Larry McDonough Quartet Simple Gifts 10th Anniversary September 22 at Jazz Central
Question:
What do children with disabilities, Bill Evans, Dave Brubeck, Cole Porter, the Gershwins, Richard Rodgers, Ludwig van Beethoven, Spinal Tap, Sleely Dan, the Middle East, the odd meters, and award winner Minnesota poetry have in common?
Answer:
Larry McDonough Quartet
Ten years ago,
The Larry McDonough Quartet (LMQ) recorded the CD “Simple Gifts”
http://larrymcdonoughjazz.homestead.com/SimpleGifts.html
Charted at 29 on the CMJ Jazz Chart at #29...
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Larry McDonough Quartet Simple Gifts 10th Anniversary September 22 at Jazz Central
Question:
What do children with disabilities, Bill Evans, Dave Brubeck, Cole Porter, the Gershwins, Richard Rodgers, Ludwig van Beethoven, Spinal Tap, Sleely Dan, the Middle East, the odd meters, and award winner Minnesota poetry have in common?
Answer:
Larry McDonough Quartet
Ten years ago,
The Larry McDonough Quartet (LMQ) recorded the CD “Simple Gifts”
http://larrymcdonoughjazz.homestead.com/SimpleGifts.html
Charted at 29 on the CMJ Jazz Chart at #29
Played on more than 100 stations around the world
Mon. Sep. 22, 8:30-9:30 pm
Jazz Central
407 Central Avenue SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414
http://jazzcentralstudios.org/
Jam session follows the LMQ set
Families and students are welcome.
Larry McDonough Quartet
Larry McDonough, piano, vocals, compositions, and arrangements
Richard Terrill, saxes and poetry
Greg Stinson, bass
Dean White, drums
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Reviews:
Peter Kuller, Radio Adelaide – Australia [email protected]
“This was not a simple gift, it was a substantial gift! Larry McDonough is giving Beethoven, Gershwin, an Rogers & Hammerstein a whole new life. I just love it …. This music is indeed a gift, thank you very much!”
Joost Van Steen – Jazz & Blues Tour Radio – The Netherlands http://www.jazzbluestour.nl/
“What a great CD. Fantastic stuff!”
Mark Robinson Auckland New Zealand www.georgefm.co.nz/jazz
“It is a beautiful release.”
Daniel M. Klein, CILU Radio – Thunder Bay, Ontario
“A solid recording; an intriguing post-bop romp into standards and other tunes.”
Scott Yanow – LA Jazz Scene
“Larry McDonough is an inventive pianist …. The highly enjoyable is music is recommended ….”
Dick Metcalf – Zzaj Productions Improvijazzation Nation
“You’ll not likely find a better gift than Larry’s simple, yet enchanting, keyboard style …. This is one of the best keyboard-oriented CD’s I’ve heard this year, & in addition to a most highly recommended rating, it also gets the pick of this issue for most sophisticated keyboard jazz!”
Chris Spector – Midwest Record – www.midwestrecord.com
“Solid jazz piano man that serves it up in fine form.”
Andrea Canter, Jazz Police
“Larry McDonough’s long-awaited new recording serves up divergent delights, from a reconstructed holiday chestnut to inside-out renditions of jazz standards, from harmonically and rhythmically altered traditional melodies to a trio of original tunes. With a feathery touch that recalls Bill Evans but with more fingers and a unique approach to time that makes the most worn carol or standard a new adventure, Simple Gifts proves to be anything but simple but, for those fortunate enough to hear this music, it is indeed a gift.”
More reviews
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