Fort Worth, TX March 13, 2013
Influential
trumpet master Randy Brecker, who has been shaping the sound of jazz, R&B
and rock for more than four decades., will be the star attraction at this
year’s TCU Jazz Festival March 22-23. This is the 36th year for the annual Jazz
Festival which has a rich history of bringing in the greats in the field to
perform alongside the University's own talented jazz ensembles.... helping
train aspiring young musicians during all day Saturday session and blowing
audiences out of their seats at nighttime concerts.
Brecker will be
featured at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 22, sharing the stage at Ed Landreth
Auditorium with TCU
Faculty Jazz Combo and special guest Johnny Case on piano. Tickets are $10 at the door.
Saturday (March
23) is devoted to classes and workshops with top high school and middle school
jazz ensembles.
The Saturday
night event is at 7:30 p.m. in Ed Landreth Auditorium with Randy Brecker, the
TCU Jazz Ensembles and award presentations to the top student groups. Tickets
are $10 at the door.
Randy Brecker’s trumpet and flugelhorn performances have
graced hundreds of albums by a wide range of artists from James Taylor, Bruce
Springsteen and Parliament-Funkadelic to Frank Sinatra, Steely Dan, David
Sanborn, Jaco Pastorius, Horace Silver and Frank Zappa. As a composer,
performer and in-demand Yamaha clinician, Brecker continues to influence and
inspire young musicians around the world.
The lineup for
the weekend:
Friday, March 22 – Trumpet artist Randy Brecker with TCU Faculty
Jazz Combo and Johnny Case on piano, 7:30
p.m., Ed Landreth Auditorium, $10 admission at the door.
Saturday, March 23 – Randy Brecker master class with area
high school and middle school jazz ensembles, noon, Ed Landreth Auditorium,
PepsiCo Recital Hall. Free.
Saturday, March 23 - Awards
concert with TCU Jazz Ensembles and guest trumpet artist Randy Brecker, 7:30
p.m., Ed Landreth Auditorium, $10 admission at the door.
For more information,
call 817-257-7640 or visit the website at http://www.music.tcu.edu/jazz_fest_13.asp