Brubeck Brothers Quartet Coming to Miners Foundry

Their famous father started out living the cowboy life in Northern California before becoming one of the premiere legends of Jazz.  The musical influence of Dave Brubeck will be easy to hear as brothers Chris (trombone, bass) and Dan (drums) Brubeck along with guitarist Mike DeMicco and pianist Chuck Lamb, spend an evening in Nevada City entertaining patrons with their straight-ahead jazz style.  The group of renowned musicians have been touring the country playing concert series, colleges, and jazz festivals as the Brubeck Brothers Jazz Quartet and will be at the Miners’ Foundry Thursday August 11^th.

During the pandemic, the brothers discovered outtakes from their fathers’ hugely popular “Time Out” recording sessions and decided to release them.  Chris said, “Some of the outtakes are better than what is on the famous “Time Out” record, so we assembled alternate takes and found other tunes that were not on there and put out the record “Time Outtakes.”   That got a lot of air play.”

The quartet will bring their own distinctive flair but will also feature a good amount of their dad’s music   in a delayed celebration of what would have been his 100^th birthday in 2020.  In describing what people can expect, Brubeck said, “There are so many things we call jazz — from Dixieland to Smooth Jazz   We are not smooth jazz, and we are not Dixieland.  We inherited a lot of musical taste from our dad.  We are not super hard bop.  We are not Avant Garde. It’s pretty much hard swinging mainstream jazz.” 

But, he added, because of the age they are, they also add a little bit of funk.  Brother Dan will play amazing drum solos with a more rock and roll viewpoint.  Mike is known for his incredible chops.  Chuck is reportedly always taking chances, and Chris plays electric fretless bass with his own unique style. He concluded, “People really have been enjoying our concerts. People shouldn’t be afraid they will be alienated by hearing it.  We come right down the middle. We kick butt. It’s exciting and happy and beautiful too.”

The Miners Foundry provides a no host full bar and snacks available for purchase.  Tickets are available online at minersfoundry.org.