Liberty Central School Junior Elana Ehrenberg plays her tenor saxophone with the Liberty High School Jazz Ensenble prior to the August 4 start of the Bethel Woods Evening of Jazz. The Liberty High School Jazz Ensenble entertained prior to the start of the 6:30 Main Stage Show.Age Has Not Blemished The Talented Dave Brubeck
Bethel Woods just gets better and better as was evidenced on Saturday, August 4.
Most 85-plus year-old seniors today are contented to sit back in their rocking chair and listen to their favorite musician.......but not Dave Brubeck, who we were told is 87 and on this date he displayed with precision his piano playing musical talents as part of the Bethel Woods Evening of Jazz.
Along with the Dave Brubeck Quartet the Jazz "Jam" session featured Earl Klugh and Randy Crawford & Joe Sample.
The entire Brubeck Quartet pounded out the Jazz beat with precision and each of the four members had the opportunity to show the Jazz loving fans that they still had what it takes to entertain at the top of the marque.
It was so easy to see why Brubeck is often regarded as a genius in this entertainment field and one of the most well known jazz pianists of all times.His style on August 4 ranged from refined to bombastic.
More than any other improvising artist during the past 45 years, Brubeck stands out as a brilliant pianist, composer and bandleader. Dave has expanded the rhythmic horizons for the general public, essaying with ever-increasing assurance time signatures like 5/4, 7/4 and even 13/4 while creating a body of work that is notable for its consistent levels of melodic content and harmonic invention.
Brubeck clearly showed why he is a member of that charmed circle of improvising artists whose popularity is commensurate with his musical accomplishments. The first jazz figure ever to make the cover of Time, Brubeck has for nearly half a century been a leader of perhaps the most widely known and well-traveled quartet in the history of jazz.
And you can truly tell Jazz fans from other musical fans.....just watch their heads and bodies swing to the well known and well loved jazz beat.
Also thoroughly entertaining the crowd on August 4 was Earl Klugh, a Detroit born jazz fusion guitarist and Randy Crawford who for three decades has traversed a musical spectrum that ranges from jazz and soul to R&B and pop. Her warm timbre and inventive emotional phrasing has won Crawford countless fans around the world. Pianist and composer Joe Sample added that special touch for Jazz on this beautiful August evening.
Prior to the start of the Evening of Jazz on the main stage Bethel Woods Center for the Arts played host to the Goshen youth Jazz band led by Ellen Dickinson and the Liberty High School Jazz Ensemble conducted by Daniel L. McConnell. This was the second year in a row for Liberty as they entertained at the Top of the Lawn.
Upcoming entertainment at Bethel Woods includes ArloGuthrie and Richie Havens on Friday, August 17 at 8 p.m., Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra on Sunday August 19 at 7 p.m., Trace Adkins & Gary Allan with Terri Clark on Friday, August 24 at 6 p.m., Lynyrd Skynyrd with the Marshall Tucker Band on Sunday August 26 at 7:30 p.m., Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard and Ray Price on Wednesday August 29 at 8 p.m. and Earth Wind & Fire with special guest Taylor Hicks on Saturday, September 8 at 8 p.m.
Information on tickets is available at 845-454-3388 or at http://www.bethelwoodslive.org/
Bethel Woods just gets better and better as was evidenced on Saturday, August 4.
Most 85-plus year-old seniors today are contented to sit back in their rocking chair and listen to their favorite musician.......but not Dave Brubeck, who we were told is 87 and on this date he displayed with precision his piano playing musical talents as part of the Bethel Woods Evening of Jazz.
Along with the Dave Brubeck Quartet the Jazz "Jam" session featured Earl Klugh and Randy Crawford & Joe Sample.
The entire Brubeck Quartet pounded out the Jazz beat with precision and each of the four members had the opportunity to show the Jazz loving fans that they still had what it takes to entertain at the top of the marque.
It was so easy to see why Brubeck is often regarded as a genius in this entertainment field and one of the most well known jazz pianists of all times.His style on August 4 ranged from refined to bombastic.
More than any other improvising artist during the past 45 years, Brubeck stands out as a brilliant pianist, composer and bandleader. Dave has expanded the rhythmic horizons for the general public, essaying with ever-increasing assurance time signatures like 5/4, 7/4 and even 13/4 while creating a body of work that is notable for its consistent levels of melodic content and harmonic invention.
Brubeck clearly showed why he is a member of that charmed circle of improvising artists whose popularity is commensurate with his musical accomplishments. The first jazz figure ever to make the cover of Time, Brubeck has for nearly half a century been a leader of perhaps the most widely known and well-traveled quartet in the history of jazz.
And you can truly tell Jazz fans from other musical fans.....just watch their heads and bodies swing to the well known and well loved jazz beat.
Also thoroughly entertaining the crowd on August 4 was Earl Klugh, a Detroit born jazz fusion guitarist and Randy Crawford who for three decades has traversed a musical spectrum that ranges from jazz and soul to R&B and pop. Her warm timbre and inventive emotional phrasing has won Crawford countless fans around the world. Pianist and composer Joe Sample added that special touch for Jazz on this beautiful August evening.
Prior to the start of the Evening of Jazz on the main stage Bethel Woods Center for the Arts played host to the Goshen youth Jazz band led by Ellen Dickinson and the Liberty High School Jazz Ensemble conducted by Daniel L. McConnell. This was the second year in a row for Liberty as they entertained at the Top of the Lawn.
Upcoming entertainment at Bethel Woods includes ArloGuthrie and Richie Havens on Friday, August 17 at 8 p.m., Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra on Sunday August 19 at 7 p.m., Trace Adkins & Gary Allan with Terri Clark on Friday, August 24 at 6 p.m., Lynyrd Skynyrd with the Marshall Tucker Band on Sunday August 26 at 7:30 p.m., Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard and Ray Price on Wednesday August 29 at 8 p.m. and Earth Wind & Fire with special guest Taylor Hicks on Saturday, September 8 at 8 p.m.
Information on tickets is available at 845-454-3388 or at http://www.bethelwoodslive.org/
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