shanghai jazz scene .com » David Braid http://shanghaijazzscene.com/blog What's happening on the Jazz Scene in Shanghai, China Wed, 26 Oct 2011 08:13:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Brubeck Braid review http://shanghaijazzscene.com/blog/2008/04/28/brubeck-braid-review/ http://shanghaijazzscene.com/blog/2008/04/28/brubeck-braid-review/#comments Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:16:23 +0000 JQ http://shanghaijazzscene.com/blog/2008/04/28/brubeck-braid-review/ Since I didn’t make it to last night’s show at twocities, I made a special effort to go hear the Canadian piano-cello duo this afternoon at Glamour Bar, and enjoyed it.  The two players are both quite virtuosic on their respective axes, not to mention well versed in both the classical and jazz realms.  And though there were plenty of jazz and classical influences present in the music, most of it was generally unclassifiable, eclectic melanges of various world rhythms and tonalities.  Overall lots of fun…it made me think how (even more) exciting it would be to hear the two leading a larger ensemble playing the same music.

The two mainly performed pieces from their album twotet/deuxtet including Wash Away (inspired by a dream in which Chopin meets Ray Charles), Huevos Verdes Y Jamon (a springy tune with a Latin feel featuring percussive cello playing), Sniffinâ?? Around, and Spirit Dance.

One listener I interviewed felt that Matt Brubeck (who is actually American, but is now based in Toronto) had an uncanny resemblance to Samuel Beckett.  However it is unverifiable currently due to the lack of pictures online of Beckett in his youth.

]]> http://shanghaijazzscene.com/blog/2008/04/28/brubeck-braid-review/feed/ 0 Brubeck Braid tonight at twocities, tomorrow at Glamour Bar http://shanghaijazzscene.com/blog/2008/04/26/brubeck-braid-tonight-at-twocities-tomorrow-at-glamour-bar/ http://shanghaijazzscene.com/blog/2008/04/26/brubeck-braid-tonight-at-twocities-tomorrow-at-glamour-bar/#comments Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:36:57 +0000 JQ http://shanghaijazzscene.com/blog/2008/04/26/brubeck-braid-tonight-at-twocities-tomorrow-at-glamour-bar/ My bad for not publishing this earlier, but tonight at the twocities gallery there will be an amazing show by the piano-cello duet of David Braid and Matt Brubeck. If you can’t make it tonight, there’s still hope as they play tomorrow afternoon at the Glamour Bar. I think both rooms are going to be perfect for this duo, each usually have an intimate quiet setting focused on the music. Of course the Glamour Bar is a bar, but since they are playing at 4pm as a special concert, it should be much more music-focused than that room usually is later in the evening.

Shanghai

Saturday, April 26, 7:30pm
Twocities Gallery
M50, 50 Moganshan Rd bldg O, 2F
(021) 5252 1518
RMB50

Sunday, April 27, 4pm
Incidental Sunday at Glamour Bar
5 on the Bund, 6F – entrance at 20 Guangdong Rd
(021) 6350 9988, 6329 3751
RMB50

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