2 great shows, 1 low Price @ Brooklyn Conservatory, Saturday

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Who: Jenny Hill and the Broken Reed Saxophone Quartet 1st set / Stefan Bauer and Voyage 2nd Set
What: MusicNOW! At the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music
When: Saturday, January 17, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Where: Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, 58 7th avenue
Cost: $10 / 5. Go to Zerve ticket services at 212.209.3370 or go to www.bqcm.org.

The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music presents MusicNOW! This series, which will run through our exciting 2008-09 concert series, will present the edgy, diverse, unique and raw talent that makes up the musical voice of the Brooklyn Conservatory's immensely talented faculty. For this concert two of the Brooklyn Conservatory's Jazz faculty will be presenting their own groups in two separate sets. The 1st set will be Jenny Hill and the Broken Reed Saxophone Quartet. The 2nd set will be Vibraphone player Stefan Bauer with his ensemble Voyage featuring Judi Silvano, Chris Bacas, bassist Ugonna Okegwo and drummer Gerry Hemingway.

Jenny Hill & the Broken Reed Saxophone Quartet
The Broken Reed Saxophone Quartet is the work of a group of saxophonists who link together disparate styles and present the results with artistry and joy. The BRSQ has been likened to the Kronos String Quartet because of their eclectic repertoire and accessibility. The Broken Reeders have a variety of thematically based programs and they keep coming up with new ones. So far, there are: Jazz and Swing in which the members of the BRSQ demonstrate their virtuosity and imagination as jazz improvisers; Four Seasons, Four Saxes, New Four-Casts, Charley Gerard's re-creation of the Vivaldi classic; Sixties Rock n' Roll Reconfigured featuring "recompositions" of songs by Carole King and the Beach Boys; Gumbo Sax, a celebration of New Orleans music from Jelly Roll Morton to rhythm n' blues; Music of Alec Wilder for Saxophone Quartet and More. and Comic Book Characters--music inspired by Superman, Peanuts, Archie and others.

Stefan Bauer & Voyage
Stefan Bauer is one of his generation's preeminent vibraphone players. For this particular concert Bauer brings together some of NY's most interesting musicians: The immensely musical jazz vocalist-composer and improviser extraordinaire Judi Silvano, the powerful saxophonist Chris Bacas, bassist Ugonna Okegwo and drummer Gerry Hamingway as part of his ensemble "Voyage".

"Bauer prevails while displaying his total command of the Vibes as the lead instrument. Again, Bauer shows off his enormous technique yet excels at delighting the listener with his keen penchant for nuance and subtly."
- All About Jazz

Bauer is internationally regarded as an excellent instrumentalist, and as a dynamic and flexible improviser who competently moves within a wide spectrum between mainstream and avantgarde. His credentials as a composer include more than 40 pieces documented on CD's. He has led his own groups on annual German tours since 1981.