Reeds 'n' Keys Performs The Great American Songbook August 11 Vocalist Bippy McMaster Joins the Group at The Sea Ranch Lodge
On Thursday, August 11, Reeds 'n' Keys returns to Sea Ranch Lodge with an evening of great music from 6:00pm to 9:00pm in The Fireside Room. Reeds ‘n Keys, the newly minted jazz duo of saxophonist Harrison Goldberg and keyboardist Lenny Kaplan (who performed together on the Mendonoma Coast many years ago) will be joined by Chanteuse, Bippy McMaster performing iconic selections from The Great American Songbook. Along with a repertoire of blues, ballads, swing, show tunes, and originals, Goldberg, Kaplan and McMaster (who is the pianist's wife), will pay homage to some of the great songmasters including George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart, and Irving Berlin.
L-R: Lenny Kaplan, Bippy McMaster, Harrison Goldberg
Harrison Goldberg is a familiar face to ears residing from the North Bay counties to the Mendocino Coast. His talents with the alto sax are well known to area music lovers. He’s also a multi-instrumentalist (and painter),who is constantly creating, which helps explain the variety of musicians with whom he performs. This Thursday evening, August 11 performance is a great example.
Composer, gifted accompanist and pianist, Lenny Kaplan was born in San Francisco, and born to music. As with many members of his family (his father was an accomplished violinist), Kaplan took to music, playing trumpet with the acclaimed Billy Robinson jazz band while starting his lifelong scholastic journey at Skyline College, San Francisco State University and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He always had a piano, but only became serious about playing it when his first child was born. Studying and playing piano consumed him during this time, and the piano has been his mainstay ever since.
Describing the uniqueness of McMaster's vocal approach to her repertoire, Goldberg added "While most people today are unfamiliar with the vocal verses that introduce these classic songs—indeed these days many are hardly ever played—vocalist McMaster takes a special pride in including them in her performance, as well as testing her audience to see if they can identify the tune that follows. McMaster expresses strong feelings for her love of music: "It has been said that a culture that does not sing has no soul. We have all experienced the power of song to transport us to warm, familiar places & times; to remind us of the best we can be.”
Admission to this event is free. The bar, lounge and dining room will be open for service during the performance. The Sea Ranch Lodge, 60 Sea Walk Dr., Sea Ranch.
