Jazz on Edge | The Garden Theatre


Brian Groder at August 2008 Jazz on Edge

Jazz On Edge is at the Garden Theatre (160 West Plant Street, Winter Garden FL) Saturday, February 6, 2010, at 7:30pm. The show features Venezuelan composer/performer Edward Simon in one of his few Central Florida performances and the Orlando-area debut of the Tiptons Saxophone Quartet, fresh from a tour of Europe. There's also a 10pm jazz jam with critically acclaimed New York trumpeter Brian Groder. Tickets are $25 ($22 seniors/students) and available online or at 407-877-4736. Produced by Orlando writer Joseph Hayes and Burry Man Productions, and sponsored in part by Bright House Networks.

THE EDWARD SIMON TRIO
Lovers of the tender elegance and power of jazz piano and Latin-flavored music will find all this and more in Edward Simon. Venezuelan-born, and currently living in Orange City, Simon has been quietly but profoundly making an impact for a number of years. He's been an astute sideman with high-caliber players like Terence Blanchard and Greg Osby, but it is his own work as a solo artist and band leader that truly reveal his performance and compositional prowess. (“Simon is an important presence on the jazz and world music scene.” — Los Angeles Times)

THE TIPTONS SAXOPHONE QUARTET AND DRUMS
With a repertoire that includes New Orleans second-line, Afro-Cuban, Balkan, klezmer and beyond, the Tiptons Sax Quartet creates some of the wildest sounds ever to come out of a sax quartet. An all-women ensemble from Seattle, New York and points Midwest, with 10 CDs under its collective belt, the Quartet has toured and played festivals in Europe and the US for more than 15 years. Each member is a solo artist in her own right.

BRIAN GRODER
New York trumpeter Brian Groder headlined the debut Jazz On Edge in 2008. His latest album, Groder & Greene, has been called "Pure magic" by renowned magazine All About Jazz, and made its list of “Best New Releases of 2009.” Joining Brian in this benefit for the Garden Theatre will be the cream of the Orlando jazz scene ... and a few surprises. ("Groder speaks jazz as if it were his mother tongue.” — ImproJazz, France)