The DeChamplain Trio at Flavours Of Malaysia

Jazz comes in many flavors, and Berkshires Jazz will be exploring ten of them in a special program, in conjunction with Pittsfield’s annual 10x10 Upstreet Arts Festival. In “Ten Flavours of Jazz” (at Flavours of Malaysia, 8pm), the Matt DeChamplain Trio will present ten different instrumental and vocal stylings, the latter featuring Atla DeChamplain.

The musical menu includes New Orleans/traditional; swing; Brazilian/bossa nova; stride; Kansas City/blues; west coast/cool; and even contemporary. Limited seating, advance purchase strongly advised. Doors open at 7:45pm, dinner available separately. ...

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Jazz comes in many flavors, and Berkshires Jazz will be exploring ten of them in a special program, in conjunction with Pittsfield’s annual 10x10 Upstreet Arts Festival. In “Ten Flavours of Jazz” (at Flavours of Malaysia, 8pm), the Matt DeChamplain Trio will present ten different instrumental and vocal stylings, the latter featuring Atla DeChamplain.

The musical menu includes New Orleans/traditional; swing; Brazilian/bossa nova; stride; Kansas City/blues; west coast/cool; and even contemporary. Limited seating, advance purchase strongly advised. Doors open at 7:45pm, dinner available separately.

Matt DeChamplain is a composer and a piano virtuoso, with a range that spans from delicate and intimate to energetic and powerful. A strong improviser and interpreter of the “great American jazz book,” he is joined by his wife, vocalist Atla DeChamplain; Matt Dwonszyk, bass; and Ben Bilello, drums. Atla is “moving by leaps and bounds towards stardom as a jazz vocalist,” according to the iconic vocalist Jon Hendricks, with whom she has appeared.

The trio last appeared in Pittsfield during 2015, as part of a sold-out centennial tribute to Billie Holiday and composer/pianist Billy Strayhorn. Often appearing as a duo, Matt and Atla appeared earlier this month at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, at Lincoln Center in New York.

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