Tired of the Same Old Holiday Music? LMQ Performs “Twisted Holidays: Bill Evans, Chet Baker, Mr. McGoo, and Led Zeppelin” at Vieux Carre, December 28
Wednesday, December 28, 8:00-11:00 p.m.
Vieux Carre
408 St. Peter St.
Saint Paul.
http://vieux-carre.com/
$8 Cover - Families and Students Welcome
Larry McDonough Quartet
Larry McDonough, piano and vocals
Richard Terrill, saxes
Greg Stinson, bass
Dean White, drums
Vieux Carre Website
http://vieux-carre.com/event/larry-mcdonough-group/
FaceBook
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Tired of the Same Old Holiday Music? LMQ Performs “Twisted Holidays: Bill Evans, Chet Baker, Mr. McGoo, and Led Zeppelin” at Vieux Carre, December 28
Wednesday, December 28, 8:00-11:00 p.m.
Vieux Carre
408 St. Peter St.
Saint Paul.
http://vieux-carre.com/
$8 Cover - Families and Students Welcome
Larry McDonough Quartet
Larry McDonough, piano and vocals
Richard Terrill, saxes
Greg Stinson, bass
Dean White, drums
Vieux Carre Website
http://vieux-carre.com/event/larry-mcdonough-group/
FaceBook
https://www.facebook.com/events/1092315154227832/
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The Larry McDonough Quartet (LMQ) takes a break from its popular shows “Bill Evans and Tony Bennett - 40 Years Later,” “Born to Be Kind of Blue: The Music of Chet Baker and Miles Davis,” “AcoustElectric,” and “All Originals” to perform “Twisted Holidays” at Vieux Carre.
Are you tired of the same old holiday music? Do not worry! Twisted and odd holiday tunes from the CD “Angels, Kings, My Favorite Things” make up the first set, but as Andrea Canter noted, this is “not your mother's holiday album.” Expect a mix of music from Bill Evans, Coltrane, Beethoven, Mr. McGoo, Paul Simon, Ornette Coleman, Shakers, and the Middle East, along with uncommon meters, harmonies and rhythms. LMQ also will perform a new arrangement of “It’s Love, It’s Christmas,” a rarely performed piece written by jazz pianist Bill Evans, based on a copy of the original Evans’ manuscript given to Larry McDonough by Evans’ widow, Nenette Zazzara.
The second set will include material from LMQ’s other shows, with a mix of Tony Bennett, Chet Baker, La Marseillaise, Spinal Tap, Brubeck, Sting, Clapton, Led Zeppelin and originals. Where else can you go for the holidays and get Bill Evans, Chet Baker, Mr. McGoo, and Led Zeppelin? That would be nowhere!
Angels, Kings, My Favorite Things is available from:
Larry McDonough Jazz (CDs)
http://larrymcdonoughjazz.homestead.com/Ordering.html
ITunes (downloads),
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/angels-kings-my-favorite-things/id768992058
CD Baby (CDs and downloads).
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/larrymcdonoughquartet12
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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.
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. Greg was a band and choir director in public and private schools before changing to his current career in telecommunications technology. The Larry McDonough Quartet performs Greg Stinson compositions from the Nova Contemporary Jazz Orchestra recording ADance to Be-bop.
Dean White grew up in Superior, Wisconsin, and played in various working bands while attending the University of Wisconsin, Superior. After graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in percussion performance, he moved to Hollywood, California, to attend Musicians Institute College of Contemporary Music. Half-way through the first year, Dean was offered a main showroom gig at the Imperial Palace in Las Vegas. He was the first drummer in the Legends In Concert Show that still performs in various incarnations across the country today. He left Las Vegas to join Tony Axtell and Toshi Hinata in Tokyo to write and play original music. Since settling back in the Twin Cities, Dean has performed with many groups, including Good, the Bad and the Funky; the Autobody Experience; Century Big Band; Nova Jazz; Big Time Jazz Orchestra; the Shorn Hortz jazz quintet; Power of 10; Jack Knife and the Sharps; Tubby Esquire; Hennessy Brothers jazz; and many others. He has also studied privately with Gordy Knudtson and his Open/Close hand technique. Dean feels blessed to be part of the rich music scene in the Twin Cities.
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Contact information:
Larry McDonough
651-398-8053
[email protected]
http://www.larrymcdonoughjazz.homestead.com
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