Dave Brubeck Quartet
Dave Brubeck
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Bobby Militello
Bobby Militello, alto saxophone and flute, first caught Dave Brubecks’ ear at a jazz festival when he stepped out in front of the Maynard Ferguson band to take a “dazzling” flute solo. Dave Brubeck asked Militello to audition for the Quartet in 1982 and they’ve been playing together ever since. Prior to his work with Brubeck, Militello toured with the Maynard Ferguson band from 1975-79. He has appeared with the Buffalo Philharmonic several times, performing contemporary works by Pat Williams, Oscar Peterson, and Dave Brubeck, and has appeared with Chuck Mangione, Bill Holman and Bob Florence, among many others. Bobby has recorded numerous TV and film scores in Hollywood and has also led and recorded with his own groups, which have ranged in style from fusion to Latin to blues and funk.
Michael Moore
The most recent member of the Dave Brubeck Quartet, bassist Michael Moore, is an acknowledged master of his instrument, as well as a leader of his own duo and trio which feature the bass as the solo instrument. Born in Cincinnati, Michael started his musical training at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. After joining the Woody Herman band at age 20, he became an important player in the New York jazz scene, recording and performing with such artists as Marian McPartland, Bill Evans, Stan Getz, Chet Baker, John Scofield, Tony Bennett, and many others. John S. Wilson of the New York Times called Michael “one of the most consistently brilliant bassists in recent history.”
Randy Jones
British born drummer Randy Jones joined the Dave Brubeck Quartet in 1978 after having played with such greats as Maynard Ferguson, Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker, Milt Jackson, Bill Watrous, Harry James, Cleo Laine, Tony Bennett, and Billy Eckstein. He has recorded numerous albums with the Dave Brubeck Quartet on the Telarc, MusicMasters, and Concord Jazz labels and has performed with the Quartet in the U.S., Japan, and Europe. Randy is noted as a versatile drummer, capable of swinging a big band, or dynamically weaving intricate patters in the DBQ’s odd time signatures. An avid collector of classical recordings, his solos reflect that interest with an unusually strong sense of melodic form and compositional structure.
