LIVE at Piedmont Piano Company
Band of Brothers
TWO SHOWS - 5:30pm / 8pm
Old friends and legendary brothers LEVIN (Tony on bass and Pete on keyboards) and LA BARBERA (Pat on sax and Joe on drums) have decided to join brotherly forces together and to go back to their roots - jazz. Collectively, they have performed and recorded with the biggest names in pop, rock, and jazz. Don’t miss this rare night featuring world-class players.
$25 General Admission
We are offering a limited number of tickets to attend this performance in person. Advance purchase is recommended. Masking is encouraged but no longer required.
TONY LEVIN
Since graduating from the Eastman School of music, Tony Levin has become the bass and Chapman Stick voice for Peter Gabriel and King Crimson. In addition, he has played on notable recordings for John Lennon, Pink Floyd, Lou Reed, Paul Simon, Alice Cooper, Dire Straits, Carly Simon, Peter Frampton, Seal, Judy Collins, James Taylor, and many others. Tony has major jazz credentials, having worked with Buddy Rich, Steps Ahead, L'Image, Gary Burton, Chuck Mangione, and Herbie Mann. He currently records and tours with Peter Gabriel, Stick Men, Levin Brothers and Band Of Brothers. Tony Levin is one of the world’s most recorded bass players. tonylevin.com
PETE LEVIN
As a French Horn major, Pete Levin earned a master’s degree from the Juilliard School. In the early ‘70s he switched to keyboards, becoming a synthesizer specialist in the New York City recording studio scene. Over the years, he has graced hundreds of jazz and pop recordings and performances by the likes of Miles Davis, Gil Evans, Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Simon, Dave Brubeck, David Sanborn, Joe Louis Walker, Don Elliott, Freddie Hubbard, Annie Lennox, Charles Mingus, Jaco Pastorius and Wayne Shorter. petelevin.com
PAT LA BARBERA
Pat La Barbera is New York born Canadian jazz tenor, alto and soprano saxophonist, clarinetist, and flautist, most notable for his work as a soloist in Buddy Rich bands from 1967 to 1973. He moved to Toronto, Ontario in 1974, and is a member of the faculty at Humber College. He has toured and recorded under his name as ell with Buddy Rich Big Band, Woody Herman, Louise Bellson, Gap Mangione, Richie Beirach, Carlos Santana, and many others. In 2000, he won a Juno Award for Best Traditional Instrumental Jazz Album for Deep in a Dream. patlabarbera.jazzgiants.net
JOE LA BARBERA
Joe La Barbera is an American jazz drummer and composer. He began his professional career playing with Woody Herman and the Thundering Herd. His reputation grew in the 1970s when he spent four years recording and touring with Chuck Mangione. From 1979 he was a member of the Bill Evans trio with Marc Johnson on upright bass, then spent much of the 1980s and early 1990s with Tony Bennett. He also worked as a sideman for Bob Brookmeyer, Jim Hall, Art Farmer, Art Pepper, John Scofield, Toots Thielemans, and Phil Woods, Rosemary Clooney, Bud Shank, John Abercrombie, Lee Konitz, Chuck Mangione, Randy Brecker, Gary Burton, Kenny Wheeler, Michael Bublé, Rod Stewart. He has taught at the California Institute of the Arts and the Bud Shank Jazz Workshop. His residencies have included Centrum Jazz Camp in Port Townsend Washington, Roma Jazz Cool, Capbreton, France, McGill University in Montreal and Cornish College in Seattle. gretsch.com/drummers/joe-la-barbera