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Jyväskylä Big Band feat. Manuel Dunkel: A Tribute to MIchael Brecker at Siltasali

Courtesy of Finnish Jazz Federation | Posted on February 12, 2017

Where

Siltasali
Pitkäkatu 19 - 21
Jyväskylä
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When

Sun, February 12, 2017
11:00

About

Jyväskylä Big Band feat. Manuel Dunkel Conductor: Ilkka Mäkitalo Tickets: 20/10€.
In this concert, Jyväskylä Big Band pays homage to the late sax legend Micheal Brecker (1949-2007), one of the best-known American jazz saxophonists. We will be in for material from UMO Jazz Orchestra and Brecker's collab album "Live in Helsinki 1995" and from the repertory of Brecker Brothers. Michael Brecker was a 15-time Grammy-winner who recorded twenty solo albums and performed with the likes of Chet Baker, George Benson, Dave Brubeck, Don Cherry, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, Quincy Jones, Charles Mingus, Joni Mitchell, Jaco Pastorius, Frank Sinatra, Bruce Springsteen, Steely Dan, Tony Williams, Frank Zappa....

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