Pianist/composer John Beasley to offer jazz master class and concert

JOHN BEASLEY
pianist/composer
presents
a jazz
MASTER CLASS & CONCERT
Saturday, March 13

MASTER CLASS
11am - 4pm
Being an artist is also being a teacher. John Beasley, former keyboard player for Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, Steely Dan, Christian McBride, and Dianne Reeves, presents a unique interactive master class in an intimate environment at Vitello’s Jazz & Super Club where John will share how he thinks and performs, along with a focus on:

· Your role in the rhythm section: playing in the “pocket” and comping;

· Phrasing, form, keeping the blues in your playing using 21st C contemporary harmony;

· Playing fast with high energy levels but in a relaxed manner; and

· Practicing techniques


John Beasley Jazz Circle with Ian Martin (bass), Oscar Seaton (drums)

$95 or $35 students, RMA or Local 47 members
Lunch buffet included

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BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND FROM THE SOLD OUT CONCERT IN JANUARY

CONCERT
2 sets: 8pm and 9:30pm
JOHN BEASLEY JAZZ CIRCLE with DWIGHT TRIBBLE


John Beasley
Oscar Seaton
Ian Martin
Dwight Tribble

Featuring ORIGINAL music spanning John Beasley’s solo recording career from his first release Cauldron to his new CDs with Resonance Records
Letter to Herbie and Positootly!

Oscar Seaton (drummer: Lionel Ritchie, George Benson, Ramsey Lewis, Grover Washington, Dave Sanborn)
Ian Martin (bassist: Ronny Jordan, Dave Koz, Chuck Loeb, En Vogue)
Dwight Tribble (vocals - “the most beautiful baritone singing voice” The Guardian)

Upstairs at Vitello’s
4349 Tujunga Ave., Studio City, CA 91604
(818) 769-0905 – reserve early
$15 only
www.vitellosrestaurant.com


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