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| The Philadelphia Story, featuring Randy Brecker, Lew Tabackin and Eric Reed Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola celebrates the city of brotherly love with The Philadelphia Story featuring Randy Brecker, Lew Tabackin, Eric Reed, Byron Landham and Dwayne Burno. Following this all-star band will be accordionist Richard Galliano and his New York Trio featuring the crème de la crème rhythm section of bassist George Mraz and drummer Al Foster. Closing out June and ushering in July will be the great drummer Herlin Riley, giving us a preview of some real fireworks with friends and special guests, pianist Eric Reed and bassist Reginald Veal. June 12 - 7:30 & 9:30pm Francisco Mela Quintet featuring Nir Felder, Peter Slavov, Joel Frahm & Marlon Sanders Francisco Mela (drums), Nir Felder (guitar), Peter Slavov (bass), Joel Frahm (tenor saxophone), Marlon Sanders (vocals) June 13-18 7:30pm & 9:30pm with additional 11:30pm set on Friday & Saturday The Philadelphia Story Featuring Randy Brecker, Lew Tabackin, Eric Reed, Byron Landham and Dwayne Burno. Lew Tabackin (tenor saxophone and flute), Randy Brecker (trumpet and flugelhorn), Eric Reed (piano), Dwayne Burno (bass), Byron Landham (drums) Lew Tabackinis an artist of astonishing vision. His playing is at once virtuosic, cross-cultural, and passionate. He studied at the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music from 1958-1962, majoring in flute. In 1965, he moved to New York, working with Maynard Ferguson, Clark Terry, Thad Jones-Mel Lewis, and Joe Henderson and in small groups with Donald Byrd, Elvin Jones, Toshiko Akioshi (to whom he's married) and others. He and Toshiko moved to Los Angeles in 1972 and ran a workshop band which turned into the Toshiko Akioshi Orchestra featuring Tabackin. In 1982, Tabackin won the Down Beat poll on flute, and the same year he and Toshiko moved back to New York. He is a bandleader in his own right. A gifted saxophonist, he was influenced by Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane, Lester Young and Ben Webster. He is also one of the finest flute players in the current jazz scene. Randy Breckerhas been shaping the sound of Jazz, R&B and rock for more than three decades. His trumpet and flugelhorn performances have graced hundreds of albums by a wide range of artists from James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, Chaka Khan, George Benson and Parliament-Funkadelic to Frank Sinatra, Steely Dan, David Sanborn, Horace Silver, Jaco Pastorius and Frank Zappa. In 1966 he moved to New York City and quickly joined Clark Terry's Big Band, the Thad Jones/ Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra and the Duke Pearson Big Band with whom he recorded two albums. Randy also began his foray into jazz-rock by joining Blood, Sweat and Tears. He worked with this band for a year and played on their innovative 1968 debut, Child is Father to the Man. Randy left Blood, Sweat & Tears to join the Horace Silver Quintet. After Horace Silver, Randy joined forces with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers before teaming up with brother Michael, Barry Rogers, Billy Cobham, and John Abercrombie to form the seminal fusion group, Dreams. The group recorded two adventurous and wildly acclaimed albums: Dreams and Imagine My Surprise - now collector's items - for Columbia Records before they disbanded in 1971. Brecker remains a highly influential, much in demand and prolific sideman and leader. The ubiquitous pianist, composer and arrangerEric Reedgrew up playing Gospel music in his father's storefront Baptist church, starting at the age of five. Reed was bitten by the jazz bug at a young age after hearing recordings of Art Blakey, Ramsey Lewis and Dave Brubeck. Eric started out in the bands of Teddy Edwards, Gerald Wilson, Clora Bryant and John Clayton. He attended Cal State Northridge for one year during which he toured briefly with Wynton Marsalis at age 18. A year later, Eric joined Marsalis' Septet (1990-91; 1992-95). He spent two years with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra (1996-98), making countless recordings and TV appearances with them. Reed also worked in the bands of Freddie Hubbard and Joe Henderson (1991-92). Eric continues to perform and record with an assorted multitude of masters such as, Benny Carter, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Cassandra Wilson, Jimmy Heath, Clark Terry, Dianne Reeves and a host of other diverse performers including Natalie Cole, Patti Labelle, Oleta Adams and Quincy Jones. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |