{"id":325,"date":"2006-01-19T21:28:25","date_gmt":"2006-01-20T05:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/?p=325"},"modified":"2006-01-19T21:28:25","modified_gmt":"2006-01-20T05:28:25","slug":"struttin_with_the_bbq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2006\/01\/struttin_with_the_bbq\/","title":{"rendered":"Struttin&#8217; With The BBQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back at <em>Rifftides <\/em>world headquarters, following the semblance of a night\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sleep, I prepared an introduction of the Brubeck Brothers Quartet, which played a rousing concert to a full house last night at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/archives\/2005\/10\/the_seasons.html\"target=\"_blank\">The Seasons<\/a>. Although the BBQ played a few Dave Brubeck pieces, listeners who may have come expecting to hear a tribute band covering Father Brubeck\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s greatest hits were treated to originality, vitality and power. I knew Dan Brubeck\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s drumming and Chris\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s electric bass and trombone work, but pianist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?link_code=ur2&#038;tag=rifftidougram-20&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;path=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2FB00002EPK8%2Fqid%3D1137739507%2Fsr%3D11-1%2Fref%3Dsr_11_1%3Fn%3D5174\"target=\"_blank\">Chuck Lamb<\/a> and guitarist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mikedemicco.com\/\"target=\"_blank\">Mike DeMicco<\/a> were new to me. Each is a first-rate soloist and a talented composer.<br \/>\nLamb\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Prime Directive\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and DeMicco\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Lydian Grin\u00e2\u20ac\u009d were highlights of the evening, along with Chris Brubeck\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Bullwinkle\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Revenge,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d an amusingly disjunctive blues with a bridge. Chris described his brother as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153an animal on the drums.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Yes, but there is more to Danny Brubeck than concentrated energy. He is also one of the most sensitive brush artists at work today. Perhaps by genetic predisposition, this little band is centered in rhythm. It swings as hard as any I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve heard lately. If the Brubecks and friends come to your neighborhood, I recommend not missing them. Saturday night the BBQ joins forces with the <a href=\"http:\/\/yakimasymphony.org\/index.cfm\"target=\"_blank\">Yakima Symphony Orchestra<\/a>. It will also be the occasion of the American premier of Chris Brubeck\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?link_code=ur2&#038;tag=rifftidougram-20&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;path=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2FB000B5UNGA%2Fref%3Dsr_11_1%3F%255Fencoding%3DUTF8\"target=\"_blank\">Prague Concerto For Bass Trombone and Orchestra<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back at Rifftides world headquarters, following the semblance of a night\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sleep, I prepared an introduction of the Brubeck Brothers Quartet, which played a rousing concert to a full house last night at The Seasons. Although the BBQ played a few Dave Brubeck pieces, listeners who may have come expecting to hear a tribute band [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-325","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}