Daniel Smith with 'Bassoon and Beyond' To Appear At Tea Lounge Tonight

Tonight, February 18th, the Tea Lounge will host Daniel Smith's ‘BASSOON AND BEYOND' Jazz Quartet, featuring Daniel Smith on bassoon, Lafayette Harris on piano, Michael O'Brien on bass, and Chris Carroll on drums.

A ground-breaking all-blues album by virtuoso bassoonist Daniel Smith with his jazz quartet covering a wide range of styles ranging from early blues to contemporary. Features 11 tracks with blues pieces by Horace Silver, Cannonball Adderley, Charlie Parker, Mercer Ellington, Joe Zawinul, Charlie Mingus, George Shearing, Wayne Shorter, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane and Lee Morgan..... plus two bonus tracks featuring early blues pieces of Robert Johnson and B B King and showcasing Bob Dylan guitarist Larry Campbell as 'special guest artist'. Advance reviews of 'Blue Bassoon' from leading jazz critics call it 'best jazz performance ever by a bassoon player', 'A fabulous CD', 'best jazz album of the year', 'music is outstanding', Jazz's premier bassoonist' and 'top performance rating'. Release date is scheduled for the first week of January 2010. For more information visit http://www.danielsmithbassoon.com/ or http://www.summitrecords.com/.

The Tea Lounge is located at 837 Union Street in Brooklyn, NY 11215-1308. For more information call (718) 789-2762 or visit http://tealoungeny.com/. No cover charge.

The Tea Lounge has been serving Park Slope for 10 years. What started out as a small coffee and tea shop has quickly grown into a neighborhood hub. Serving eco-friendly organic coffees and teas, the Tea Lounge is a café, teashop, bar, music venue, and gallery. We are a place for students, families, and business to exist side-by-side on our couches. Our focus and goal is the Park Slope community as a whole, we aim to be your hang out. Our place is your place.

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