Bloom/funkhouser Duo: Exuberant Ellingtonia at Cathedral Church Of The Advent

Praised for “style and brio, verve and sophistication” (AllAboutJazz.com), the duo of Peter H. Bloom, flute, and John Funkhouser, piano, will make their debut in the Midday Music Series at Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham. They’ll perform an exhilarating tribute to Duke Ellington and his extraordinary collaborators Billy Strayhorn, Juan Tizol, and Mercer Ellington. Peter and John bring virtuosity and inventiveness to classics like Rockin’ in Rhythm, Prelude to a Kiss, Jump for Joy, and Strayhorn’s lush ballad Chelsea Bridge. The duo’s CD, Exuberant Ellingtonia (Americas Musicworks, 2022), has been called “a dream list of fabulous vehicles for short composition and improv segments, miniatures that ring out with the exceptional evergreen brilliance of the works” (Gapplegate Music Review)...

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Praised for “style and brio, verve and sophistication” (AllAboutJazz.com), the duo of Peter H. Bloom, flute, and John Funkhouser, piano, will make their debut in the Midday Music Series at Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham. They’ll perform an exhilarating tribute to Duke Ellington and his extraordinary collaborators Billy Strayhorn, Juan Tizol, and Mercer Ellington. Peter and John bring virtuosity and inventiveness to classics like Rockin’ in Rhythm, Prelude to a Kiss, Jump for Joy, and Strayhorn’s lush ballad Chelsea Bridge. The duo’s CD, Exuberant Ellingtonia (Americas Musicworks, 2022), has been called “a dream list of fabulous vehicles for short composition and improv segments, miniatures that ring out with the exceptional evergreen brilliance of the works” (Gapplegate Music Review).

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