Charged Particles with Special Guest Saxophonist Tod Dickow “A Tribute To Michael Brecker” at Cafe Pink House

Saxophonist Tod Dickow and the Bay-Area Jazz Super-Trio Charged Particles will be the performing a tribute to one of the most important musicians in the history of jazz, saxophonist Michael Brecker.

Remarkably, perhaps because Brecker’s playing is so technically demanding and his compositions are such a challenge to perform, no tributes to his music have been performed in the world to date since his passing.

The extra-long concert will present live performances of many widely-varying compositions of Michael’s, from the many different phases of his professional life. Listeners will walk away with a deep understanding of the man and his music and its place in the larger idiom, as well as with smiles from having heard a night of lots of musical energy, interaction, and creativity....

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Saxophonist Tod Dickow and the Bay-Area Jazz Super-Trio Charged Particles will be the performing a tribute to one of the most important musicians in the history of jazz, saxophonist Michael Brecker.

Remarkably, perhaps because Brecker’s playing is so technically demanding and his compositions are such a challenge to perform, no tributes to his music have been performed in the world to date since his passing.

The extra-long concert will present live performances of many widely-varying compositions of Michael’s, from the many different phases of his professional life. Listeners will walk away with a deep understanding of the man and his music and its place in the larger idiom, as well as with smiles from having heard a night of lots of musical energy, interaction, and creativity.

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