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Chris Brubeck's Triple Play

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Chris Brubeck's Triple Play featuring Peter Madcat Ruth and Joel Brown

Dave Maswick & Joel Brown duo

"Rollicking good fun, Triple Play stole the show with their virtuosity and flair" -Los Angels Times

Grammy-nominated composer Chris Brubeck continues to distinguish himself as an innovative performer and composer. An award-winning composer, he is clearly tuned into the pulse of contemporary music. John von Rhein, music critic for The Chicago Tribune, calls Chris: a composer with a real flair for lyrical melodya 21st Century Lenny Bernstein.

In addition to creating an impressive body of work, including several band pieces, chamber pieces, 3 concertos for trombone, a trombone quartet, and several concertos for stringed instruments and other ensembles, Chris maintains a demanding touring and recording schedule playing bass and trombone with his two groups: the Brubeck Brothers Quartet, with brother Dan on drums, Chuck Lamb on piano and Mike DeMicco on guitar (www.brubeckbrothers.com); and Triple Play, an acoustic jazz-funk-blues-Americana trio with Joel Brown on guitar and Peter Madcat Ruth on harmonica and Chris on bass, trombone and piano (www.chrisbrubeckstripleplay.com.) Additionally, Chris performs as a soloist playing his trombone concertos with orchestras and has served as Artist in Residence with orchestras and colleges in America, coaching, lecturing, and performing with students and faculty. Once a year he tours England with the group Brubecks Play Brubeck along with brothers Darius (on piano) and Dan as well as British saxophonist Dave OHiggins. Chris had been a long-standing member of the Dave Brubeck Quartet, writing arrangements and touring and recording with his fathers group for over 20 years. Dave and Chris co-wrote the orchestral piece Ansel Adams: America which has received dozens of performances and in 2013 was a Grammy finalist for Best Instrumental Composition.