Theo Bleckmann and the Brown Jazz Band

Name: Theo Bleckmann and the Brown Jazz Band
Start: 2025-11-14T19:00:00-05:00
Location: The Lindemann Performing Arts Center

Schedule

Fri, 14 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

The Lindemann Performing Arts Center | Providence, RI

Timo Vollbrecht and the Brown Jazz Band perform the 25th Annual Daniel Milano ’93 Memorial Concert at 7pm on Friday, November 14 at the Lindemann Performing Arts Center. Special guests for this show are vocalist Theo Bleckmann and pianist Luke Marantz. Bleckmann is praised by The New York Times as “a composer and vocalist with a remarkable array of extended techniques and sound effects,” and DOWNBEAT magazine calls him a “mad genius.” Tickets: $20; $10 faculty/staff/seniors; $5 students.
About the Daniel Milano ’93 Memorial in the Words of His Family
This annual concert is a tribute to Dan Milano, Class of ’93, and serves to mark the establishment of a musical endowment in his memory at Brown. In this first concert we remember Dan by playing the music he loved. Playing the trumpet and listening to jazz were Dan’s passions from an early age. His enthusiasm for music found expression at Brown where Dan played with a variety of musical groups and it was music that brought Láura and love into his life. When Dan became ill with cancer, and was forced to face the uncertainty of life, music remained his faithful ally. The wide array of musical arrangements that will be played tonight suggests the many rhythms that filled Dan’s life and touched those around him. Dan had a rare gift. He had the ability to incite both curiosity and excitement about music in others. His parents, family, friends and college dorm mates all found new music via cassette samplings courtesy of Dan. With tonight’s concert we hope to follow Dan’s lead. We want to arouse your curiosity and excite you about jazz and music in general. Most importantly, we want you to enjoy yourselves.
Andy, Joan, Amy, Eric Milano
Láura Aguilar-Milano
About Theo Bleckmann
Theo Bleckmann is a multi GRAMMY® nominated vocalist, composer and ECM recording artist who has recorded over 17 albums and collaborated with artists such as Ambrose Akinmusire, Sheila Jordan, Kneebody, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Ben Monder, John Hollenbeck, Joe Hisaishi, David Lang, Ulysses Owens, Bang on a Can All-Stars, and, most prominently, with Meredith Monk since 1994. Bleckmann has been interviewed by Terry Gross on NPR’s Fresh Air and appeared on the David Letterman show with Laurie Anderson. He has consistently appeared in top spots in DownBeat polls, and is a recipient of the prestigious JAZZ ECHO award from the Deutsche Phono-Akademie in his native Germany. Most recently he released an album with the celebrated brass quartet ‘The Westerlies’, toured Finland with the Oulu Symphony Orchestra and UMO Jazz Big Band performing his repertoire and own compositions. Most notably, Pulitzer-Prize-winning composer David Lang wrote “note to a friend” a monodrama for Theo Bleckmann which was commissioned by the Japan Society and directed by legendary actor/director Yoshi Oida and went to Tokyo for its premiere. A recording with the Attacca String Quartet will be forthcoming. “Love and Anger,” Bleckmann’s newest album as a leader will be out on Sunnyside Records this fall.
About Luke Marantz
Luke Marantz is an internationally acclaimed pianist and composer based in Brooklyn, New York. Described by NPR as “among the best young American jazz pianists” and Downbeat Magazine as “a pianist who paints at the keyboard with musicality.” Equally adept at a piano or synthesizer, his music organically combines jazz and improvisation with elements of electronic music, contemporary classical and post rock. He has performed at seminal halls, venues and festivals across the Americas, Europe and Japan and has appeared on over 15 recordings as a sideman. His debut recording, “Embers,” a collection of original works for solo piano was released on Afterworld Records.