Erik Jekabson Quintet Returns to Whale & Jazz At Gualala Arts • July 24
The 2022 Whale & Jazz Festival Series continues in July with a return performance of the Erik Jekabson Quintet, Sunday, July 24. Advance tickets are $34.
According to festival music coordinator Fred Adler, “This concert for peace and unity will showcase ‘artistry in melody and counterpoint.’
Counterpoint is the creatively-thrilling, simultaneous weaving together of two or more musical lines or melodies, so that heard as a whole, they fit together impeccably.
Other concert highlights will include a performance of Stephen Sondheim’s masterpiece, ‘Send in the Clowns,’ Leonard Bernstein and Sondheim’s dream fantasy piece ‘Somewhere’ from West Side Story.
The remarkable ‘Cristo Redentor,’ written by pianist Duke Pearson will also be performed. This piece was inspired by the universally-adored, 98-foot high statue of Christ on the peak of Rio de Janeiro’s Corcovado Mountain, with arms outstretched welcoming all of humankind.”
Erik Jekabson, equally dynamic on both flugelhorn and trumpet, is busy playing and composing for different bands, and leading his own groups. Joining him will be stellar Bay-area musicians Charlie Gurke on baritone and alto sax, Smith Dobson on vibes, sax and drums, Colin Hogan on piano and drums, and Owen Clapp on upright/acoustic bass.
