet legends Jeremy Pelt and Freddie Hendrix; tenor saxophonists Eric Alexander and Wayne Scoffery; guitar virtuoso Paul Bollenback; pianists David Kikoski and Mike LeDonne; bassists Essiet Essiet and Yasushi Nakamura; and drummers Lewis Nash and Jonathan Blake. Together, they create exciting, danceable, and unforgettable performances that celebrate the rich tradition of Soul Jazz.

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Mar 9, 2026

Jazz Night at Carson featuring Vincent Herring & the Honors Combo · USC Thornton School of Music

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"something Else!" Feat. Vincent Herring, Jeremy Pelt, Wayne Escoffery, Paul Bollenback, Dave Kikoski, Essiet Essiet, Lewis Nash · Umbria Jazz

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