JAZZ MAN?Tony Miceli with his Musser Vibraphone.
Miceli jazz quartet to play in Ballina
New Jersey vibraphonist Tony Miceli will pay tribute to the music of the classic Modern Jazz Quartet, one of the best known jazz bands of the post-WWII era, at Ballina Arts Centre tomorrow night (Wednesday), April 9 at 8pm.
It was often said that the Modern Jazz Quartet, formed in the 1950s with members of the Dizzy Gillespie orchestra, was a group that was ‘laidback’ long before anybody coined the term. Fans both inside and outside the jazz loop simply referred to them as ‘the MJQ’. The band seduced listeners of all persuasions with a sound soulful, swinging and bluesy all at once, and became one of the most commercially popular jazz groups on the planet.
Miceli, a talented musician and composer, will be joined by a stellar cast of Irish musicians in Ballina: Phil Ware on electric piano, Dave Redmond on double bass and John Daly on drums.
The quartet will perform renditions of classic tunes like ‘Django’, ‘On Green Dolphin Street’, ‘Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise’ and many more from the catalogue of this most legendary of jazz groups.
Tony Miceli is currently on the faculty of the University of the Arts (Philadelphia) and Temple University, and is busy both performing on the jazz club circuit and teaching, both in North America and in Europe.
To book tickets (€15/€12), call Ballina Arts Centre on 096 73593.
