"Straight Ahead" West Coast Jazz

Details

George Kahn full profile / Piano Quartet (pno-guitar-bass-drums) / 4 musicians

Composers featured: Cole Porter, Chick Corea, etc.

Other players: Will Brahm - guitar, John Leftwich - bass, Kendall Kay - drums

Full program notes

One Fine Thing - Harry Connick, Jr.
Going Baroque - George Kahn
Night And Day - Cole Porter
Just One Of Those Things - Cole Porter
I Feel Pretty - Leonard Bernstein
Quarantuni Time - George Kahn

Historical context

This concert will harken back to the days when jazz quartets travelled the country playing week-long gigs in clubs across the country, often in basements of restaurants or back rooms in bars. The improvisatory nature of jazz brings the music to life in the 21st Century.

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I Feel Pretty by Leonard Bernstein

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  Vocal Jazz in an acoustic setting

  • Musician profile: George Kahn
  • Instruments: Piano, bass and three female vocalists
  • Musicians: George Kahn, Courtney Lemmon, Gina Saputo and Crystal Starr - vocals. Lyman Medeiros - bass

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