Jacob Forbes – Drums, Chris Sprague – Bass, & Dylan Anderson - Sax
Jacob Forbes – Drums, Chris Sprague – Bass, & Dylan Anderson - Sax
Mark and his sophisticated Quartet present the Eighth Installment in their “Tip ‘O the Hat” Series at Portland’s most intimate live music venue, BLUE.
First Set: Special Guest - Heather Andrews on vocals!
Each month the Quartet pays homage to a late, great, influential musician, not necessarily associated with Jazz.
THIS MONTH: Elmer Bernstein (Hollywood Composer/Conductor) - 8 years gone on August 18
Second Set:
Timeless Jazz Standards, Vibrant New Works, and Miscellaneous Songs from World, Popular, and Classical Traditions.
http://www.marktiptonmusic.com/
The up and coming classic-jazz quartet DOMINO subtly harkens back to days gone by in which melodies and phrasing were effortlessly handled by the greats. The combination jazz / bossa song list, chosen by vocalist Angie Millington, evokes a mood only Carmichael, Rogers, Gershwin and Jobim could deliver. This mellow yet ambitious quartet has found their stride and will surely be a top notch choice for jazz lovers in Portland and around New England in no time.
DOMINO consists of St. Louis native Angie Millington on vocals, expressive composer & arranger Sam Chandler on piano, the well-rounded Peter Eberhart on upright bass and impressive, young talent Jacob Forbes on drums.
Visit “DOMINO Classic Jazz” on Facebook or hear clips at www.dominojazz.com
A native of the Boston, MA area, John Funkhouser (piano, bass) studied classical piano from the age of seven, and classical bass from age nine. He majored in music theory at Cornell University and returned to Boston to earn a Masters degree from New England Conservatory in jazz piano, bass and composition in 1995. After four years living in New York City, John again returned to Boston in 2000 to raise a family, perform, and teach at Berklee College of Music.
Funkhouser takes an active interest in a wide spectrum of music, including all kinds of jazz, from avant-garde to straight ahead to New Orleans Jazz, Brazilian and Afro-Cuban music, folk music of Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and Africa, American popular music, including funk, rock, blues, bluegrass, and hiphop, Classical from Gregorian chant to 21st century music, Hindustani and Carnatic Classical music of India, Balinese and Javanese Gamelan, and all kinds of hybrids between these various traditions.
Funkhouser is in demand as a jazz bassist and pianist, participating in an array of musical projects with the Northeast’s most accomplished and creative musicians. He has shared the stage with such luminaries as Grammy nominees Luciana Souza and Tierney Sutton, Steve Gadd, Abe Laboriel Sr., Max Weinberg, South Indian percussion master Trichy Sankaran, Ran Blake, Herb Pomeroy, Natraj, Yoron Israel, Laszlo Gardony, Ron Savage, Bob Gulotti, Rick Peckham, Phil Grenadier, piano savant Matt Savage, and Mark Harvey’s Aardvark Jazz Orchestra. Along with Ran Blake, Herb Pomeroy and John Harbison, he was a featured soloist with the MIT Wind Ensemble’s world premier of Mark Harvey’s magnum opus, “Beyond.”
Funkhouser returned to his classical roots in 2003, joining the bass section of the New England Philharmonic under conductor Richard Pittman. The orchestra specializes in modern music, performing world premiers and 20th/21st Century music, as well as the standard Classic and Romantic repertoire. Funkhouser shared the stage with pianist Stephen Drury, and was featured in March, 2006 as section leader and as one of three soloists in Gunther Schuller’s 1991 Violin Concerto. Funkhouser has also taken an active interest in Boston’s World Jazz scene, and has performed with some of Boston’s top World Musicians, including Leo Blanco, Francisco Mela, Pablo Bencid, Steve Langone, Rebecca Cline, and Natraj.
As the leader and pianist of the John Funkhouser Trio and as a sideman, Funkhouser has toured the US several times, performing at the New Orleans Jazz Festival, Pittsburgh’s Mellon Jazz Festival, Oklahoma City’s Jazz In June (as leader and headliner), and many other music festivals. He has played at the Blue Note Jazz Club, Birdland, and Dizzy’s in New York, the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, the Wang Center and the Berklee Performance Center in Boston, and top venues in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Kansas City, Denver, Seattle, and dozens of other US cities. John has performed abroad in such diverse locations as Paris, Toulon, Zurich, Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore, Hong Kong, Toronto, and Montreal. He appeared with Matt Savage on ABC’s “20/20” and twice on NBC’s “Today Show,” and several other television shows.
Funkhouser’s discography includes over 40 CDs, featuring him in various roles, including leader, pianist, bassist, arranger, and producer, including three CDs as leader/pianist of the John Funkhouser Trio, six CDs with the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, five CDs with Matt Savage, two CDs with Willie Myette’s “Katahdin’s Edge,” two CDs with Pierre Hurel, and various CDs in a wide variety of styles with leaders including James Merenda, Philippe Cretien, and David Thorne Scott. http://johnfunkhouser.com/
Mark and his keen Quartet present the Ninth Installment in their “Tip ‘O the Hat” Series at Portland’s most intimate live music venue, BLUE.
First Set: Special Guest - Heather Andrews on vocals!
Each month the Quartet pays homage to a late, great, influential musician, not necessarily associated with Jazz.
THIS MONTH: Jule Styne (Broadway Songwriter) - 18 years gone on September 20
Second Set:
Timeless Jazz Standards, Vibrant New Works, and Miscellaneous Songs from World, Popular, and Classical Traditions.
****MUST SEE****
Spanning decades and world cultures, Roving Soul blends traditional and modern folksongs that speak the common language of the human experience. Their unique form of composed, reinterpreted and improvised music is multi-ethnic, imaginative, and playful. MEMBERS: Jerry Sabatini - trumpet, flugelhorn, Chris Veilleux - alto/soprano saxophones, bass clarinet , and Greg Loughman - bass .. http://www.myspace.com/rovingsoulmusic
The Forbes Quartet (Jacob Forbes – drums, Gideon Forbes – tenor saxophone, Owen Conforte – guitar, Chris Sprague – bass) will be playing original compositions along with works by Joe Henderson, Ceder Walton, and more.
VERY EXCITED to have Phil McGowan return to Blue!
Currently, Phil can be found throughout New England leading his own bands as well as playing with some of the top jazz musicians in the area, which have included Bruce Gertz, Marshall Wood, Billy Pierce, Greg Hopkins, Russ Hoffmann and Ted Casher, among others.
A New England native, Phil McGowan was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts in 1985. At an early age, Phil joined with his brother and a local pianist to form a jazz trio, and began his career as a freelance musician. With Les Harris Jr. as a mentor, Phil was able to hone his skills by sitting-in with various legendary musicians at the Press Room in Portsmouth, New Hampshire through his middle school and high school years. Later on, Phil was hired as a sideman by some of these musicians, including Herb Pomeroy, Dick Johnson and Volker Nahrmann.
Phil holds a Music Performance Degree in Percussion, with Jazz Studies Concentration from the University of Southern Maine, where he continued his education in jazz while gaining familiarity with different types and traditions of music from around the world. Through his years at music school Phil continued to freelance, finding himself in concert halls, clubs, music festivals and cruise ships, which ventured into Europe, Africa and Asia.
http://www.philmcgowanmusic.com/PhilMcGowanMusic/Welcome.html
Peter Albert, is lifelong resident of Maine, he is an accomplished musician with 30+ years experience as a solo guitarist. Starting in the 60’s playing covers by the Beatles, Stones, Byrds, and Dylan gradually finding his way to the blues. Peter put together his first blues band in 1969 called Homemade Blues. “There was a lot of spontaneity in that band, every night was a jam, we were the only band around at the time that just went up on stage and let the music take over.” It was in the early seventies when Peter heard a friend play classical guitar “I was completely in awe, having been totally ear taught, seeing this structured, disciplined way made me realize how limited my knowledge was.”
For the next 10 years Peter tuned out practically everything else and focused on the classical guitar. “I still took gigs with bands here and there but my heart was in the classical style”.
Peter studied classical guitar with John McLaren and the late Walter Spaulding (University of Maine,) also participated in a master class given by Cuban virtuouso guitarist Rey de la Torre.
Eventually, Peter expanded the classical technique he had learned to the steel string acoustic giving him a method of staying creative by writing his own instrumental compositions. “I had heard the British band Pentangle as a teenager and the two guitarists, Bert Jansch & John Renbourn amazed me away with their fusion of medieval/renaissance and blues/jazz/ and traditional folk music”. Other important influences include John Fahey, Leo Kottke, Adrian Legg, Michael Hedges, Kenny Burrell, Pat Martino, Julian Bream, Ravi Shankar. He performs live throughout Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts, and has opened many shows for national acts. http://www.peteralbertguitar.com/