MIKE MAINIERI & DAVE SCHROEDER DUET
featuring
Mike Mainieri – vibraphone
Dave Schroeder – sax
FREE ENTRANCE – first come first served – limited capacity
The “Peperoncino Jazz Festival >< New York Session” Fourth Edition presents Legendary Jazz Artist Mike Mainieri for a Live Performance and Discussion.
Dr. David Schroeder, professor of jazz studies at New York University and author of the book, “From the Minds of Jazz Musicians,” will interview vibraphonist, composer and bandleader Mike Mainieri, who has performed with such jazz giants as Buddy Rich, Billie Holliday, Coleman Hawkins, Frank Zappa, Jimi Hendrix, Michael Brecker and countless others. He has produced three albums with Carly Simon, and recorded with Paul Simon, Linda Ronstadt, Aerosmith, Billy Joel, Janis Ian, James Taylor, Dire Straits, Bonnie Raitt, George Benson, and on Don McClean’s classic album: American Pie.
This concert will also feature a duo performance featuring Mainieri on vibraphone along with Schroeder’s soprano saxophone, chromatic harmonica and a few musical surprises.