La Jolla Community Center
July 2020
Fourth Friday Jazz Series featuring Peter Sprague, Leonard Patton, Tripp Sprague
PETER SPRAGUE'S BOOMER JAZZ The Peter Sprague trio explores the jazz tradition of improvisation but with a slightly different spin — they bring their jazz viewpoint to songs that resonate with the boomers. They start with The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, James Taylor, and Cream, and then for balance they play “Georgia” by Hoagy Carmichael, add in a Cole Porter beauty, and samba on one of Peter’s original compositions. The trio includes Tripp (who is Peter’s brother)…
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Fourth Friday Jazz Series featuring Danny Green, Julien Cantelm, Justin Grinnell
A NIGHT OF ORIGINALS AND STANDARDS A rising force on the jazz scene and an award-winning Origin Records recording artist, pianist and composer Danny Green has distinguished himself with his beautifully articulated touch and melodically charged sensibility. His Original compositions – a vivid blend of jazz, classical, and Brazilian elements – delights critics and audiences across the country and around the world. Green’s talents have taken him from the Blue Note in New York City to the Blue Whale in…
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Fourth Friday Jazz Series featuring Holly Hofmann and Mike Wofford
SELECTIONS FROM THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK San Diego’s world-renowned Flutist and illustrious Jazz Presenter Holy Hofmann with the incomparable Mike Wofford on piano, will celebrate the Great American songbook including compositions by Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, and George Gershwin. Hofmann, who spent years studying classical music, was later in partnerships with renowned jazzmen and top names in the music while Wofford is best known as an accompanist to and music director for Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald. Hofmann has performed…
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Fourth Friday Jazz Series featuring Joshua White, Alex Boneham, Tyler Kreutel
THE MUSIC OF JOSHUA WHITE White was trained in both classical and gospel music and received formal piano training at the age of seven. He was immersed in the music of classical greats such as Bach and Beethoven and competed in several piano music competitions until he began his focus on Jazz at the age of 18. He studied with composer Anthony Davis, flutist Holly Hofmann, and piano master Mike Wofford to name a few. In the following years, he…
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