The Department of Music presents pianist John Salmon in a celebration of Dave Brubeck. Salmon, a professor at UNC Greensboro, was a longtime friend of Brubeck and has recorded four albums of his piano works. Best known as a jazz pianist and composer, Brubeck also created a body of delightful "classical" pieces that blend his many musical influences and interests. Salmon, who, like Brubeck, moves seamlessly across styles and genres, will explore the range of Brubeck's work in this recital.
This performance is FREE. Capacity in Rowe Recital Hall is being limited to 50% for this performance to provide for social distancing.
About the artist:
Pianist John Salmon has distinguished himself on four continents, as both a classical and jazz artist. His performances have been broadcast on many radio stations in the U.S., including National Public Radio, WNYC in New York, WFMT in Chicago, and KUSC in Los Angeles; and on the national radio stations of Australia, Brazil, Canada, England, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the Ukraine.
Salmon is a frequent guest performer at festivals in the U.S. and Europe, having appeared at the Piccolo Spoleto Festival (Charleston, South Carolina), Piano Festival Northwest (Portland, Oregon), Interlochen Piano Festival (Interlochen, Michigan), Festival for Creative Pianists (Denver, Colorado), Festival Internacional de Música del Mediterráneo (Cartagena, Spain), and the International Bartók Festival (Szombathely, Hungary). He has toured China six times, with concerts in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenyang, and Hangzhou.
Other special appearances include an all-Liszt recital in Mexico City for the American Liszt Society and an all-Brubeck recital in Washington, DC for the Music Teachers National Association, after which he jammed at two pianos with Dave Brubeck in a spontaneous version of Duke Ellington’s “Things Ain’t What They Used to Be.”
He has also been the featured artist for the Music Teachers National Association state conferences in California (CAPMT), Virginia (VMTA), and Minnesota (MMTA).
Salmon has recorded four compact discs of Dave Brubeck’s classical piano music, on the Phoenix, Naxos, and Albany labels. Brubeck dedicated two compositions to Salmon—“The Salmon Strikes” and “Bach Again.” Salmon’s CD of piano pieces by Nikolai Kapustin is also on the Naxos label, and his CD of his own jazz compositions, Salmon Is A Jumpin’, was released by Albany Records in November 2010.
Among his many lectures and publications are nine articles about Brubeck and his music.
PROGRAM
Glances
Reminiscences of the Cattle Country
Nocturnes
The Duke
In Your Own Sweet Way
Dziękuję
It’s A Raggy Waltz