Howard Brofsky is Dr. Bebop to his fans and friends. An esteemed professor at Queens College, Brofsky, who turned 83 this month, continues his life-long pursuit of magnetizing listeners to jazz with every note he blows.
An expert on the development of Classicism in 18th-century Italian music, Brofsky turned a corner at midlife and delved fully into the music he had initially fallen in love with as a youth. Brofsky lives and breathes jazz. His presence in the room leads to colorful stories of times spent with Jimmy Heath, Dexter Gordon, and Attila Zoller; he is eager to share memories of 52nd Street during its heyday when he and his buddies would seek out Charlie Parker. His initial training in jazz was listening to and transcribing 78 rpm recordings of “Bird.”
Brofksy is old-school, a direct connection to bebop’s roots, an educator who learned by doing and self-disciplined study.
Joining Dr. Bebop are guitarist Ed MacEachen, pianist Bob Hamilton, bassist Phil Palumbi, and drummer Eliot Zigmund.
Reservations are available online at www.vtjazz.org, by phone at (802) 254-9088, or tix in-person at In the Moment, 143 Main Street. The concert will be held at the Vermont Jazz Center, 72 Cotton Mill Hill, #222.
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