#JazzByTheLake: Clarinet Summit with The Joseph Brothers Quintet

The opening event of the Fall #JazzByTheLake season showcases The Clarinet Summit with The Joseph Brothers Quintet. This is the first performance of Anthony Joseph at the Oswego Music Hall in over three years.

Anthony Joseph originally from Rome N.Y. He started his teaching career in Oswego. He was the band director from 1973 thru 2006 when he retired. He founded the Oswego High Schools "Evening of Big Band Jazz" concerts in 1981. These events paired nationally recognized Jazz artists performing with Oswego High school students. The Anthony Joseph Swingtet specialized in classic Jazz standards and ballads from the Great American Songbook. This group was nominated for Syracuse Area Music Award and was a frequent act at the Oswego Music Hall.

Ron Joseph, also a Rome N.Y. native, is one of New York's hottest Jazz clarinets. Over the years, Ron has performed with various groups including Skip Parson's Riverboat Jazz Band, Jambalaya Jazz Band, Jon Seigler All Stars, and The George Webster Trio. Ron is currently a member of The River Dogs Jazz Band that performs regularly throughout the Buffalo area.

Barry Blumenthal is a graduate of The Crane School of Music, where he served as ConcertMaster of the Crane Symphony for several years, including performances at the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid. Since 2000 Barry has maintained a dual life as a pianist/violinist performing Syracuse Symphony Orchestra as a violinist/pianist and a pianist for Symphoria and The Central New York Jazz Orchestra. He is a member of The Salt City Jazz Collective where he plays trumpet and flugelhorn. Barry is a true multi instrumentalist.

Bassist Dave Arenius is a Rochester N.Y. native. Dave has shared the stage with Don Menza, Sal Nistico, Tal Farlow, Herb Ellis, and Attila Zollar, just to name a few. In the blues genre, he has performed with Matt "Guitar" Murphy, Joe Beard and Steve Grills.

Drummer Jimmy Johns has a forty year career in the Central New York music scene as both a vibraphonist and drummer. He was an adjunct instructor in both instruments at Colgate University and Hamilton College for over thirty years. He has shared the stage with Hank Jones, Cedar Walton, Slam Stewart, Nick Brignola and The New York Voices. Jimmy has played vibraphone at Pastabillities every Wednesday night for the past twenty five years.

This is presented by The Ontario Center for Performing Arts Guest Curator Program made possible in part by The New York Council on the Arts.

Quote: " The Clarinet Summit is a Dixieland Dream for Jazz audiences throughout Central New York"

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