DEUCE PERFORMS AT JAZZSCHOOL/LA NOTE IN BERKELEY, CA SUNDAY, JUNE 11

Jean Fineberg, saxophone/flute, Ellen Seeling, trumpet/flugelhorn with John Seppala, keyboards, Dewayne Pate, bass, Alan Hall, drums
Sunday, June 11, 4:30 pm
Jazzschool/La Note, 2377 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley
General Admission $12, Students/Seniors $10
Jazzschool Students/Children under 13 $6 Limited seating/reservations recommended: (510) 845-5373

The contemporary jazz group DEUCE, co-led by saxophonist Jean Fineberg and trumpeter Ellen Seeling, performs at the Jazzschool/La Note, 2377 Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley on Sunday, June 11, at 4:30 pm. General Admission is $12; students and seniors, $10; Jazzschool students and children under 13, $6. Seating is limited and reservations are recommended: (510) 845-5373.

Joining this dazzling duo in their rousing jazz romp are keyboardist John Seppala, bassist Dewayne Pate and drummer Alan Hall. Their music is incendiary and intoxicating, with infectious rhythms. They play originals which are so eloquent they could become standards.

Seeling has worked with Machito, Ray Barretto, The Temptations, Joe Cocker, Little Anthony, The Shirelles, the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band, and the Larry Elgart Orchestra, among many others. Fineberg played on David Bowie's classic Young Americans album and went on to record or tour with such diverse talents as Melba Liston, Phoebe Snow, Patti LaBelle, Bo Diddly and Jane Ira Bloom. She performed at New York's Kool Jazz Festival with Dizzy Gillespie and Marian McPartland. Together, this amazing duo has been on over 40 recordings and has toured and/or recorded as the horn section for Luther Vandross, Chic, Laura Nyro, Cornell Dupree, Martha Reeves, and Allen Toussaint.

Remember “We Are Family" by Sister Sledge? That's Seeling and Fineberg on horns, along with Alex Foster, Barry Rogers, and Jon Faddis!

The San Francisco Examiner's Philip Elwood applauds Deuce's “on-the-edge jazz with...electronic propulsion and...classy arrangements." He calls them “a sensuous Spyro Gyra." JazzIz magazine proclaims that their “sassy album Windjammer captures much the same vibe and energy level as the Breckers' memorable collaborations...irresistible."

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