Time Arts Jazz Series - Jazz Concert by Brubeck Braid Piano and Cello Duet May 4, 2008

Time: 2008/5/4
Venue: Forbidden City Music Hall
Price: 60/90/120/180/280/380/680
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Piano: David Braid
Cello: Matt Brubeck

David Braid - jazz pianist and composer
Toutedas one of Canada's most gifted young jazz pianists and composers, DavidBraid is a Juno Award winner, National Jazz Award recipient, and hasperformed extensively across Canada, Europe, Australia, Korea, Japan,China and other parts of Asia.

Braid graduated from the University of Torontoin 1998 and was nominated for the Canadian Governor General's AcademicMedal. In 2001, the Canada Council for the Arts (JazzID program)selected and showcased Braid as one of five important young composersand jazz musicians in Canada.

Braidmade a relatively late entry into music and an even later foray intojazz. After several years of dedicated study, he quickly earned respectfrom music critics for the quality of his contributions as a composerand performer to a wide range of projects including The David Braid***tet, Nimmons'n'Braid, Brubeck Braid and Davidson/Murley/BraidQuintet (DMBQ). He is also a regular member of 12 other jazz ensemblesincluding John MacLeod's Rex Hotel Orchestra, Mike Murley Septet,Metalwood, William Carn Quintet, Kelly Jefferson Quartet, Artie RothQuintet, William Sperandei ensemble, and Nehring, Koller & Braid.

"...he'salready secure in the senior ranks of jazz pianists... Braid theplayer, writer, arranger and bandleader is clearly a force to bereckoned with." - The Toronto Star

Matt Brubeck-- jazz celloist and composer
Thoughperhaps most famous for being the son of jazz legend Dave Brubeck, MattBrubeck is certainly a musical genius in his own right, having garneredacclaim for his combination of classical and contemporary music.Between stints with jazz, improv and pop bands; and co-composing musicfor experimental theatre and films; Brubeck performed with the BerkeleySymphony Orchestra from 1989-2003. Like Braid, he currently teaches at York University, in Toronto, Canada.

Classicallytrained but steeped in jazz, Brubeck Braid can easily segue betweengenres with fluid versatility. Their music blurs the distinctionsbetween jazz, classcial and new music. The duo format provides a uniqueoppotunity to showcase the intimate interplay of these like-mindedmusicians. The duo launched its much-anticipated debut CD,"Twotet/Deuxtet" at the Toronto Jazz Festival in June 2007.

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