PETER KONTRIMAS QUARTET
Schedule
Sat, 18 Jan, 2025 at 07:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
524 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA, United States, Massachusetts 02139 | Cambridge, MA
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1st Show: 7:00-8:15pm2nd Show: 8:45-10:00pm
Arnie Krakowski, tenor sax
Russell Hoffman, piano
Peter Kontrimas, acoustic bass
Les Harris Jr., drums
A graduate of the Boston Conservatory of Music where he studied classical bass, Kontrimas is also owner and engineer of PBS Studios in Westwood, Mass. which is often the choice of jazz and classical musicians world-wide, including Grammy winner Esperanza Spalding, Jerry Bergonzi, Dick Oatts, Hal Crook, Ruby Braff, Laszlo Gardony, Tiger Okoshi, Greg Abate, Jonathan McPhee, Emmy winner Brad Hatfield and numerous international artists from Japan, Korea, Poland, and Italy. Other musicians of note who have recorded at PBS or on site include Benny Carter, Eddie Gomez, Dave Liebman, Phil Woods, John Tchcai, Roswell Rudd, and Grace Kelly.
Peter Kontrimas’ supportive bass playing and lyrical solos have earned him club, concert and broadcast dates with Shirley Horn, Clark Terry, Rosemary Clooney, Mark Murphy, Sheila Jordan, Rebecca Parris, Herb Pomeroy, Gray Sargent, and Dick Johnson. In addition, he has recorded with Gary Burton, Jerry Bergonzi, Alvin Queen, and Paul Broadnax and has appeared numerous times on the NPR program “Jazz Set”. Club performances include The Blue Note and Birdland in NY, the Regattabar and Scullers. Festivals and concert appearances include Saratoga/JVC, Jazz Ottawa, Boston Globe, Orange County Center for Performing Arts, Portsmouth, The Cambridge River Fest, Tanglewood, and the Jazz Series at Symphony Center in Chicago.
http://www.pbsstudio.com/about/about.html
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Where is it happening?
524 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA, United States, Massachusetts 02139Event Location & Nearby Stays:
