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| MVBS presents Bruce Katz June 6 The Mississippi Valley Blues Society announces that keyboard wizard Bruce Katz and the Bruce Katz Band will be making a stop at The Muddy Waters, 1708 State Street, Bettendorf, IA on Saturday, June 6 starting at 8:30 p.m. The cost to see this brilliant performance will be $8 if you are a Mississippi Valley Blues Society member, or $10 if you have not joined the blues society (applications will be available at the door). In a recent review of Bruce Katz's new CD, Homecoming, Jim Kanavy of Blues Biscuits describes the Bruce Katz Band: "It's like Mozart with a jazz trio playing at Junior's Juke Joint on a Thursday night. At a recent show, Bruce was heard to say, several times, that 'It's all Blues'." And the Toledo City Paper says that "His sound resembles what would have happened had a jam session broken out between Jimi Hendrix, Professor Longhair and Frank Zappa." Bruce Katz was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and from 1996 - 2010 he was on the faculty at the Berklee College of Music in Boston as an associate professor. Playing music, both Blues and Jazz, has been his thing for many years and it shows in each of his performances. In the early '80s Bruce's first major supporting gig was for Big Mama Thornton; he then worked and toured with Barrence Whitfield & the Savages, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, Jimmy Witherspoon, Johnny Adams, and Tiger Okoshi. Burned out from life on the road, he enrolled at New England Conservatory, earning a master's degree in Jazz. Five months after graduation, Bruce met Ronnie Earl, who hired him as one of theBroadcasters. Bruce is also known as the dexterous pianist for the Gregg Allman Band. Bruce has released 6 CDs with a seventh, Homecoming, newly released. He has also appeared on nearly 70 others CDs with the likes of Ronnie Earl, Delbert McClinton, John Hammond, Duke Robillard, Little Milton, Jimmy Witherspoon and many, many others. His list of national recognized awards go on and on, but to name two, Bruce is a three-time Blues Music Award nominee for "Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year, " and a member of the New York State Blues Hall Of Fame. This event is being presented by The Mississippi Valley Blues Society. The objective of the Society is to educate the general public about the native art form of blues-related music through performance, interpretation and preservation, thus enhancing appreciation and understanding. write your comments about the article :: © 2015 Jazz News :: home page |