FIVE PLAY JAZZ QUINTET

Laura Klein (piano/composer): Laura grew up in New York City, and studied music at SUNY Buffalo and at the Berklee College of Music. Along with Tony Corman, she formed the three-horned band Triceratops, which featured their original compositions. Laura has performed with her own trios (including the great drummers Joe Hunt and Benny Barth), in a duo setting with vibraphonist Ted Wolff,  vocalists Jenny Ferris and Ed Reed, Rudy Salvini Big Band, John Dankworth and the San Francisco Symphony, and many others. Tony Corman (guitar/composer): Tony comes from the Boston area. He graduated from the Berklee College of Music with a B.A. in saxophone performance. He appeared and recorded with Full Faith and Credit big band, the  Contemporary Jazz Orchestra, Bay Area Jazz Composer’s Orchestra, and Celia Malheiros. He played on, and was an arranger/composer for the recordings Triceratops, Three Tenors No Opera, and vocalist Jenny Ferris’s Day In, read more...