Joe La Barbera Quintet Concert

Saturday, October 5, 2002
8:00pm to 10:30pm
The Bridges Hall of Music, Pomona College campus
Free Admission

Joe La Barbera is pursuing a music career that has featured him in all parts of the world and joined his outstanding talent with many of the great names in the history of modern jazz. His contemporary peers regard Joe as a very musical, passionate drummer and a supportive accompanist. Jazz great Bill Evans summed it best when he remarked that "Joe is very dedicated to playing quality music and he's willing to make the concessions of dues toward that end. He's a top soloist and he does the right thing at the right time."

Among the professional jazz associations enjoyed by Joe La Barbera are the Chuck Mangione Quartet, Tony Bennett, the Bill Evans Trio with bassist Marc Johnson, the Woody Herman Orchestra, and sideman with luminaries such as Jim Hall, Phil Woods, Art Farmer, Gary Burton, Art Pepper, John Scofield, Bob Brookmeyer, Zoot Sims, Toots Thielmans, Bud Shank, Bill Perkins, and Alan Broadbent.

Internationally, Joe plays and tours with "Bassline" (including Hein Van de Geyn and John Abercrombie) and the W. D. R. Big Band in Cologne. On the current LA jazz scene, Joe has assembled a "killer" group of musicians featuring the clear, pure sound of trumpeter Clay Jenkins (Count Basie, Bill Holman, Clayton-Hamilton, Buddy Rich bands), woodwind artist Bob Sheppard (with Freddie Hubbard, Steely Dan bands), the unifying voice of pianist Bill Cunliffe (Thelonious Monk Award alumni, Clayton-Hamilton bands), and outstanding bassist Tom Warrington (Bob Florence, Terry Trotter, and Buddy Rich bands).