Steve McQuarry Presents "a Living Tribute to Carla Bley" at SFJAZZ Center

Oakland-based keyboardist-composer Steve McQuarry performs a tribute concert to Oakland-born keyboardist-composer Carla Bley with his Mandala Orchestra and Octet on Friday, June 5, 2015 at 8pm at the SFJazz Center’s Miner Auditorium. Tickets are $25 online at: bit.ly/MCQBLEY or by phone: 866-920-5299.

The octet compositions include; “Blues in 12 Bars/Blues in 12 Other Bars,” “Sidewinders in Paradise,” “Baseball,” and “Utviklingssang,” all from the Bley album 4x4. The works for the orchestra are “On the Stage in Cages,” “Birds of Paradise,” and “Fresh Impression,” all from Big Band Theory. McQuarry will be playing a Hammond B-3-like Nord organ in both ensembles....

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Oakland-based keyboardist-composer Steve McQuarry performs a tribute concert to Oakland-born keyboardist-composer Carla Bley with his Mandala Orchestra and Octet on Friday, June 5, 2015 at 8pm at the SFJazz Center’s Miner Auditorium. Tickets are $25 online at: bit.ly/MCQBLEY or by phone: 866-920-5299.

The octet compositions include; “Blues in 12 Bars/Blues in 12 Other Bars,” “Sidewinders in Paradise,” “Baseball,” and “Utviklingssang,” all from the Bley album 4x4. The works for the orchestra are “On the Stage in Cages,” “Birds of Paradise,” and “Fresh Impression,” all from Big Band Theory. McQuarry will be playing a Hammond B-3-like Nord organ in both ensembles.

NEA Jazz Master Carla Bley’s seismic career encompassed performances with Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra, Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason, Cream’s Jack Bruce and countless others.

An interview with Steve McQuarry can be heard on Alisa Clancy's "Desert Island" show at 9am on June 5th at KCSM Jazz Radio 91.1 on the dial.

More info at www.mcquarry.org

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