Dan Miller - Glenn Basham Quintet With Brandon Goldberg at East Naples United Methodist Church

Join Dan Miller, Glenn Basham and 11-year old jazz piano sensation Brandon Goldberg as they celebrate the genius and music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. Duke Ellington is one of the most towering figures in the history of jazz, writing and composing his own sophisticated, swinging music and leading his own orchestra for over fifty years. The music Ellington and Strayhorn composed is an integral part of the Great American Songbook and forms the backbone of jazz repertoire. The program will include such favorites as Take The A Train, Satin Doll, In A Mellowtone, Caravan, Do Nothing ‘til You Hear From Me, Perdido, Mood Indigo, Just Squeeze Me, In A Sentimental Mood, African Flower, I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart and Cottontail....

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Join Dan Miller, Glenn Basham and 11-year old jazz piano sensation Brandon Goldberg as they celebrate the genius and music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. Duke Ellington is one of the most towering figures in the history of jazz, writing and composing his own sophisticated, swinging music and leading his own orchestra for over fifty years. The music Ellington and Strayhorn composed is an integral part of the Great American Songbook and forms the backbone of jazz repertoire. The program will include such favorites as Take The A Train, Satin Doll, In A Mellowtone, Caravan, Do Nothing ‘til You Hear From Me, Perdido, Mood Indigo, Just Squeeze Me, In A Sentimental Mood, African Flower, I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart and Cottontail.

Dan Miller built his reputation touring and recording with Harry Connick Jr., Wynton Marsalis, Maynard Ferguson and Woody Herman. Glenn Basham has been the Concertmaster of the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra since 1994. Eleven-year old pianist Brandon Goldberg is a Miami-native and has been enthralling audiences nation-wide with featured performances on The Harry Connick Jr. Show, The Steve Harvey Show and NBC’s Little Big Shots. Dan befriended Brandon this year after working with him as the director of the Miami-Dade All-County Honors High School Jazz Band. They are joined for an evening of hard swinging acoustic jazz music by bassist Don Mopsick and drummer Paul Gavin.

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