Friday, February 5, 2016

Terrence Brewer - The TB3 (2016)


Recently proclaimed by long-time music scribe, David Becker (SF Examiner/AXS.com), as the San Francisco Bay areas #1 Jazz Guitarist, Multiple-Award winning guitarist Terrence Brewer is a first-call and in-demand bandleader, record producer, concert performer, studio musician, and one of the San Francisco Bay area’s foremost and sought after music educators.

Brewer brings his all-star Trio to Cafe Pink House in celebration of releasing his 10th album as a bandleader, “THE TB 3”.  “THE TB 3” is an amazing collection of jazz standards by Charlie Parker, Thelonius Monk, Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter, George Gershwin, and others. Showcasing his versatility as a bandleader, arranger, and improviser, Brewer, once again, delivers an amazing tribute to the jazz legends who have come before him.

Combined with being an in-demand record producer for himself and others, Brewer has lead his various groups in nearly 2500 performances in the last 8 years (over 225 in 2014); performing to sold-out crowds at the 52nd Annual Monterey Jazz Festival, the world famous Yoshi’s at Jack London Square, Yoshi’s San Francisco, SFJAZZ Jazz Festival, and countless other venues.  When Brewer is not touring regionally and nationally, he finds time to instruct/facilitate master classes, clinics, workshops, and lectures for the likes of Stanford Jazz Workshop, SFJAZZ, The Jazz School, Jazz Camp West, Lafayette Summer Music Workshop, CMEA (California Music Educators Association), and presenting at colleges, high schools, middles schools, and public libraries throughout California including Los Medanos College, Chabot College, Santa Rosa Jr College, San Francisco University High School, Edna Brewer Middle School, the Nueva School, and many others.

*Winner – SF Weekly “Best Jazz Artist” Award

*Winner – Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce “Artist of the Year” Award
*Winner – Bay Area Blues Society “Best Jazz Group” Award

“…guitar wizard Terrence Brewer…[an] amazingly articulate and energetic player has gone on to forge a distinctly personal voice. A remarkably busy presence on the Bay Area club scene…~ David Becker (SF Examiner / AXS.com)

“(Brewer’s) guitar work is fluent, and his feel for the groove is unerring…” ~ Philip Van Vleck, Billboard

“(Brewer) is one of the reasons the Bay area jazz scene looks promising” ~ Dan King, San Francisco Chronicle

Terrence Brewer – Guitar
Brandon Essex – Acoustic Bass
Micah McClain – Drums

1. I Love You / Tangerine
2. Cool Blues
3. Hackensack
4. Yardbird Suite
5. But Not for Me
6. No Moe
7. Alone Together


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