Greg Banaszak All-Star NE Ohio Quintet w/Theron Brown & Chris Anderson

Greg Banaszak w/Theron Brown & Chris Anderson

Alto Saxophonist and CASE/CIM Professor leads All-Star Quintet Live @ Irishtown Bend Taproom! 

Special Opening Act: Case Jazz Combos

@ The Irishtown Bend Taproom. Behind the Market Garden Brewery and the West Side Market - under the giant BEER sign!!  
1849 W. 24th St.  Cleveland, Ohio
(216) 373-0700

The Irishtown Bend Tap Room has several varieties of award winning beers (fresh from the brewery) and wine.  For dinner before or after the concert we'd suggest the Market Garden Brewery in front on W. 25th. You can make reservations for dinner by calling: (216) 621-4000 or at www.marketgardenbrewery.com

Featuring:
Greg Banaszak All-Star Quintet
Greg Banaszak-Alto Sax & Leader
Chris Anderson-Trombone
Theron Brown-Piano
Aidan Plank-Acoustic Bass
Patrick 'Duke' Graney-Drums

Case Jazz Combos (2 Groups)
Cari Dupote-Fosnot-vocals
Lara Risdon-vocals
Colin Fields-flute
Max Rokeach-clarinet
Bobby Bellairs-alto sax
Taichi Okumura-alto sax
Kamil Malinowski-alto sax
Asel Uswatte-alto sax
Henry-Nonnemaker-tenor sax
Kurt Rehm-tenor sax
Topper Howson-tenor sax
Anish Singh-trumpet
Nathaniel Hwang-trumpet
Matthew Smutny-piano
Kent Manlon-bass
Neil Nori-bass
Emilio Ezquierdo-drums/percussion
Daniel Kim-drums/percussion

Greg Banaszak, has performed with orchestras and at concert halls throughout the world.  He has appeared as concerto soloist and recitalist throughout the United States, Eastern and Western Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, including the countries of France, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Austria, Sweden, Belgium, Egypt, South Korea, the Dominican Republic, Finland, India and Japan.

Mr. Banaszak is one of the most sought after orchestral saxophone soloists of his generation. As one of the few saxophonists active in both the classical and jazz mediums, Mr. Banaszak includes a combination of concerto performances, solo and chamber music recitals, and jazz festival appearances. He has presented recitals in such prestigious concert halls as Vienna’s Bösendorfer Concert Hall, the Royal Pal-ace in Warsaw, Poland, and New York’s Lincoln Center’s Bruno Walter Hall. He has presented master classes at Austria’s Musik Hochschule, the Cairo Conservato-ry, Oberlin Conservatory, and the Tanglewood Institute and has served as Orchestral saxophonist for the leading opera orchestras of Warsaw, Berlin, Paris, and Cleveland. Mr Banaszak has been under the baton of such conductors as Gerard Schwarz, Leonard Slatkin, Philippe Entremont and Randy Newman.

As a member of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences, Mr. Banaszak is a vot-ing member for the annual Grammy Awards ceremony. He serves on the faculties of the Cleveland Institute of Music, and Case Western Reserve University.  

Mr. Banaszak is a B.M. cum laude graduate of the Hartt School of Music.  He holds an M.M. degree “with distinction” from the Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw and an Artist Diploma from the Centre Musical d’Annecy in France.  He cites his successful career on having studied with such prominent masters as Vincent Abato, Daniel Deffayet and jazz legend Jackie McLean, as well as David Pituch, and David Schiavone. 

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