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Jazz In The Neighborhood: Darren Johnston's Noisy Strangers - Bye Bye Bartok at Rendon Hall
Courtesy of Jan Woo | Posted on August 24, 2018
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Wed, September 26, 2018
7:30 pm
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A jazzy re-imagining of great chamber and symphonic music themes
What if Béla Bartók wrote “Bye Bye Blackbird”? What if Charlie Parker wrote a prelude in E, or Sun Ra, a symphony in C? We may never know, but four Bay Area voices come together to groove, swing, and do their thing over themes by Bach, Bartok, Satie, Tchaikovsky, and others, followed by a set of their own compositions. Chamber jazz from the heart, this evening marks the third performance of this exciting new quartet.
This ensemble’s name was bestowed upon them by Darren’s cats on the day of their first rehearsal at his house. A drummer-less group, they’re actually not all that noisy....