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Michael Zilber Big Band East West at Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society
Courtesy of Barbara Riching | Posted on March 6, 2020
When
Sun, April 19, 2020
4:30 pm
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Musicians
Michael Zilber
saxophoneDanny Zinn
saxophoneSheldon Brown
saxophoneLarry Delacruz
saxophoneMarvin McFadden
trumpetMike Olmos
trumpetErik Jekabson
trumpetDoug Beavers
tromboneJohn Gove
tromboneJeff Cressman
tromboneRich Lee
tromboneJohn R. Burr
pianoDan Feiszli
bassJeff Marrs
drumsAbout
Composer and saxophonist Michael Zilber brings the all-star Bay Area big band from his latest release, East West: Music for Big Bands: an ambitious, once-in-a-lifetime project by Zilber with two all-star band recording sessions – one in New York and one is San Francisco. Zilber, who has played alongside masters such as Dave Liebman, Dizzy Gillespie and Sonny Stitt is a force to be reckoned with in his own right. Jazz journalist Andrew Gilbert says about the big band, “It’s beauty AND burn, intense swing AND sweet balladry, all united under Zilber’s commanding and ever expanding creative purview."...