Joey DeFrancesco - Yardbird Suite
Joey DeFrancesco - Yardbird Suite
Joey DeFrancesco - Yardbird Suite
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International Jazz Series<br />
MEM3<br />
A MEMorable evening lies in store for jazz fans<br />
on this night! MEM3 brings a worldly outlook to<br />
Edmonton, along with recent kudos as one of<br />
the best piano trios on the jazz scene today.<br />
Based in New York City, the members of this<br />
trio are Michael Cabe on piano from Seattle,<br />
Washington, Mark Lau on bass from Sydney,<br />
Australia and Ernesto Cervini on drums from<br />
Toronto, Canada. Ernesto last played the<br />
<strong>Yardbird</strong> <strong>Suite</strong> in a quartet setting in November<br />
2009, as part of the third annual <strong>Yardbird</strong> Jazz<br />
Festival.<br />
According to the band’s website, MEM3<br />
represents “the culmination of four years of<br />
close musical and personal friendship between<br />
these three musicians.”<br />
This night will feature works from their debut<br />
album Pennsylvania Grey, which includes<br />
original compositions from all three musicians.<br />
The group’s sound is partly influenced by the<br />
trio sounds of the great Oscar Peterson, Peter<br />
Erskine and the Esbjörn Svensson Trio (E.S.T.).<br />
All three players have successful careers in their<br />
own right, performing at jazz festivals such as<br />
the Umbria Jazz Festival in Italy, the Pori Jazz<br />
Festival in Finland and others in Canada, the<br />
United States, Australia and Hong Kong. They<br />
have also performed in many of the great jazz<br />
venues in the world as well as many of the best<br />
in New York City, including Birdland, Dizzy’s<br />
Club, Jazz at Lincoln Center, The 55 Bar and The<br />
Jazz Standard.<br />
Pennsylvania Grey contains nine intriguing<br />
original compositions, along with a swinging<br />
rendition of the traditional “Abide With Me”...<br />
Dynamic chemistry...An expansive palette of<br />
sounds, from modal to melancholy...Cervini’s<br />
nimble cymbal and brushwork...these musicians<br />
are clearly inspired and willing to investigate all<br />
aspects of the piano jazz spectrum.<br />
- Graham Flanagan, All About Jazz<br />
when...<br />
MEM3<br />
From Toronto/Seattle/Sydney, Australia<br />
FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010<br />
TICKETS - MEMBERS $14, GUESTS $18<br />
DOORS 8 PM - SHOW 9 PM<br />
Ernesto Cervini - drums<br />
Michael Cabe - piano<br />
Mark Lau - bass<br />
Artist website:<br />
www.ernestocervini.com/mem3.html<br />
www. yardbirdsuite.com 3
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