NOON CONCERT

Throckmorton Noon Concerts Presents Charlie Brown Christmas Trio Throckmorton’s Noon Concerts Series are free to attend. You are encouraged to hold seats but it is not required. Doors open at 11:45am; Concerts begin at 12pm. Larry Dunlap (piano), Ken Miller (bass), and Akira Tana (percussion) present “A Charlie Brown Christmas” in it’s original jazz trio format. The music was composed by San Francisco-based jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi, in collaboration with Charles M. Schultz (the creator of the Peanuts comic strip). This made-for-television Christmas special was first broadcast in 1965, and has been in the hearts of the public ever since. HOLD SEATS About The Musicians Larry Dunlap, Piano Pianist, composer and arranger Larry Dunlap has a multifaceted career that includes extensive work in the fields of jazz, classical and popular music. Since the early 1980s Larry has been a pianist in North America with the British singer Dame Cleo Laine and her musician husband Sir John Dankworth. His past work has seen him appearing and/or recording with jazz vocalists Mark Murphy, Sheila Jordan, Ernestine Anderson and Joe Williams as well as instrumentalists Gerry Mulligan, Art Farmer, Ralph Towner, Ernie Watts, Bud Shank and Larry Coryell, to name a few. In the pop music field Larry has toured with The Pointer Sisters, Country Joe McDonald, and others. He appears as keyboardist, arranger, and producer on many recordings. Larry transcribes and edits music for publications from Sher Music Company. These include The New Real Book, Volumes 2 & 3, The Standards Real Book, The European Real Book and others. He is currently at work writing a book in vocal accompaniment. At home in jazz. classical and popular styles of music, Larry Dunlap brings a wide range of talents and a unique perspective to each of his musical undertakings. Ken Miller, Bass Ken Miller is a San Francisco based bassist who has enjoyed a career spanning many genres of music. Ken has performed with the…