Brian Charette Trio featuring Jeff Rupert and Marty Morell
Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave, Winter Park
Brian Charette - Hammond B-3 organ; Jeff Rupert - saxophone; Marty Morell - drums
New York City organist/pianist, Brian Charette, has established himself as a leading voice in modern jazz. Charette is a Hammond-endorsed, Steeplechase and Positone recording artist who was the winner of the 2014 Downbeat Critics’ Poll Rising Star: Organ award and climbed to 5th place in The 2018 Critic's Poll main organ category.
Besides being a critically acclaimed composer and bandleader, Brian has performed with many notable artists such as Joni Mitchell, Chaka Khan, Paul Simon, Cyndi Lauper, and many more. Charette is also an active author and educator, writing for Keyboard Magazine, The New York City Jazz Record, DownBeat, and the Czech magazine, Muzikus. Brian teaches masterclasses all over the world and is on the faculty of the Czech Summer Jazz Workshop at Jesek Conservatory in Prague.
http://www.briancharette.com/reviews/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozLooc_8Yao
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef_9evQBxOM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFtqI6vaM38
Saxophonist, Jeff Rupert, is a Yamaha performing artist, record producer, recording artist, freelance tenor saxophonist, full-time professor, and Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Central Florida (UCF).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Rupert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qxqs5Fm3DGw
Marty Morell is a drummer, percussionist, producer and also plays vibes and piano) was a member of the Bill Evans Trio for seven years–longer than any other drummer. A highly inventive player, capable of both great subtlety and fiery dynamics, Morell attended the Manhattan School of Music and studied mallets with Morris Goldberg, and tympani with Saul Goodman at the Julliard School of Music. Prior to joining Bill Evans, Morell worked and/or recorded with the Al Cohn-Zoot Sims Quintet, Henry "Red" Allen , Gary McFarland, Steve Kuhn and Gabor Szabo.