Hello everyone, Some mixed news for you all, Harvey is under weather and will not be able to make it for the concert next week. Lucky for us Jason Robinson was around and will be standing in for him. our hearts go out to Harvey for a quick recovery, he will be missed, and hopefully will be back very soon for a concert in the summer. here is the new PR for the concert, it should be great, hope to see you there! Spring Equinox Concert On Friday, March 21 at 8pm, Open Music Collective will be presenting a “Spring Equinox Concert” featuring Mitch Seidman, Claire Arenius, Jamie MacDonald with Special guest Jason Robinson on reeds. This will be a night of great swinging original music with its roots heavily in american song book with compositions by Arenius, Seidman, MacDonald and some favorite jazz standards. Originally booked with Harvey Diamond on piano, who unfortunately won’t be able to make it but Jason Robinson will be standing in for him. Recently off tours with his 9 piece Janus ensemble and a world tour with reggae group “Groundation”. Jason teaches at Amherst College but performs regularly in Boston and NYC with “the Makanda Project”, “the Outnumbered” with Charlie Kohlhase, and various groups with Dave Ballou, George Schuller, Drew Gress, Marty Erhlich and more. Mitch Seidman was initially inspired to pursue jazz guitar by a Kenny Burrell record, and then by the late Attila Zoller through study and a close friendship that began in 1974. A professional musician and music educator for well over forty years, he has performed at festivals, and presented clinics throughout the US, as well in France, Germany, and Costa Rica. Seidman has recorded with Harold Vick, Harvie S, Ted Brown, Alan Dawson, Joe Hunt, Tony Zano, and Charlie Kohlhase. He has led recordings on Jardis (Germany), Cadence, Kyran Music, and Brownstone Records. Seidman is a Professor of Ear Training at Berklee College of Music, was a contributing editor to 20th Century Guitar Magazine, and co-authored the book entitled Playing the Changes:Guitar on Berklee Press/Hal Leonard. Claire Arenius has been performing in jazz and improvisational music for almost thirty years. Her formative years were spent studying music at University of Massachusetts, where Archie Shepp and Max Roach were on faculty. Later, as the recipient of a National Endowment Music Grant, Claire relocated to New York City to study with master drummer Charli Persip. This led to Claires joining legendary trombonist/arranger Melba Listons ensemble and to performances at Carnegie Hall, the Seaport Jazz Fest, Jazzmobile, & others. Claire has also toured Europe with Hungarian-born guitar Master Attila Zoller. She has performed and/or recorded with many jazz greats including Tal Farlow, Slide Hampton, Richard Davis, Marion Brown, Charles Neville, George Mraz, Ray Copeland, Mose Allison, Barney Kessel, and Sheila Jordan. Jamie Macdonald, an upright and electric bassist, is known in the New England area as a professional, musical, and eclectic bassist. Professionally, Macdonald performs in a number of genres. As a classical musician he is currently principal bassist in the Keene Chamber Orchestra, Windham Orchestra, Raylynmor Opera Company, and the Hugh Keelan Ensemble. Macdonald has also performed with Bobby Bradford, Satoshi Takeishi, James Williams, Sheila Jordan,Peter Eldridge, Carlos Averhoff, Catherine Legard, and David Goodrich. He also performs occasionally with a Charles Mingus Tribute Group. This promises to a be a great night of music and and looked forward meeting of friends. Also the group has promised the days will get longer and warmer at least in the next few months. Our best wishes go out to Harvey Diamond for a quick recovery, he will be missed. Open Music Collective is handicap accessible and located in the Cotton mill at 74 Cotton Mill Hill in Brattleboro. The admission is $10.00. Visit openmusiccollective.org or call (802) 275-5054 for more information.
Posted on: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 03:52:21 +0000
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