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Dave Brubeck's Music and Legacy: Jazz as a Language of Peace and Diplomacy at International House At UC Berkeley
Courtesy of Claire Power | Posted on June 30, 2015
Where
International House At UC Berkeley
2299 Piedmont Avenue
Berkeley, CA
Map
(510) 642-9460
When
Wed, July 22, 2015
7:00 pm
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Musicians
Simon Rowe
organ, Hammond B3Melanie O'Reilly
vocalsAbout
Simon Rowe - Piano; Executive Director of the Brubeck Institute
Melanie O'Reilly - Guest vocalist & MC for this event
The legendary Dave Brubeck believed in the power of music to transform lives as well as to enlighten and entertain. Dr Simon Rowe, Executive Director of The Brubeck Institute, will present talk-with music about the impact of Dave Brubeck on Twentieth Century Western culture. Beginning as a promising young jazz pianist, Dave’s 70 year journey brought him from the battlefields of WWII as an American GI, to concert hall stages around the world as composer, bandleader and jazz ambassador....