Jazz Concert at Farm to Mark Leap Year 2024
The Paul Del Nero Jazz Quintet will deliver a special evening of music in the Mount Hope Barn when the group presents a Leap Year Jazz Concert Thursday, February 29.
The quintet will play music from one of the most exciting decades, when jazz and blues collided to form melodies that truly float above that infectious groove known as swing. The five musicians play compositions by Duke Ellington, Ben Webster, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Coleman Hawkins and Clifford Brown, just to name a few. It is the classic quintet instrumentation that was the vehicle for jazz improvisation from the late 1940s to the early 1960s.
Paul Del Nero's quintet features Jeff Stout on trumpet, Arnie Krakowsky on tenor saxophone, John Wilkins on guitar, Mark Teixeira on drums and Paul, himself, on bass.
Paul is now in his fifth decade as a professional bassist and recently retired after 28 years on the faculty at the Berklee College of Music. Over his career, he has performed throughout North America as well as abroad and has shared the stage with many of the legends of jazz.
Paul lives in Bristol, where he and his wife, Cathy, promote jazz through their Shoe Horn Concert Series.
Alongside the jazz, enjoy a cash bar by Two Gals Cocktails and pizza from Broadway Dough Co. Ticket information is available at mounthopefarm.org/upcoming-events/leap-year-jazz-concert.
