New Haven, CT (July 10, 2014):
The New Haven Symphony Orchestra (NHSO) invites you to experience an exciting free summer concert with the dynamic Brubeck Brothers Quartet, Saturday, August 2 on the New Haven Green. An NHSO Jazz Sextet will perform at 6:00pm and the Brubecks will take the stage at 7:30pm.
Presented by the NHSO and Jazz Haven in cooperation with Mayor Toni Harp, the New Haven Board of Alders, and the Department of Arts, Culture & Tourism.
The Brubeck Brothers Quartet features two members of America’s first family of jazz, Dan Brubeck (drums) and Chris Brubeck (bass and trombone). They are joined by the talented Mike DeMicco (guitar) and Chuck Lamb (piano). The Quartet has performed at concert series, colleges, and jazz festivals across North America and Europe including Newport, Detroit, Ravinia, Las Vegas, Sedona, Spokane, and Monterey. These versatile musicians also collaborate with orchestras and in 2006 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 Brubeck Brothers Quartet 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 intriguing time signatures while naturally integrating the influences of funk, blues and world music. The group’s creativity, technique and improvisation can be heard in their incomparable music, which reflects their dedication to melody, rhythm, culture and the spontaneous spirit of jazz.
The NHSO Jazz Sextet is comprised of Symphony members Millie Piekos and Stephanie Hug, violins, Gretchen Frazier, viola, Rebecca Patterson, cello, Jim Andrews, bass, and Tim Moran, saxophone. They will perform an all-Gershwin program that includes hot summer tunes like Someone to Watch Over Me, Fascinating Rhythm, I Got Rhythm, The Man I Love, and Embraceable You. The highlight of the program will be Scenes from Porgy and Bess, with its immortal song Summertime. These tunes were arranged for saxophonist Fred Hemke, who appeared as a soloist with the Symphony this past season.
Add some jazz to your summer, live on the Green August 2! For updates and more information visit www.NewHavenSymphony.org.
