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Howard Brofsky Memorial Tribute at Vermont Jazz Center
Courtesy of Robby Roiter | Posted on February 2, 2014
Where
Vermont Jazz Center
72 Cotton Mill Hl # 222
Brattleboro, VT
Map
802-254-9088
When
Sat, April 19, 2014
8:00 pm
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Musicians
Eugene Uman
pianoAbout
Howard Brofsky passed away on October 17th, 2013 at the age of 86. This concert will be a celebration of a life lived well. Dr. Bebop lived music, loved music and studied music always. One of his favorite endeavors was to turn us on to fresh and exciting recordings, especially those of Lester Young, Dexter Young and Louis Armstrong, artists who epitomize the essence of swing and nuance. The annual concerts that he presented at the Vermont Jazz Center around his birth month (May) were celebrations of that swing that was so integrated into his life. These concerts were an outlet for him to express his soul while swinging hard with a carefully handpicked band...