LMQ Performing AcoustElectric - Kind of Blue and Return to Forever, at the Twin Cities Jazz Festival
Friday, June 23, 8:00-10:30 p.m.
Twin Cities Jazz Festival presents the Larry McDonough Quartet
Larry McDonough, piano and vocals
Richard Terrill, saxes and poetry
Carol Bergquist, flute
Greg Stinson, bass
World of Beer, 356 N Sibley St., St. Paul, MN 55101
651-493-3558
[email protected].
https://worldofbeer.com/Locations/StPaul
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LMQ Performing AcoustElectric - Kind of Blue and Return to Forever, at the Twin Cities Jazz Festival
Friday, June 23, 8:00-10:30 p.m.
Twin Cities Jazz Festival presents the Larry McDonough Quartet
Larry McDonough, piano and vocals
Richard Terrill, saxes and poetry
Carol Bergquist, flute
Greg Stinson, bass
World of Beer, 356 N Sibley St., St. Paul, MN 55101
651-493-3558
[email protected].
https://worldofbeer.com/Locations/StPaul
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Twin Cities Jazz Festival
http://www.twincitiesjazzfestival.com/schedule/
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The Larry McDonough Quartet returns to the Twin Cities Jazz Festival to perform two sets, one classic acoustic and the other electric fusion.
Acoustic Set
LMQ will perform all of the recording Kind of Blue with improvisations over the original arrangements of So What, Freddie Freeloader, Blue in Green, All Blues, and Flamenco Sketches that has filled the Dakota over the last two years. But here is the difference: flutist Carol Bergquist takes the Miles Davis chair. If you have loved Flamenco Sketches, come hear it on flute. Larry McDonough, Richard Terrill, and Greg Stinson fill the Bill Evans, John Coltrane, and Paul Chambers chairs. LMQ will complete the acoustic set with other selections from popular shows of the music of Chet Baker, Tony Bennett, and Bill Evans.
Electric Set
LMQ will perform jazz fusion from Chick Corea and Return to Forever. Corea formed Return to Forever in 1972 as a vehicle for Brazilian jazz centered on the Fender Rhodes electric piano and featured Joe Farrell on saxes and flute. Return to Forever released two albums, Return to Forever and Light as a Feather, before reforming as a jazz-rock fusion band. Notable pieces included Crystal Silence, La Fiesta, Light as a Feather, 500 Miles High, Children's Song, and Spain. Larry McDonough listened to Return to Forever in high school and college, transcribing and practicing many of Corea’ solos to practice. Larry will take on the roles of Corea and Flora Purim who sang on the recordings. Carol Bergquist and Richard Terrill will present the two faces of Joe Farrell on flute and saxes. Bassist Greg Stinson adds Stanley Clarke to the mix. LMQ will complete the electric set with arrangements of Spinal Tap, Sting, Clapton, Led Zeppelin, and Prince.
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Larry McDonough is a St. Paul jazz pianist and singer, performing around the world and recording with his group the Larry McDonough Quartet as well as solo, and in duos and trios. He has performed with legendary saxophonist and composer Benny Golson, Trombonist Fred Wesley, and trumpeter Duane Eubanks, as well as a who’s who of local jazz artists, and was inducted into the Minnesota Rock Country Hall of Fame for his work in the group Danny’s Reasons. He has released eight CDs and DVDs as a leader, including “Simple Gifts,” which reached number 29 on the CMJ Jazz Chart and has been played on hundreds of stations around the country and throughout the world. He also is a lawyer and law professor selected by William Mitchell College of Law as one of “100 Who Made a Difference” over the 100-year history of the school. Larry directs pro bono legal services for the poor at Dorsey & Whitney.
Richard Terrill, sax player and Minnesota State University Mankato English Professor, received the Minnesota Book Award for Poetry for his poetry compilation “Coming Late to Rachmaninoff” (University of Tampa Press, 2003). Richard has been performing with Larry McDonough since December 2001. He also has performed with guitarist Jim McGuire and with Chaz Draper’s Uptown Jazz Quartet. As a college student, Richard was a member of the award-winning University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Jazz Ensemble and performed with later-to-be Pat Metheny keyboardist Lyle Mays in the Lyle Mays Quartet, winner of small group honors at the Midwest College Jazz Festival. He has also worked with pianist Geoff Keezer. Richard teaches creative writing at Minnesota State University, Mankato.
Flutist Carol Bergquist has been active as a performer, soloist, and teacher in the Twin Cities for over 30 years. Ms. Bergquist has performed with members of the Minnesota Orchestra and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and in local orchestras, including the Civic Orchestra of Minneapolis, Mississippi Valley Orchestra, and Allegro Sinfonia. In addition, she has performed for at The Basilica of Saint Mary for over 30 years, performing Masses, special events, and NDI Production’s annual summer musicals, involving numerous Basilica members. Ms. Bergquist studied with Cynthia Stokes, Adam Kuenzel, and Donald Peck and has performed at master classes at the Ordway Music Theater with Carol Wincenc and DePaul University in Chicago with Donald Peck. Ms. Bergquist holds an undergraduate degree in writing and an MBA in Technology Management, teaches flute, and works for Molina Healthcare as a proposal writer and manager.
Bassist Greg Stinson plays in several bands around the Twin Cities. He has been the bass player in the Century College Jazz Ensemble for more than 25 years. He also plays in the CC Septet, Shorn Hortz Quintet, Paul Berger Trio, the St. Croix Jazz Ensemble, and regularly subs with the Nova Contemporary Jazz Orchestra, Classic Big Band, and Cedar Avenue Big Band. Greg spent many years playing saxophones, guitar, bass, and vocals in jazz/rock and variety bands in the area. He is an active composer/arranger with jazz charts in the books of the Century Band, Nova, CC Septet, and others. He has also written a number of choral arrangements and compositions for school and church groups. Greg was a band and choir director in public and private schools before changing to his current career in telecommunications technology. LMQ performs
Greg Stinson compositions from the Nova Contemporary Jazz Orchestra recording A Dance to Be-bop.
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Contact information:
Larry McDonough
651-398-8053
[email protected]
http://www.larrymcdonoughjazz.homestead.com
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