| Feb. 19, 1996 | Release No.??? Contact: Phyllis Graber Jensen 207-786-6330 (office) 207-784-6240 (home) |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dale Bruning Trio to Perform at Bates
LEWISTON, Maine -- The innovative Dale Bruning
The trio, composed of Bruning of Longmont, Colo., on guitar, Sam Sherry of
Cape Elizabeth on bass and Steve Grover of Augusta, winner of the 1994
Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz/BMI Jazz Composers Competition, on drums,
will perform a variety of jazz standards as well as original compositions by
Bruning.
A guitarist, composer and music educator for more than 40 years, Bruning
has performed with such artists as Dizzy Gillespie, Marian McPartland and Dave
McKenna. In recent years, he has played with Mike Abbott, Paul Warburton and
Jim Hall and has just released a new recording, "Tomorrow's Reflections."
Bruning was chosen as "Best Area Guitarist" by the Denver Post Music Polls
from 1983-86. Guitar legend Jim Hall said of his peer: "Dale Bruning is a
marvelous man, a marvelous friend and a marvelous guitar player. That kind of
sums it up."
In addition to teaching individual students and leading dozens of
workshops, Bruning has taught in the guitar departments at the University of
Northern Colorado at Greeley and the University of Colorado at Denver.
Bruning and Jude Hibbler, photojournalist and owner of Jazz Link
Enterprises, will offer a workshop, "Self-Promotion Through Media and Concepts
of Jazz Improvisation," on March 2 from 1-4 p.m in room 243 of the Olin Arts
Center. Admission is $8, and further information can be obtained by calling
John Smedley at 786-6323.
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