Harvey Diamond Group at New School Of Music

Saturday July 20, 2013, 8:00 pm. Howard Brofsky, cornet and mellophone; Harvey Diamond, piano; Jon Dreyer, bass; Joe Hunt, drums. At the New School of Music, 25 Lowell St, Cambridge MA. $15 at the door. Free parking at the school.

After a transcendent performance of this quartet, pianist Harvey Diamond reconvenes the group for an encore performance. Harvey is one of the great "unsung heroes of Boston jazz." 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 the least and most sophisticated listener. He has performed with Sheila Jordan, Art Farmer and many others....

read more

Saturday July 20, 2013, 8:00 pm. Howard Brofsky, cornet and mellophone; Harvey Diamond, piano; Jon Dreyer, bass; Joe Hunt, drums. At the New School of Music, 25 Lowell St, Cambridge MA. $15 at the door. Free parking at the school.

After a transcendent performance of this quartet, pianist Harvey Diamond reconvenes the group for an encore performance. Harvey is one of the great "unsung heroes of Boston jazz." 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 the least and most sophisticated listener. He has performed with Sheila Jordan, Art Farmer and many others.

Cornetist Howard Brofsky travels from New York via Vermont. 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.'" He has played with Jimmy Heath, Donald Byrd and Dexter Gordon, among others.

Drummer 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, and the list goes on. He knows the music inside out and is known for his consummate musicianship.

Bassist Jon Dreyer, a student of Harvey Diamond, has become one of Harvey's closest collaborators. He also performs frequently with James Merenda and many of Boston's other top jazz musicians.

show less