The Brubeck Collection at Wilton Library, one of the world's preeminent jazz archives, has announced a set of upcoming events commemorating the launch of its over 22,000-item interactive digital archive.
First unveiled last April 30, on International Jazz Day, the comprehensive online catalog contains more than a thousand digitized photos, recordings, scores, and documents relating to the career of jazz legend Dave Brubeck.
Two celebratory events are slated for this coming month: a historic jazz concert to be held in honor of The David Brubeck Octet and a musical discussion delving deep into the seminal jazz albums of 1959.
Upcoming Events for The Brubeck Collection
Scheduled for June 15 from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM local time, "The Music of the Dave Brubeck Octet: Restored and Reimagined" jazz concert bringing Brubeck's most famous arrangements back to life for the first time since the 1950s in an homage to the famed octet.
Led by alto saxophonist Jon De Lucia, the performance will see an all-star octet of Grammy-winning musicians grace the halls of the Wilton Library.
Joining De Lucia are Scott Robinson on tenor sax, Brandon Lee on trumpet, Becca Patterson on Trombone, Andrew Hadro on clarinet and baritone sax, Danny Fox on piano, Daniel Duke on Bass, and Keith Balla on Drumbs.
Formed in the 1940s, the Brubeck Octet is where the jazz legend and his fellow Mills College students first explored musical concepts like polytonality and odd meters.
Now, after years of research at Mills, De Lucia brings his findings to The Brubeck Collection in Wilton Library to bring back these arrangements after decades since the 1950s. De Lucia and his octet's just-released CD will also be available for sale after the concert.
The next event, lined up for June 18 at the same time slot, is a musical discussion with Professor Gil Harel (PhD, Brandeis University) regarding three divergent artist directions post-1959.
Specifically, the professor will explore this particular momentous year of jazz and its three trailblazers: John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and Dave Brubeck in his talk: "Jazz Post-1959: Diverging Paths."
For more information on the events, visit https://www.brubeckcollection.org.
