THE SYKES CHAPEL CONCERT ARTIST SERIES FALL 2017 SEASON THE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA | 2017-2018 A multi-instrument phenomenon, Dave Bennett is a clarinet virtuoso who plays electric guitar, piano, drums and vocalizes. He is the only artist anywhere saluting The Roots of Pop: covering music from the swing era to early rockabilly and country, to Elvis Presley, The Beatles and more. Entirely self-taught, Bennett began at age 10 on clarinet listening to and quickly playing along with Benny Goodman records. At 12 he was invited by legendary jazz trumpeter Doc Cheatham to the bandstand of New York’s famous Sweet Basil jazz club. By 14 he was out frequently touring around the USA with Michigan’s New Reformation Dixieland Band. Leading his Tribute to Benny Goodman, Bennett has been a featured soloist at Carnegie Hall with The New York Pops and has played the program with 50 other United States and Canadian orchestras. An annual fixture at a dozen American music festivals, his Rockin the ‘50s show always brings down the house. His original compositions are influenced by the style of Roy Orbison, the “Soul of Rock and Roll.” Bennett has been featured on NPR Radio’s Jazz at Riverwalk. He made his European debut in 2008 at the Bern Jazz Festival (Switzerland) in a combo with jazz legends and Benny Goodman band alumni guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli and vibraphonist, the late Peter Appleyard. He is a Mack Avenue Records artist. His 2013 CD Don’t Be That Way met with critical acclaim. His second CD features original compositions influenced by his appreciation of jazz, blues, swing, gospel, and pop. DAVE BENNETT Clarinet MATEUSZ RZEWUSKI, ORGANIST This program will include works of Saint-Saëns, Dupré, Messiaen, Karalow and Vierne. Sunday, Oct. 22, at 2 p.m. FOUR CONCERTOS BY J.S. BACH Four works for various solo instruments with orchestra. A delightful afternoon of music by Bach. Sunday, Nov. 19, at 2 p.m. THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA HOLIDAY CONCERT UT Chamber Singers, Camerata, with Brass. Sunday, Dec. 3, at 2 and 4 p.m. www.ut.edu/sykeschapel www.facebook.com/sykeschapelconcertartistseries 401 W. Kennedy Blvd., Tampa, FL 33606-1490 45
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