If you’re talking about the greatest jazz big bands ever assembled, the conversation is neither fully credible nor complete without including The Terry Gibbs Dream Band.
Killer charts by some of the greatest arrangers ever: Bill Holman, Bob Brookmeyer, Al Cohn, Shorty Rogers, Lennie Neihaus, and Marty Paich. Drum-tight ensemble playing. Solos like smart bombs: devastatingly explosive and precisely controlled. And a propulsive yet economical rhythm section. Nothing superfluous. Burning hot, yet ALWAYS cool.
Mel Lewis, who anchored the group on drums before co-leading his own legendary orchestra with Thad Jones, said THIS about the Terry Gibbs Dream Band: “I don’t think there was ever a better band than this one, including my own.”
On Tuesday night, May 13th, vibraphonist Chuck Redd — who’s toured the world with Dizzy Gillespie, Barney Kessel, Mel Torme, and Gibbs himself — will lead his own Dream Band, paying musical tribute to a mentor, colleague and friend… the vivacious vibraphonist and brilliant bandleader Terry Gibbs.
Tickets available now at 619-388-3000 or by emailing CHUCK@jazz88.org. And ask about the new and VASTLY improved VIP experience we’re rolling out beginning with THIS concert. You’re gonna like the way it looks. Chuck guarantees it!
We've gone back into the laboratory and expect to emerge for May 13th's Jazz Live with a revamped, VASTLY improved VIP lounge experience. Call Otter from "Animal House," pictured here as beloved KSDS Membership Coordinator Chuck Apostolas, for more details. Who loves ya, baby!
