LIVE at Piedmont Piano Company
Darrell Green Trio
with Special Guest Camille Thurman
Bringing a New York vibe and a West Coast connection, drummer Darrell Green and vocalist/saxophonist Camille Thurman provide excitement, innovation, and top notch musicality to their performances, with Bay Area and beyond first call musicians Matt Clark on piano and Ron Belcher on bass rounding out the band beautifully. One of the most sought after combos on the national and international jazz scene, Darrell and Camille are brilliantly paired to perfection!
$30 Advanced purchase
$35 At the door
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DARRELL GREEN
Music is definitely part of Darrell Green's family pedigree (he father was a bass player) - but this jazz drummer also has is own preternatural sense of groove. Over a career that's spanned more than two decades, Green has become a master technician and prolific sideman, sharing stages with everyone from Blue Note vibraphonist Stefon Harris to saxophonist Red Holloway. Though jazz is his primary focus, Green is conversant in every genre from straight-ahead jazz to Latin and West African music, and has become a sought-after musician for both session work and live shows..
Oakland native Green is now one of the most in-demand drummers in New York, Europe, and Japan and has toured with Pharoah Sanders, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Steve Turre, Jeremy Pelt among others. His style is rooted in modern post-bop, but retains elements of his gospel and classical lineage. As a soloist, he has become known for his bedrock groove and inexhaustible creativity. darrellgreen.net
CAMILLE THURMAN
In the world of jazz, most musicians choose one single thing and get as good as humanly possible at it, but not Camille Thurman. She's known as a double threat: The rare jazz musician who has mastered both a highly technical instrument, in her case, the saxophone - AND sings! Thurman's vocals have been compared to Ella Fitzgerald and she was a runner up for the 2013 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition.
Thurman says she's been singing for fun since 4 years old, but never thought to take it seriously until she picked up the tenor saxophone, the instrument she is best known for playing, at age 15. She would learn the saxophone solos by singing and scatting them, never realizing she was doing that until at Jazz in July camp, and instructor pointed it out to her.
Thurman has received many awards and honors, including the 16th Independent Music Award Nominated - Jazz Song with Vocals "Cherokee", 2 other Independent Music Awards, an NAACP 50th Image Awards Nominated - Outstanding Jazz Album. camillethurmanmusic.com
MATT CLARK
Pianist Matt Clark, a major fixture in the San Francisco Area jazz scene, studied at Oberlin Conservatory, earning a BFA degree, then moved to the Bay Area becoming an in-demand rhythm section player. He has played with Bobby Hutcherson, Marcus Shelby, Steve Turre, Benny Golson, and Joshua Redman, among many others.
He's toured extensively throughout Asia, Europe and the USA, performed at Monterey, San Francisco, Vienna, Big Sur, Stanford, and Rochester Jazz Festivals, appeared on CNN Showbiz Today & numerous PBS Specials. He's also a clinician, lecturer in jazz history, and ensemble instructor at Stanford, Oaktown, and Cazadero jazz workshops.
RON BELCHER
Bassist Ron Belcher travels the world from France to Japan and throughout the United States bringing his rhythmically buoyant, emotionally uplifting style to the stage for a wide diversity of jazz artists. Performing or recording with such international stars as Branford Marsalis, Regina Carter, Rodney Franklin, John Handy and Pete Escovedo, as well as a literal "who's who" of the San Francisco Bay Area jazz scene, Ron has garnered a reputation as one of northern California's first-call jazz bassists.
A passionate teacher and advocate for children's education, Ron has served on the faculty of UC Berkeley, Young Musicians' Program, and has contributed to several seasons for the San Francisco Symphony's Adventures In Music outreach program.