Ben Goldberg & Sheldon Brown at Bird & Beckett Books & Records

Ben and Sheldon have been playing together for longer than either can remember. They've played together with Clarinet Thing, with Darren Johnston’s groups, Graham Connah’s various ensembles, etc., etc., but one of their favorite settings is playing in the “chord-less quartet” format. They started doing that many years ago with an original music project called “Papa’s Midnight Hop” (after the Steve Lacy tune), and after that project ended they kept working in the quartet format doing music of Herbie Nichols and Thelonious Monk. For this show the focus will be on their own music, with a healthy dose of Nichols/Monk....

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Ben and Sheldon have been playing together for longer than either can remember. They've played together with Clarinet Thing, with Darren Johnston’s groups, Graham Connah’s various ensembles, etc., etc., but one of their favorite settings is playing in the “chord-less quartet” format. They started doing that many years ago with an original music project called “Papa’s Midnight Hop” (after the Steve Lacy tune), and after that project ended they kept working in the quartet format doing music of Herbie Nichols and Thelonious Monk. For this show the focus will be on their own music, with a healthy dose of Nichols/Monk.
Joining them will be two of their favorite musicians, the extraordinary bassist John Wiitala and superlative drummer Tim Bulkley. Please join us for an intimate evening of original music and classic Monk/Nichols favorites.

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