Jersey Jazz Trio • Friday, May 4, 8–10pm
The Jersey Jazz Trio is David Berends (piano), Lance Sulton (bass) and Mike Ipri (drums). They perform diverse, high energy acoustic jazz including originals and standards, with pieces by Miles Davis, Horace Silver, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, David Berends and others.
Pianist/composer David Berends received his formal musical training at Peabody Conservatory, UPenn, Princeton U, and the Westminster Choir College, and his informal training though countless rock, jazz, classical and solo piano gigs with artists including Chuck Berry, Stanley Jordan, and the Jack Furlong Quartet. David has released two CDs of original piano compositions, Fifteen Exceptions for Piano (1991) and Rhapsody in Life (1999). He joined forces with Lance in the summer of 2009 to create the JJT and to pursue his dream of an original jazz piano trio.
For the past 30 years, Lance Sulton has been performing and recording on both acoustic and electric bass in a variety of settings and musical styles, most recently as bassist with the Monday Blues and Jazz Orchestra in Pennington, NJ. Lance studied jazz harmony, theory and performance with pianist Hal Galper and bassists Ron Carter, Rufus Reid and Peter Warren, and also served as an apprentice at the worldrenowned Bass Shop in NYC under master luthier Billy Merchant. Lance is a founding member of the JJT.
Playing drums has been a family business for Mike Ipri, starting with lessons from his father, Al and participating in percussion ensembles and big bands led by his musician father. Mike graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a Bachelor of Music degree and teaching certification. Mike received his Master of Music degree in Jazz Studies from the University of the Arts. He’s played cruise ships and toured with the American Wind Symphony. Mike plays percussion, mallets and timpani, but playing the drum set is what he enjoys most.
Herb Eckert Auditorium in the Senior Center,
South Brunswick MunicipalComplex
540 Route 522/Ridge Road, Monmouth Junction
Admission $6 at the door, (light refreshment included), tickets on sale at 7:30pm
For information, call 732.329.4000 x7635 • arts@sbtnj.net
For more jazz throughout NJ, visit www.NJJazzList.com,
The New Brunswick Jazz Project, jazz@nbjp.org, www.nbjp.org, and www.HotHouseJazz.com
The Jazz Café resumes on September 7 • Eric Mintel