"the Magic Of Benny Goodman": The Peter And Will Anderson Trio at Olympic Heights Community High School

On August 21,1935 the Benny Goodman Orchestra electrified the nation on a live coast to coast radio broadcast from the Palomar Ballroom in Los Angeles.

Thousands of young people at the concert and millions listening at home went wild and the Swing Era began. Everyone began to Lindy Hop. It was just like the Beatles first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. This was at the height of the Great Depression. But jazz is a triumphant music and jazz gave the nation hope for a better future. And so it is today.

Peter and Will Anderson are among the finest clarinet and saxophone players on today’s jazz scene. Hailed by the New York Times as virtuosos and trained at the Juilliard School, Peter and Will have performed with the Jimmy Heath Big Band, Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Village Vanguard Orchestra, Kenny Barron, Paquito D’Rivera, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Bob Wilber, Albert “Tootie” Heath, Lou Donaldson and many others. ...

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On August 21,1935 the Benny Goodman Orchestra electrified the nation on a live coast to coast radio broadcast from the Palomar Ballroom in Los Angeles.

Thousands of young people at the concert and millions listening at home went wild and the Swing Era began. Everyone began to Lindy Hop. It was just like the Beatles first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. This was at the height of the Great Depression. But jazz is a triumphant music and jazz gave the nation hope for a better future. And so it is today.

Peter and Will Anderson are among the finest clarinet and saxophone players on today’s jazz scene. Hailed by the New York Times as virtuosos and trained at the Juilliard School, Peter and Will have performed with the Jimmy Heath Big Band, Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Village Vanguard Orchestra, Kenny Barron, Paquito D’Rivera, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Bob Wilber, Albert “Tootie” Heath, Lou Donaldson and many others.

The twin brothers have headlined at The Blue Note, Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, New Orleans Jazz Festival, Seattle’s Triple Door, and Iowa’s Bix Beiderbecke Festival. The Trio has performed in over 35 states and Japan also teaching master classes in schools around the country. They have six recorded albums to their credit.

Performing with the Andersons is the young phenom guitarist Adam Moezinia. He was internationally selected to be a part of the "Thelonius Monk High School All-Star Jazz Septet," was a representative for the Thelonius Monk Institutes's jazz education program, and was honored with the "Shelly Manne New Talent Award" by the LA Jazz Society.

Since graduating from Juilliard, Moezinia has shared the stage with Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis, George Coleman, Paquito D'Rivera, Jane Monheit, and Jon Faddis. He has also performed at the Hollywood Bowl, the Kodak Theatre, Monterey Jazz Festival, the Kennedy Center, Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Blue Note, the Jazz Standard, Joe's Pub, and Jazz Alley.

The Peter and Will Anderson Trio breathes life into the music of the Swing Era and brings the “Magic of Benny Goodman” to our stage. Bring your friends. Don’t miss it.

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