For Immediate Release
Press Contact: Angie Bertucci
805.966.4946 x 610
abertucci@lobero.com
Tickets: Lobero Box Office
805.963.0761 or lobero.com
Jazz at the Lobero Announces 2012-2013 Season Lineup
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Pat Metheny Unity Band – September 27, 2012
Dianne Reeves – October 19, 2012
Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour 55th Anniversary Celebration – January 14, 2013
Brad Mehldau Trio and The Bad Plus – May 3, 2013
Santa Barbara, CA, February 16, 2016 – Jazz at the Lobero returns to the Downbeat Magazine-endorsed Lobero
Theatre with a new season featuring celebrated artists in exciting new collaborations. Starting things off is master
guitarist Pat Metheny in his newest incarnation, the Pat Metheny Unity Band. Dianne Reeves will introduce some
vocal highs to the series with her dynamic three-octave voice in October. The world-renowned Monterey Jazz
Festival heads out on tour, featuring Dee Dee Bridgewater, Christian McBride, Ambrose Akinmusire, Chris
Potter, Benny Green and Lewis Nash in an all-star band. In May, it’s a musical three-on-three as the dueling piano
trios of the Brad Mehldau Trio and jazz bad boys The Bad Plus take to the stage. You won’t want to miss a beat of
this exciting series.
Jazz at the Lobero is renewing a focus on building jazz audiences, continuing with the groundbreaking Jazz Artist
in Residence program with Grammy Award-nominated singer Tierney Sutton, clinics with the Brubeck Institute
Jazz Quintet, and a new partnership with the Santa Barbara Vocal Jazz Foundation.
Jazz at the Lobero 2012-2013 subscriptions are available now at Lobero.com or by calling 805-963-0761.
Subscription benefits include 20% savings over single ticket prices, priority seating, advance notice to buy tickets
to added events, and Patron ticket holders enjoy invitations to pre-show receptions.
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Pat Metheny Unity Band – September 27, 2012
Superstar guitarist Pat Metheny returns to the Lobero with a reinvented that sound fans won’t want to miss.
Unity Band introduces a new Metheny ensemble with Chris Potter on sax and bass clarinet, longtime collaborator
Antonio Sanchez on drums, and the up-and-coming Ben Williams on bass.
Whether purely acoustic or searingly electric, there is always that unmistakable Metheny sensibility at work.
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Dianne Reeves – October 19, 2012
Recognized as one of the world’s pre-eminent jazz vocalists, Dianne belongs to the pantheon of great jazz singers
such as Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan. She engages audiences with her strong, multi-octave voice, rhythmic
virtuosity and powerful storytelling style. Reeves combines all her influences to create a jazz-world-pop-bop
synthesis that the Boston Globe calls “breathtaking.”
“Her three-plus octaves, diva-like delivery and intimate sense of a song have long made her one of the most
compelling vocalists in jazz.” ― Seattle Times
Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour 55th Anniversary Celebration – January 14, 2013
Featuring Dee Dee Bridgewater, Christian McBride, Ambrose Akinmusire, Chris Potter, Benny Green, and Lewis
Nash
The world-renowned Monterey Jazz Festival is famous for its artistic excellence, sophisticated informality, and
longstanding mission to create and support jazz education and performance. Highlighting the Festival’s unique
attitude and jazz-with-a-purpose energy, the Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour celebrates its 55th anniversary with
an all-star band consisting of bassist and musical director Christian McBride, vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater,
saxophonist Chris Potter, trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, pianist Benny Green, and drummer Lewis Nash
performing an assortment of classic jazz repertoire and original compositions by band members.
“This is a full-service, style-inclusive festival—still the best in the West and probably the best American festival
overall…” – JazzTimes
Brad Mehldau Trio and The Bad Plus – May 3, 2013
Jazz pianist Brad Mehldau is known for his improvisatory genius, whether playing his own stunning compositions,
Thelonious Monk classics, American Songbook standards, or more contemporary tunes by Nick Drake, Radiohead
or the Beatles for an effect that is often like controlled chaos. The Bad Plus have broken down the walls of jazz
convention and created an uncompromising body of work. Their personal brand of avant-garde populism has put
them at the forefront of a new instrumental music movement, drawing audiences both traditional and
mainstream.
“Inside the music of Brad Mehldau is a conflict among rock, jazz and classical personalities. Ultimately, the pianist
has figured a way to integrate all three pretty seamlessly.” ― The Philadelphia Enquirer
“If the Coen Brothers put together a jazz trio, perhaps it would be like [the Bad Plus], the comic and the dramatic
rolled together.” — The Guardian
Jazz at the Lobero subscriptions are available now at Lobero.com or by calling 805-963-0761.
Series tickets prices start at $124 for Section B, $156 for Section A and a limited number of Patron tickets for
$400. Prices are subject to $20 facility fee. All Patron tickets include priority seating, pre-performance private
reception, recognition in the event program, and a tax-deductible gift to the Lobero Theatre.
Single tickets go on sale on Saturday, July 28, 2012.
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Lobero LIVE is funded in part by the Events and Festivals Program using funds provided by the City of Santa Barbara in
partnership with the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission. Additional sponsorship for Jazz at the Lobero is provided by the
Lobero Theatre Endowment for American Roots Music, CASA Magazine, Santa Barbara Independent, and KCSB 91.9 FM.
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