New Sounds of Women up Front: Resonance Jazz Ensemble

Resonance Jazz, a one of a kind Bay Area jazz octet, performs at Piedmont Center for the Arts  for an 8pm concert on Saturday, October 6, 2012.

Resonance Jazz Ensemble casts women playing “up front” (rather than as typical background players ) marrying the sounds of this unusual jazz orchestration that includes strings and vocals.   Performances offer a rich composite of original standards by Steve McQuarry, Bandleader and creative arrangements of jazz standards, from Duke Ellington to George Gershwin, and Keith Jarrett.

This relatively new Bay Area group hails members bringing a seasoned history of performing with legendary artists such as Dizzy Gillespie, Louie Bellson, Clare Fischer, Dave Anderson Quartet, Terrence Brewer, Joe Lovano, Jethro Tull, Oakland Jazz Choir, Mingus Amungus, Gloria Estefan, as well as the Marin and Berkeley Symphonies, Woodminster Theatre Orchestra, and the California Pops Orchestra.

music and video clips: http://www.reverbnation.com/resonancejazz