Brubeck Brothers Quartet performing Thursday evening, April 24, at Berea College
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4/18/08 |
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| The Brubeck Brothers Quartet, an exciting jazz group featuring two members of one of America’s most accomplished musical families, will perform their concert “Innovative Jazz” at Berea College Thursday evening, April 24, beginning at 8 p.m. in Phelps Stokes Auditorium.
The final Stephenson Memorial Concert of 2008, sponsored by Berea College Convocations, is free and open to the public. The talented brothers – Dan, master of complex rhythms on drums, and Chris, virtuoso on electric bass and bass trombone – lead the BBQ, with with guitarist Mike DeMicco and pianist Chuck Lamb, rounding out the quartet. The BBQ have performed at concert series, colleges, and jazz festivals across North America and Europe including the Detroit, Ravinia, Las Vegas, Sedona, Spokane & Monterey Jazz Festivals. These versatile musicians also collaborate with orchestras, and in August, 2005 ignited the Salt Lake City Jazz Festival by playing with the Utah Symphony conducted by Keith Lockhart. With Chris Brubeck’s compositions as a vehicle, the BBQ has joined with chamber groups to collaborate with musicians from the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Russian National Symphony Orchestra. Although the quartet’s style is rooted in “straight-ahead” jazz, their concerts reveal an inherent ability to explore and play odd time signatures while naturally integrating the influences of funk, blues and world music. Chris Brubeck first distinguished himself as a jazz musician, performing and recording with his father, the legendary Dave Brubeck. He plays bass, trombone, piano, guitar and sings and, in the past few decades, has earned international acclaim as composer, performer and leader of his own rock, jazz and folk groups. The BBQ’s first CD, Second Nature (Blue Forest), includes several of Chris’ original tunes, a spirited treatment of jazz standards, and favorite Dave Brubeck tunes. The group’s second CD “Intuition” (2006)Contains all-original compositions. And, as has been true since his teenage years, Chris continues to play bass and trombone in The Dave Brubeck Quartet. Over the decades, Chris and his family have recorded dozens of albums together, and in December 2000, he Dan and other brothers Darius and Matthew teamed up with their father for a memorable celebration of Dave’s 80th birthday. The Brubecks performed two concerts with the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) at The Barbican Theater, later released on CD as Dave Brubeck – Live with the LSO (LSO, 2001). For more information, visit www.brubeckmusic.com |
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| CONTACT:
Contact: Randall Roberts, coordinator of Convocations |
