If you are a jazz fan, you'd be somehow interested in the whole concept of improvisation. And if you ain't, and you'd have fun fooling around with melodies over chord progressions, and perhaps struggling with the lack of ideas, here's one good event to catch.
The Applebaum Jazz Piano Duo is a two-piano, four-hand, twenty-finger, multi-generational ensemble featuring Bob Applebaum of Chicago and his son Mark Applebaum of Menlo Park, California. They have concertized from California to Tunisia since their official formation as a duo in 2001.
“Plainly there is exciting chemistry and intuition that develops symbiotically within the duo. Together they improvise wonderful, dynamic textures of intricate rhythms, colorful harmonies, and intriguing melodies. Reflecting their mutual respect and admiration, they show an uncanny ability to listen and not step on each other’s toes. The primacy of telepathy and sympathy are mandatory in collective improvisation—even more critical in the piano duo where two players have equal access to the same functions without a designated division of labor. Two pianos have the potential of quickly becoming a tangle of competing bass lines, chords, and melodies, but this duo manages to weave a lyric tapestry.”
Herb Wong
From the liner notes to The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far from the Tree
Show details:
Dates: 27th Aug, 29th Aug and 31st Aug.
Time: 7.30pm on all 3 nights.
Venue: Republic Cultural Centre (Republic Polytechnic)
Tickets: $10 (sold at the door)
More details of Mark Applebaum at www.markapplebaum.com
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