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A “World Peace Concert” is set for 3:00 p.m. Saturday, October 1, 2022. Four of the SF Bay Area’s instrumental giants, vibist Tommy Kesecker, violinist Evan Price, guitarist Dave Bell, and French bassist Pierre Archain combine as a sublime quartet for this concert. Advance tickets are $29 ($5 more the day of, if available). Tickets can be purchased at Gualala Arts, the Dolphin Gallery, and online at EventBrite.com.
Exquisite songs interpreted in a variety of styles, sensitive moods and shifting tempos, written throughout the decades by brilliant popular song writers, will be showcased.
Songs relevant to world peace will include “Somewhere” from West Side Story, “Peace” by Horace Silver, John Lennon’s “Imagine,” and Irving Berlin’s “Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep”.
‘What the world needs now is love, sweet love.’ Why not have ‘Peace on Earth’ and ‘Goodwill Towards All,’ beginning in the month of October?
Delicacy, finesse, and melodic lyricism: an afternoon of peace and musical optimism and beauty. This is a seasoned dream quartet of sensitivity, swing and respect for nuance and melody; an unusual combination of instruments in a poetic setting—the Gualala Arts Redwood Grove picnic area, under a blanket of nature.
Concert co-producer Fred Adler added, “Tommy Kesecker, Dave Bell and Evan Price all play deeply from the heart and in true simpatico with one another. As the concert’s creator, I will act as host, displaying my absolute reverence for the music and musicians, as always.”
The performance will culminate with the dramatic composition “Send in the Clowns” and “Night Waltz,” both from the late Stephen Sondheim’s Broadway classic, “A Little Night Music.”
“This gentle concert will be an inspiration for world peace and harmony. I truly cannot wait for this one,” said Fred Adler, Festival Music Coordinator.
San Francisco Chronicle staff writer Jesse Hamlin once referred to Tommy Kesecker as “a cross between [world-renowned vibist] Milt Jackson, a Jamaican steel drummer and a Balinese gamelan player.”
Evan Price is a versatile violinist best known for his work with The Turtle Island Quartet and The Hot Club of San Francisco. He also performed with legendary violinists Stephane Grappelli and Vassar Clements.
Guitarist Dave Bell, known for his versatility, was the ten-year mainstay guitarist for the famous group Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks.
Fred Adler says, “Pierre Archain is a charismatic, powerful and also sensitive acoustic bassist. I love working with him.”
Tickets can be purchased at Gualala Arts, the Dolphin Gallery, and online at EventBrite.Com.
