Karl Stabnau Quartet "A Charlie Brown Christmas" at The College At Brockport Mainstage

Quickly becoming a Western New York holiday tradition, A Charlie Brown Christmas, performed by the Karl Stabnau Quartet, features some of the most dynamic new names on the jazz scene today. The concert will feature music from the Peanuts special including “Christmas Time is Here,” “Skating” and “Linus and Lucy” as well as arrangements of holiday standards.

DownBeat award-winning saxophonist Karl Stabnau is hailed as a "highly versatile and valuable musician...well versed in the tradition and future of the music." Performing on the baritone saxophone, he has made a name for himself as both a leader and a sideman having toured nationally with his own groups as well as internationally with the Grammy-winning “Gil Evans Centennial Project." Karl has been a featured artist at jazz festivals across the United States and in Italy and has appeared as a sideman with Lou Christie and Bobby Rydell, Tito Allen, Johnny Rivera, N’Klabe, Lalo Rodriguez, and Frankie Negron...

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Quickly becoming a Western New York holiday tradition, A Charlie Brown Christmas, performed by the Karl Stabnau Quartet, features some of the most dynamic new names on the jazz scene today. The concert will feature music from the Peanuts special including “Christmas Time is Here,” “Skating” and “Linus and Lucy” as well as arrangements of holiday standards.

DownBeat award-winning saxophonist Karl Stabnau is hailed as a "highly versatile and valuable musician...well versed in the tradition and future of the music." Performing on the baritone saxophone, he has made a name for himself as both a leader and a sideman having toured nationally with his own groups as well as internationally with the Grammy-winning “Gil Evans Centennial Project." Karl has been a featured artist at jazz festivals across the United States and in Italy and has appeared as a sideman with Lou Christie and Bobby Rydell, Tito Allen, Johnny Rivera, N’Klabe, Lalo Rodriguez, and Frankie Negron. He has played in concert with greats such as Marvin Stamm, Gary Foster, Jeff Beal, Dave Glasser, Dick Oatts, Pat LaBarbera, Adam Niewood, Lew Soloff, and Chuck Mangione. His educational pedigree includes a Bachelor of Jazz Performance and Master's of Music Education degree from the renowned Eastman School of Music as well as a Master's of Music Business degree from Syracuse University.

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