Sheldon Brown Quintet & Ben Goldberg School at Wednesdays & Sundays @ Berkeley Arts

sundays @berkeley arts presents
Sheldon Brown Quintet plays Herbie Nichols
&
Ben Goldberg School
June 10

8pml
sheldon brown quintet
sheldon brown, alto saxophone, clarinet
darren johnston, trumpet
matt clark, piano
john shifflet, bass
jason lewis, drums

When it comes to jazz and new music, the Bay Area is a medium-sized pond that sustains a dazzling array of small, often intermingled scenes. It’s an ecosystem in which a tropical profusion of players has found a niche, and among the most versatile and gifted is reed master Sheldon Brown, who is equally accomplished on an array of clarinets and saxophones. Brown finds time to lead several groups of his own, and on this occasion he presents a project devoted to the extraordinary compositions of pianist Herbie Nichols at the Hillside Club....

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sundays @berkeley arts presents
Sheldon Brown Quintet plays Herbie Nichols
&
Ben Goldberg School
June 10

8pml
sheldon brown quintet
sheldon brown, alto saxophone, clarinet
darren johnston, trumpet
matt clark, piano
john shifflet, bass
jason lewis, drums

When it comes to jazz and new music, the Bay Area is a medium-sized pond that sustains a dazzling array of small, often intermingled scenes. It’s an ecosystem in which a tropical profusion of players has found a niche, and among the most versatile and gifted is reed master Sheldon Brown, who is equally accomplished on an array of clarinets and saxophones. Brown finds time to lead several groups of his own, and on this occasion he presents a project devoted to the extraordinary compositions of pianist Herbie Nichols at the Hillside Club.

Responsible for the composition “Lady Sings the Blues,” a tune indelibly linked to Billie Holiday, Nichols became jazz’s quintessential overlooked genius. While he recorded several classic trio sessions for Blue Note, he scuffled for work until his death from leukemia in 1963 at the age of 44. Combining his love of modernist composers like Satie and Bartok with Caribbean inflections and bebop’s hurtling tempos, tunes like “House Party Starting,” “The Gig,” and “Shuffle Montgomery” have entranced subsequent jazz generations.

9 pm
Ben Goldberg - clarinet, compositions
Kasey Knudsen - alto saxophone
Jeff Cressman - trombone
Rob Reich - accordion
David Ewell - bass
Hamir Atwal - drums

Ben Goldberg School is Ben's new variable-speed all-purpose ensemble playing a whole bunch of Ben's new compositions as well as all your old favorites. Guaranteed to rock the joint.

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