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Sunday, September 15, 2024
— a “hybrid” event —
Brad Linde New Quartet
Brad Linde – alto saxophone
Leigh Pilzer – baritone saxophone
Zoë Jorgenson – bass
Keith Butler Jr – drums
Cool School Standards
Enjoy jazz standards by Tom Jobim, Rodgers and Hart, Noel Coward, Hoagy Carmichael, Cole Porter, original compositions by cool jazz icons Lee Konitz and Gerry Mulligan, and even some Chopin – all given the post-cool, freebop treatment by the Brad Linde New Quartet.
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Program
“The One I Love” — Isham Jones
“Luiza” — Antonio Carlos Jobim
“The Nearness Of You” — Hoagy Carmichael
“My Heart Belongs To Daddy” — Cole Porter
“Never Again” — Noel Coward
Prelude No. 20 — Frederic Chopin
“Subconscious-Lee” – Lee Konitz
“Tell Me When” — Gerry Mulligan
“I Didn’t Know What Time It Was” — Rodgers and Hart
“Passport” – Charlie Parker
“It’s You” — Lee Konitz
BIOGRAPHY
Hailed as “the capital city’s contemporary cool king” (Giovanni Russonello, Capitalbop), Brad Linde is a saxophonist, educator, bandleader, and impresario in the Washington DC metro area. He is the director of Jazz and Creative Music at Georgetown Day School and founder of the Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra.
Raised in NC, he studied music at Elon University (BA) and attended UNC Chapel Hill before graduating from the University of Maryland, College Park with a MM. He learned the bebop language from Barry Harris and engaged in the Tristano School concepts with pianist Ed Paolantonio before studying privately with Lee Konitz and working with Ted Brown. In 2013, he was a participant in the Banff International Jazz and Creative Music Workshop. He is a Washington Performing Arts MARS artist.
He has performed or recorded with Lee Konitz, Oliver Lake, Greg Ward, Richie Cole, Steve Wilson, Charles McPherson, Caroline Davis, Ted Brown, Joel Frahm, Jon Irabagon, Keefe Jackson, Gary Smulyan, Frank Basile, John Mosca, Slide Hampton, Grachan Moncur III, Ryan Keberle, Eddie Bert, Wadada Leo Smith, Carol Morgan, Russ Johnson, Tara Kannangara, Erika Dohi, Russ Lossing, Freddie Redd, Barry Harris, Hod O’Brien, Dan Tepfer, Ran Blake, Anthony Coleman, Steve Cardenas, Anthony Pirog, Wendy Eisenberg, Butch Warren, Michael Formanek, Ratzo Harris, Jason Roebke, Luke Stewart, Matt Wilson, Allison Miller, Warren Wolf, Teddy Charles, Joe Chambers, Andrew Cyrille, Sara Serpa, and Fay Victor.
For over a decade, he has led large ensembles, including the Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra, the Brad Linde Expanded Ensemble, BIG OL’ (featuring the music of Australian composer Elliott Hughes), and the Team Players BIG LEAGUE.
The Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra debuted in April 2010, performing every Monday night at the historic Bohemian Caverns on U Street. During that time, and beyond, the orchestra has collaborated with Miho Hazama, Elliott Hughes, Ethan Iverson, Jeff Lederer, Jihye Lee, Angela Morris and Anna Webber, Brian Krock, Ken Schaphorst, Frank Carlberg, Nathan Parker Smith, Oliver Lake, Sheryl Bailey, among other guest artists. In 2018, the BCJO released two albums of arrangements and compositions by pianist Dan Roberts. In addition to Wammies (WAMA) awards and Jazzies “Best Of” awards (Washington City Paper), the orchestra received the 2012 Mayor’s Arts Award for Outstanding New Artist.
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