Harvey Diamond at Lilypad

About once a year, cornetist Howard Brofsky travels from New York via Vermont to join pianist Harvey Diamond for a few performances. In this performance he joins bassist Jon Dreyer and drummer Joe Hunt.

As the liner notes note on his CD "73 Down", Howard Brofsky "holds limitless affection for the bebop idiom and the American standards. He possesses a warm tone, understatement, and the ability to improvise what Charlie Parker called 'the pretty notes.'"

Harvey Diamond is one of the great "unsung heroes of Boston jazz" because he eschews self-promotion, preferring to focus on the music. One of Lennie Tristano's last proteges, Harvey has that rare combination of technique, intellect and heart that makes his music appeal to both the least and most sophisticated listener....

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About once a year, cornetist Howard Brofsky travels from New York via Vermont to join pianist Harvey Diamond for a few performances. In this performance he joins bassist Jon Dreyer and drummer Joe Hunt.

As the liner notes note on his CD "73 Down", Howard Brofsky "holds limitless affection for the bebop idiom and the American standards. He possesses a warm tone, understatement, and the ability to improvise what Charlie Parker called 'the pretty notes.'"

Harvey Diamond is one of the great "unsung heroes of Boston jazz" because he eschews self-promotion, preferring to focus on the music. One of Lennie Tristano's last proteges, Harvey has that rare combination of technique, intellect and heart that makes his music appeal to both the least and most sophisticated listener.

Joe Hunt has performed with almost the entire history of jazz, including George Russell, Stan Getz, Bill Evans, Chet Baker, Eric Dolphy, Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, Charles Mingus...you get the idea.

Jon Dreyer, a student of Harvey Diamond, has become one of Harvey's closest collaborators. He performs frequently with James Merenda and is a frequent sideman with many of Boston's other top jazz musicians, but he is still in awe of the fact that he's in this particular lineup.

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