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IN THE TRADITION Jazz & Pop Piano Trio
Piedmont Center for the Arts
Piedmont, CA
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Dec 01, 2024 4:30 PM
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IN THE TRADITION Jazz & Pop Piano Trio
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                                                      MASKS STRONGLY ENCOURAGED IN MAIN HALL!
           
                             The IN THE TRADITION Piano Trio  PRESENTS:
           (Bill Jackman - Piano,   Michael Jones - Bass,   Anthony Pegram - Drums).
 
                            ** IN THE INTIMATE PCA CLASSIC JAZZ CLUB **  
                                       (complimentary refreshments included)
     
                           "Music for the Holidays"     Sunday, December 1, 4:30 PM            

:      In an effort to preserve the tradition of the classic jazz and pop piano trio, the In the Tradition piano trio presents this year-long series of monthly celebrations to benefit the programs of Piedmont Center for the Arts. CDs available as thank-you gifts for donations!

    We are Bill, Michael, and Albert, a jazz and pop piano trio dedicated to preserving the tradition of the classic jazz piano trio: the music of the Oscar Peterson Trio, the Red Garland Trio, the Wynton Kelly Trio, the Gene Harris Trio, etc. This musical format developed during the modern jazz era of the 1940s and 1950s. It flourished in Oakland and the East Bay during the 1950s with local jazz piano trios, but has since almost disappeared. Recall that legendary jazz pianist Dave Brubeck, an East Bay native, rose to fame at The Burma Lounge nightclub in Oakland, where he played with the Dave Brubeck Trio from 1948 to 1950. To our knowledge, we are the last classic jazz piano trio  -- piano, bass, and drums -- still active in the East Bay.

    We are also dedicated to preserving the tradition of "pop piano." Not too many decades ago, almost all the hotels and most fine restaurants and clubs in the East Bay had a pianist playing the great pop tunes of the day and the classics (standards) from the Great American Songbook. Unfortunately, this tradition of "pop piano" has also largely vanished.  

In the Tradition Piano Trio Musicians' Bios:

    Bill Jackman has been our pianist for the past 30 years. He was a student of the late Oakland jazz pianist Art Fletcher, who for several decades presided over the grand piano, usually with Ruth Davies on bass, at the former Solomon Grundy's (now Skates) on the Berkeley Marina. Bill is a Lupita Records recording artist who has recorded six CDs in the piano trio format.  He is also an accomplished dancer, and Bill and his late wife Lupita made a dance video entitled Dancing to Jazz in which they danced to their own jazz piano trio music (www.LupitaRecords.com).

    Michael Jones is a bassist and band leader based in the Bay Area for over thirty years who plays acoustic music in the fine tradition of Jazz and Blues. After studying music at the University of Northern Colorado, Michael migrated to the San Francisco Bay Area in the mid-1970s where he has had the pleasure of playing with many icons including Al Tanner, Faye Carroll, Ed Kelley, Donald (Duck) Bailey, Pharoah Sanders, Denise Perrier, Calvin Keyes, and Buddy Montgomery, to name a few. Michael's career as a sideman and bandleader includes serving as the Music Director for the Golden Gate Library Summer Concert and Jam Session series in Oakland, California, for the past 23 years.

    Albert Brooks, M.D., grew up in the South Bronx dancing to Latin rhythms, especially at the Palladium. He would play Latin rhythms on any percussion instrument he could get his hands on. Albert and his sister were versatile dancers, adept at swing and Latin, and they danced together at many house parties. Albert once danced on the Clay Cole TV show with a classmate from his school. In his earlier years, Albert focused on Latin drumming. He added trap drums to his musical offerings several decades ago and is fluent in swing and Latin rhythms. Albert has managed to continue growing as a drummer despite the demands of being a practicing obstetrician-gynecologist in the East Bay for almost 30 years. Dr. Brooks graduated in 1974 from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in New York City. Additionally, Dr. Brooks has served as a high-level administrator of medical groups and on the board of directors of non-profit organizations.

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Piedmont Center for the Arts (View)
801 Magnolia Ave.
Piedmont, CA 94611
United States

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Arts > Performance
Music > Jazz

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Dog Friendly: No
Non-Smoking: Yes!
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes!

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