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

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Cathedral Church Of The Advent
2017 6th Ave N
Birmingham, AL
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Bloom/funkhouser Duo: Exuberant Ellingtonia at Cathedral Church Of The Advent

When

Fri, October 28, 2022
12:30 pm

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Praised for โ€œstyle and brio, verve and sophisticationโ€ (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. Theyโ€™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 Rockinโ€™ in Rhythm, Prelude to a Kiss, Jump for Joy, and Strayhornโ€™s lush ballad Chelsea Bridge. The duoโ€™s CD, Exuberant Ellingtonia (Americas Musicworks, 2022), has been called โ€œa dream list of fabulous vehicles for short composition and improv segments, miniatures that ring out with the exceptional evergreen brilliance of the worksโ€ (Gapplegate Music Review)...

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