The Brubeck Brothers Quartet (Orchestra)
The Brubeck Brothers Quartet is an exciting
jazz group featuring two members of one of America’s most accomplished musical
families, Dan Brubeck (drums,) and Chris
Brubeck (bass & 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 & Monterey Jazz Festivals. Their hour long concert at Sierra Nevada
Brewery has been broadcast on the nationally syndicated program: “Sierra Center
Stage”. The BBQ was chosen to kick off the New Year with an hour long,
coast-to-coast live broadcast on “Toast of the Nation” on National Public Radio.
Their new 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.
Chris Brubeck
Dan Brubeck
Mike DeMicco
Chuck Lamb
Web Site of The Brubeck
Brothers Quartet - http://www.brubeckbrothers.com/
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