Southern California jazz pianist Danny Green has earned recognition as a bandleader and as a composer with a gift for spinning supple, absorbing narratives. Green’s growing portfolio of vibrant sounds – a mix of jazz, classical, and Brazilian rhythms – has captured the attention of critics around the world, including DownBeat, Jazziz, Public Radio International, and The Boston Globe. His trio includes bassist Justin Grinnell and drummer Julien Cantelm, noteworthy musicians in their own right, and together they have developed a nearly psychic connection. They have honed their craft as featured artists at the San Jose Jazz Festival, TEDxSanDiego, Baltimore’s An Die Musik Live!, and other prominent venues across the country and internationally.

Winner of the 2018 award for Best Jazz Artist at the San Diego Music Awards, Green celebrates his new release One Day It Will, which All About Jazz describes as “brimming with unabashed grace, elegance and forthright beauty.” Green takes listeners on a journey that is equal parts introspective and exuberant, and always compelling.

Southern California jazz pianist Danny Green has earned recognition as a bandleader and as a composer with a gift for spinning supple, absorbing narratives. Green’s growing portfolio of vibrant sounds – a mix of jazz, classical, and Brazilian rhythms – has captured the attention of critics around the world, including DownBeat, Jazziz, Public Radio International, and The Boston Globe. His trio includes bassist Justin Grinnell and drummer Julien Cantelm, noteworthy musicians in their own right, and together they have developed a nearly psychic connection. They have honed their craft as featured artists at the San Jose Jazz Festival, TEDxSanDiego, Baltimore’s An Die Musik Live!, and other prominent venues across the country and internationally.

Winner of the 2018 award for Best Jazz Artist at the San Diego Music Awards, Green celebrates his new release One Day It Will, which All About Jazz describes as “brimming with unabashed grace, elegance and forthright beauty.” Green takes listeners on a journey that is equal parts introspective and exuberant, and always compelling.

The Danny Green Trio offers a master class prior to the performance. In a lecture intended for both musicians and non-musicians, Green shares his experience as a composer, covering a wide range of topics: channeling inspiration, balancing musical intuition with musical theory, shaping compositions through arrangement, and notating for different instrumentations.

Grinnell and Cantelm join Green to demonstrate how musicians bring a musical score to life. Each musician will share his individual approach to interpreting music from a score and perform live examples.

“The tunes themselves are like short stories, with each and every tale branching off, sometimes sincere and in ernest, sometimes playful and adventurous, yet always with a consummate skill and passion.” – UK Vibe

Master Class: $15 general / $10 students (6:30-7:30) pm

Concert only: $15 general / $10 students

Class and Concert: $25 general / $15 students

CONCORA’s Friends of Bach invite you to enjoy an evening of Wine, Jazz, & Song on Saturday, January 20, 2018, from 6-9 PM, in the lovely Porter Memorial at First Church, 75 Main Street, Farmington. THE SIR WILLIAM TRIO and vocalists from CONCORA (Connecticut Choral Artists) will offer their interpretations of jazz standards, selections from the American songbook, and much more. Enjoy fine wines, plentiful, delectable hors d’oeuvre, a silent wine auction, write-your-own song dedications, and perhaps even a spin around the dance floor, all in a casually elegant atmosphere. This midwinter festivity is hosted by CONCORA’s Friends of Bach in support of CONCORA’s performance of J.S. Bach’s Saint Matthew Passion on March 25. 2018. Seating is limited at this special event, so reserve your tickets soon.

Saturday, January 20, 2018, 6:00PM-9:00PM
Snow date: Sunday, January 21. 2018, 6:00PM-9:00PM
Porter Memorial
75 Main Street, Farmington, CT 06032
http://www.concora.org/special-events.html