EDEN MILLS – Jim Gelcer/Paul Hoffert Trio featuring George Koller is set to perform at the Eden Mills Community Hall on May 4. at 7:30pm.
The trio features Lighthouse band co-founder Paul Hoffert on piano, Jim Gelcer on drums and George Koller on bass.
“The Trio will wow music lovers with an eclectic and varied show filled with singular, inimitable compositions drawn from jazz and pop classics and from their two critically acclaimed albums How High the Bird and Jim and Paul Play Glenn and Ludwig,” organizers state in a press release.
“Their 2018 album, Jim and Paul play Glenn and Ludwig, sees the group play thoroughly scintillating, jazz-infused, original versions of Beethoven music through the lens of Canadian icon Glenn Gould. Gelcer also told us that the album reached both #1 on the Jazz Charts and #1 on the classical music charts, perhaps a first ever,” organizers continue.
“I don’t want to give away too many surprises, but there might be some homages to Lighthouse as well,” Gelcer said.
Hoffert, one of the founding members of the seminal 1970s Canadian rock band Lighthouse, is a composer, author, academic as well as a recipient of the Order of Canada.
Gelcer, a renowned jazz drummer, producer and composer, has lent his talent to artists ranging from rocker Lee Aaron to the Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band.
Bassist Koller is a multi- instrumentalist with an ear for jazz and world music, who has performed with the likes of Peter Gabriel, Holly Cole and Chaka Khan.
“Together, these three living legends of Canadian music complement each other’s musical gifts by breezing through intricately arranged classical & jazz pieces seamlessly, for your listening pleasure” organizers state.
The community hall is located in the heart of Eden Mills at 104 York St.
Tickets ($30 for adults and $10 for students) are available at edenmills.ca/calendar.
Listen to the Glecer/Hoffert Trio at youtube.com/watch?v=fH8Tt8ltD84.
