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Celebrating The Birth Of Monk, Monk’estra And John Beasley at Zipper Hall at Colburn School
Courtesy of John Beasley | Posted on September 7, 2023
When
Sat, October 7, 2023
8:00 pm
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Musicians
John Beasley
pianoBrian Swartz
trumpetRyan DeWeese
trumpetBrandyn Phillips
trumpetKye Palmer
trumpetRyan Dragon
tromboneWendell Kelly
tromboneLemar Guillary
tromboneLasim richards
tromboneDanny Janklow
saxophoneTom Luer
clarinet, bassKirsten Edkins
saxophone, tenorBob Sheppard
saxophone, tenorReuben Rogers
bass, acousticTerreon Gully
drumsTom Peterson
saxophoneAbout
John Beasley's MONK'estra is back for its annual birthday celebration in October.
-Thelonious Monk 10/10 - 106th anniversary
-John Beasley 10/10 birthday
- MONK'estra 10th anniversary
Jazz Times described Beasley as an “ingenious interpreter of Monk” [with a] “freewheeling Monk big band that draws inspiration from hip-hop, Afro-Cuban polyrhythms and the expansiveness of Quincy Jones. Beasley’s arrangements shift from lush orchestration to taut bass-and-drum ostinatos and rhythmic modulations, and from technically demanding unison passages to open solos performed over improvised instrumental backgrounds...