Who: Chuck Mackinnon’s Mactet
What: MusicNOW! At the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music
When: Saturday, April 18 2009 at 8:00 PM
Where: Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, 58 7th avenue, Brooklyn. NY
Cost: $10 / 5. Go to Zerve ticket services at 212.209.3370 or through our website at
www.bqcm.org.
For this upcoming concert award winning composer and trumpeter Chuck MacKinnon of Brooklyn Conservatory’s Jazz faculty will present his acclaimed, explosive three horn, jazz sextet Mactet. Featuring noted saxophonists Douglas Yates and Kenny Brooks, Mactet also features Chuck MacKinnon, trumpet and flugelhorn, Art Hirahara, piano, Gary Wand, Bass and Russ Meissner, drums.
An intriguing talent and an exciting, pioneering artist, trumpeter Chuck MacKinnon is a San Francisco native who came of age performing on the fertile local jazz scene. He earned his stripes sitting in with local piano legend Smith Dobson, and has since forged a respected place in the demanding New York City music world.
MacKinnon has performed around the world with star performers including the Duke Ellington Orchestra, the Cab Calloway Orchestra, Joe Henderson, James Moody, Rufus Reid, Randy Brecker, Mark Levine, Bruce Forman, and Sam Rivers, Kenny Brooks and Dred Scott.
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