April 13 - Special Benefit Gala with Rick Braun
Mark your calendars for Friday, April 13th when Rick Braun will be back in Tucson for an intimate benefit gala that will support the operations of the Jazz Society. This event is limited to 250 people and will include dinner and great classics like Time After Time and The Good Life all wrapped up in a New Orleans like setting. Rick performed a similar evening in LA, and here are what the reviews said:
Don Heckman from the LA Times
“Interestingly, the smaller ensemble, while retaining the rich harmonic coloration of the album tracks, also created an attractively intimate musical environment. And Braun made the most of it. Clearly impacted by the strong, balladry style founded by Frank Sinatra, he sang tunes such as “The Good Life” and “It’s Love” with solid musical assertiveness. On others he switched gears into more laid-back, storytelling style. Between songs, his amiable, outgoing conversational manner added another attractive element to the evening. Add to that Braun’s darkly lyrical flugel horn playing, the rich textures of a string quartet and the briskly swinging support of the remainder of the band.”
Deborah Howell from The Wave in LA
“Rick kicked off his set with his flugelhorn homage to “The Good Life.” And, as promised, when he was done with his killer flugelhorn solo, without a second’s hesitation, he opened up his formidable voice and sang the tune in the best possible torch singer tradition. At that point, we knew we were in for something special. The Good Life, indeed.”
Stay tuned for more in the coming weeks!
