Brubeck Brothers Quartet Featured at Jazz `N Caz

Related Media

The Brubeck Brothers Quartet

CAZENOVIA, NY (09/16/2010)(readMedia)-- Jazz `N Caz features intimate jazz – not a bad seat in the house at the Catherine Cummings Theatre at Cazenovia College.

On Friday, Sept. 24, Brubeck Brothers Quartet fans will gather at the Catherine Cummings Theatre, 16 Lincklaen St., in Cazenovia at 7:30 p.m. to hear the Brubeck Brothers Quartet, at Cazenovia College's ninth annual Jazz `N Caz.

A $10 donation is suggested for Jazz `N Caz performances in the Catherine Cummings Theatre. All attendees at the Friday and Saturday night performances may enter to win a day spa package at Ska:ná: the Spa at Turning Stone Resort in Verona, N.Y.

Daniel Brubeck (drums), and Chris Brubeck (bass and trombone), guitarist Mike DeMicco, and pianist Chuck Lamb, complete this dynamic quartet. They have performed at concert series, colleges, and jazz festivals across North America and Europe, including the Newport, Detroit, Ravinia, Las Vegas, Sedona, Spokane and Monterey Jazz Festivals. Their Koch release, "Classified," has already earned this rave review from All About Jazz: "Once again the BBQ attains that rarefied level where music is both relaxed and expressive, and their joy in its creation is contagious. There's really nothing out there that comes close to their unique brand of inventiveness."

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 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.

The Brubeck Brothers Quartet's debut Koch recording, "Intuition," impressed the national jazz media and spent several weeks in the top ten radio charts while earning enthusiastic reviews from JazzTimes, Downbeat, Boston Globe and many other respected publications. "Intuition was measure for measure one of the hardest swinging sets of the year." (Philadelphia Inquirer) 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. The group's creativity, technique and improvisation can be heard in their uncompromising music, which reflects their dedication to melody, rhythm, culture and the spontaneous spirit of jazz.

Photo – The Brubeck Brothers Quartet. To hear the BBQ on demand, visit www.jazzset.npr.org; The complete schedule is on the Net: www.cazenovia.edu/jazz.

Catherine Cummings Theatre at Cazenovia College

16 Lincklaen Street, Cazenovia, N.Y. 13035

Phone: 315-655-7238 or 315-655-STAR

# # #