Zach Brock Quartet
8 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 5
The Palladium
Heralded as “the pre-eminent improvising violinist of his generation,” Zach Brock is a Grammy Award-winning musician and composer whose work evokes the spirits of John Coltrane, Béla Bartók and Jimi Hendrix.
Best known for his role in the instrumental supergroup Snarky Puppy, Brock was named DownBeat Magazine’s Rising Star Violinist of 2013. He also has recorded and toured with jazz greats Stanley Clarke, Phil Markowitz and Wycliffe Gordon.
“I called the great French violinist Jean-Luc Ponty, and I said ‘So, who’s the new cat? Who’s got the stuff? And he said Zach Brock.” – Bassist-bandleader Stanley Clarke
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Performing Arts Connect
The Roots of Black Music in America with Karlus Trapp
7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 7
Online
Karlus Trapp’s educational and entertaining presentation The Roots of Black Music in America is a 100-year journey through time to experience anew and learn about the music of America’s Black musical giants. The presentation/performance comes alive through audience participation and interaction, including singing, call and response and percussion playing. Trapp has been presenting the show for over 10 years with Staten Island’s Universal Temple of the Arts Ensemble, delighting thousands of students and adults alike. Warning: You may find yourself uncontrollably smiling, singing or humming for hours afterward.
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About the Presenter
Veteran musician, songwriter, producer, music educator and native New Yorker Karlus Trapp has been playing music since the age of 5. For the past 30 years, he has been spreading joy through his music with solo and band performances throughout the Northeast, and now online for libraries and schools across the country. His original music has been heard on network TV in the U.S. and internationally.