PRESENTED AS PART OF THE ALLUVION JAZZ SERIES
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Doors & bar at 7 - Music at 7:30 - $30 in advance - $35 at the door - Seated listening room show
Robin Connell and Paul Brewer delight in sharing their love of jazz standards and American Songbook classics in their own unique, talented way. Tonight, this Grand Rapids jazz power couple is are joined by TC’s own jazz power couple, saxophonists Laurie & Bill Sears, for an evening of jazz standards and classics from the Great American Songbook.
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Robin Connell and Paul Brewer, performing with Warren Jones, and Scott Veenstra.
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About the artists:
ROBIN CONNELL - PIANO
Jazz pianist-singer, Robin Connell, the Artprize 2016 jazz music award recipient, and the West Michigan Jazz Society’s 2017 Musician of the Year, follows in the tradition of singer‐pianists Diana Krall, and Blossom Dearie, tickling the ivories with original arrangements of time honored jazz standards. Originally from Detroit, she honed her craft in New York City, at places such as The Waldorf-Astoria, bringing the sophistication of The Great American Songbook to life in her own charming and inimitable way.
‘Connell is nimble at the piano in her clever arrangements’ – Anna Kisselgoff, The New York Times
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PAUL BREWER - TROMBONE & VOCALS
"First call trombonist," Paul Brewer has appeared in concert with over fifty major artists, such as Mel Torme, Lena Horne, and The Temptations. He performs with, and composes for, the Grand Rapids Jazz Orchestra and continues to be ‘first call trombonist’ with touring shows and regional jazz musicians. ‘J & K – Trombone Tribute’ is his homage to the great jazz trombonists, JJ Johnson and Kai Winding, and includes their well-crafted original arrangements. In addition to his prowess as a trombonist, Paul is also a ‘crooner’. With his ballad singing likened to Chet Baker, Paul switches easily into full‐blooded blues ala Joe Williams or fast driving scat singing reminiscent of Mel Torme and Frank Rosolino. When not performing, Paul is the Director of Instrumental Music at Aquinas College.
‘Paul’s weighty but smooth trombone, standards, original compositions, and fascinating stories [all] make for an interesting and entertaining evening!’ – West MI Jazz Society
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