A free jazz concert by the David Parlato Quartet will be Friday, Aug. 12, noon to 1 p.m. on the lower plaza southeast of the Student Union Building. The group is comprised of some of the finest jazz musicians in New Mexico. This band will feature David Parlato on bass, Michael Anthony on guitar, Paul Gonzalez on trumpet and John Trentacosta on drums.
Photo: Musician David Parlato
David Parlato - bassist, composer, bandleader, and educator - was born and raised in a musical family in Los Angeles. He has performed and recorded with such great artists as Frank Zappa, Jerry Lee Lewis, Barbara Streisand, Henry Mancini, Burt Bacharach, and Peter Allen and Helen Reddy.
He performs with a wide variety of classical and improvisational musical luminaries such as Frank Morgan, Doug Lawrence, Mose Allison, Greg Abate, Straight Up and Solstice. Parlato is also the director of The Outpost Repertory Jazz Orchestra in Albuquerque.
Plan to bring a lunch and sit in the shade for an hour of cool music. For those who can’t attend, the concert will broadcast live on KUNM-FM, 89.9.
The concert is presented by the UNM Staff Council and its Work + Life Committee. It is hoped that UNM workers will take respite from their offices for an hour of fun and relaxation. The UNM Office of Institutional Advancement provides concert funding.
For more information contact Greg Johnston, Public Affairs Department, at 277-1816.