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The Hod O’Brien Trio at Brooks Hall
Courtesy of Gary Funston | Posted on September 27, 2015
Where
Brooks Hall
University of Virginia
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA
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When
Fri, October 16, 2015
8:00 pm
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Musicians
Chuck Redd
vibraphoneTommy Cecil
bassAbout
On Friday October 16th, The Charlottesville Jazz Society and WTJU invite you to share a special evening with beloved pianist Hod O’Brien and his DC Trio. A Charlottesville area resident for over 30 years, this will be a very rare formal concert for the internationally revered master of bebop piano. Hod will perform at 8 pm at UVA’s Brooks Hall, playing the building’s exquisite Steinway baby grand. Accompanying him will be Chuck Redd on drums and Tommy Cecil on bass, both veterans of the Washington DC and Baltimore jazz scene.
Hod O’Brien is one of those quiet-and-true jazz giants. He burst upon the scene in the late 50s when he came to New York City from his hometown in the Berkshire Mountains of Northwest Connecticut near Lenox, Mass. and Tanglewood. He soon became part of the “loft scene” jamming with other bop-influenced players like Pepper Adams, Kenny Burrell, Oscar Pettiford and Stan Getz, to name a few. While still 21, O’Brien was asked by Red Rodney to take Bill Evans’ place in the Oscar Pettiford Quintet. In the mid-70s Hod opened his own club, The St. James Infirmary, where he led a house band backing up such guest artists as Chet Baker, Lee Konitz, Zoot Sims, and others. Hod has recorded over 15 cd’s as a leader, including the acclaimed “Live At Blues Alley” series. He and his wife Stephanie Nakasian have been fixtures in Charlottesville’s cultural scene for many years....