Bloom/funkhouser Duo at First Presbyterian Church Of Aiken

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The Sanctuary Concert Series presents the Bloom/Funkhouser Duo in Exuberant Ellingtonia, celebrating Duke Ellington and his extraordinary collaborators Billy Strayhorn, Juan Tizol and Mercer Ellington. Peter and John bring virtuosity and inventiveness to beloved classics like Caravan, Things Ain’t What They Used To Be, Prelude to a Kiss, In a Sentimental Mood, and Strayhorn’s lush ballad Chelsea Bridge. The duo’s CD, Exuberant Ellingtonia (Americas Musicworks, 2022) has been praised as "fourteen of Duke Ellington's greatest classics played as a piano-flute duo…. It took two master musicians to attempt and succeed in the challenge.” (Jean Buzelin, CultureJazz.France, March 2022)