Dave Brubeck Quartet To Perform At UB Dec. 11

By Mary Beth Spina

Release Date: November 11, 1999 This content is archived.

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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Dave Brubeck Quartet will be featured in "Christmas With Brubeck" at 8 p.m. Dec. 11 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North Campus.

A highlight of the program will be the quartet performing Brubeck's "La Fiesta de la Posada," a recreation of a Christmas Eve fiesta in a Mexican village. The performance will include a 70-member local chorus, 30 elementary students from the Academy For The Performing Arts in Buffalo and a band of 16 local musicians featuring a "mariachi" sound.

The audience also will be treated to a set of Brubeck-written-and-arranged jazz classics performed by Brubeck and quartet members Bobby Militello on flute and saxophone, Alec Dankforth on bass and Randy Jones on percussion.

Prices are $25 for general admission, $20 for senior citizens and $15 for students. Call 645-ARTS for tickets.

Proceeds will benefit activities sponsored by the Newman Centers' Catholic Campus Ministry, which serves the students, faculty and staff of UB

For more information, contact the Rev. Jacob Ledwon at 833-0298.