Brevard Live March 2011 - 1 2 - Brevard Live March 2011 Brevard Live March 2011 - 3 4 - Brevard Live March 2011 Brevard Live March 2011 - 5 6 - Brevard Live March 2011 Content For March 2011 FEATURES page 51 CHRIS BOTTI ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK Since the release of his 2004 critically ac- For more than four decades, international Columns claimed CD When I Fall In Love, Chris recording legend Engelbert Humperdinck Charles Van Riper Botti (pronounced boat-tee) has become has shared a legacy of love with fans of 24 Political Satire the largest selling American jazz instru- every age, on every continent.. mental artist. Page 15 Page 9 Calendars 27 Live Entertainment, HOUSE OF PAIN Theatre, Concerts, KENNY G Festivals, Arts In a recording career that spans almost After a successful solo career, Everlast three decades and 23 albums, Grammy teamed up with DJ Lethal and high school Award-winning saxophonist Kenny G friend Danny Boy to form House of Pain. Brevard Scene has grafted elements of R&B, pop and Their House of Pain debut album went 32 What’s hot in Latin to a jazz foundation solidifying his multi-platinum. Brevard reputation as the premiere artist in con- Page 17 temporary jazz. Spring Party Page 11 MARC & SHANON PARKER It’s a woman’s life 41 by Misti Blu Day The Parker Brothers Custom Choppers features the artistic work of Marc and CAROL BURNETT Life & The Beach Laughter and Reflection, Carol Burnett’s Shanon Parker, and their crew of talented Relationship “off-the-cuff” banter with the audience, motorcycle builders, who work to build 44 is a format that grew out of the question- customized motorcycles, themed bikes, Column and-answer sessions with her studio movie replica bikes, and basically “any- by Matt Bretz audience on The Carol Burnett Show. thing they can dream up”.. Page 42 Page 13 Brevard Live March 2011 - 7 8 - Brevard Live March 2011 Brevard Live BREVARD LIVE The largest and most popular free entertainment magazine on the Space Coast and beyond for 19 years. PUBLISHER/EDITOR Heike Clarke STAFF ACCOUNT MANAGER Charlene Hemmle MUSIC WRITERS Matt Bretz Chris Long OUT & ABOUT Misti Blu Day Charlene Hemmle ART Terry Cronin III PHOTOGRAPHY Misti Blu Day Tim Bretz COLUMNISTS Chuck Van Riper Matt Bretz Misti Blu Day Reproduction of any portion of Brevard Live Magazine is strictly prohibited without the written permission of the publisher. ADVERTISEMENT/ SALES Phone: (321) 956-9207 Fax: (321) 956-9228 [email protected] COMMENTS & LETTERS Brevard Live Magazine P.O. Box 1452, Melbourne, Fl 32902 Copyright © 2011 Brevard Live All rights reserved We are not responsible for photos March 16, 8 pm, at the King Center, Melbourne or scripts sent to Brevard Live Magazine. Published photos and articles become property of this Chris Botti publication. We are not responsible for wrongful ince the release of his 2004 criti- Over the past three decades, he has re- advertised or canceled venues. Scally acclaimed CD When I Fall In corded and performed with the best in music; Love, Chris Botti (pronounced boat-tee) including Frank Sinatra, Sting, Josh Groban, has become the largest selling Ameri- Michael Buble, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, Download a pdf file John Mayer, Andrea Bocelli, Joshua Bell can jazz instrumental artist. His success and Aerosmith’s own Steven Tyler. BREVARD has crossed over to audiences usually FLORIDA Hitting the road for 250 plus days per reserved for pop music and his ongoing year, Chris and his incredible band have per- LIVE association with PBS has led to four #1 formed with many of the finest symphonies, www.brevardfloridalive.com Jazz Albums, as well as multiple Gold, at some of the world’s most prestigious ven- www.brevardlive.com Platinum & Grammy Awards. ues, including performances at the World www.floridalive.org continued page 11 Brevard Live March 2011 - 9 10 - Brevard Live March 2011 Brevard Live CHRIS BOTTI continued Series and Nobel Peace Prize Ceremo- ny. Botti was born in Portland, Or- egon and raised in Corvallis, Oregon. He spent two years of his childhood growing up in Italy. His earliest musi- cal influence was his mother, a clas- sically trained pianist and part-time piano teacher. He started playing the trumpet at 9-years-old and committed to the instrument at age 12, when he heard Miles Davis play “My Funny Valentine.” At the age of 17, he ended up at Mount Hood Community College in Gresham, Oregon by convincing his high school to allow him to fulfill his remaining senior year credits there. Botti constructed the scenario so that he could also play at Portland clubs in the evening. After graduating from high school, Botti studied under jazz educator David Baker and trumpet professor Bill Adam at Indiana Uni- versity. Botti was also the recipient of two grants from the National Endow- ment for the Arts which allowed him to study with trumpeter Woody Shaw and saxophonist George Coleman during two consecutive summer breaks. In 1990, he began a decade long touring and recording relationship with Paul Simon which broadened his expo- sure to other singers. During that pe- March 6, 7 PM, at the King Center, Melbourne riod, he also performed/recorded with Aretha Franklin, Natalie Cole, Bette Midler, Joni Mitchell, Natalie Mer- Kenny G chant, Scritti Politti, Roger Daltrey and others. n a recording career that Since the early ‘80s, his combina- On August 15, 1991, Botti per- spans almost three decades tion of unparalleled instrumental chops formed with Paul Simon in New York’s I and indelible melodies has resulted in Central Park as part of the The Rhythm and 23 albums, Grammy sales of more than 75 million records of the Saints tour. The performance Award-winning saxophonist worldwide (45 million in the U.S. was commercially released as the Con- Kenny G has grafted elements alone) and more than a dozen climbs cert in the Park CD. to the top of Billboard’s contemporary Botti has released twelve solo al- of R&B, pop and Latin to a jazz chart. bums. His first few releases are often jazz foundation solidifying Given these and other commercial and critical achievements, one might classified as smooth jazz, though crit- his reputation as the premiere ics argue that Botti’s music was a cut think Kenny is an artist with nothing above much of the genre. artist in contemporary jazz. to prove but he once again reaffirms continued page 13 Brevard Live March 2011 - 11 12 - Brevard Live March 2011 Brevard Live KENNY G continued his enduring place in popu- lar music with the June 29, 2010, release of Heart and Soul on Concord Records. Following up on the success of Rhythm and Ro- mance, his first Latin jazz album and his Concord debut in 2008, Heart and Soul captures the spirit and the vibe of the classic R&B that Kenny grew up listen- ing to in his native Seattle. In many aspects it took him back to the beginning of his career - the R&B of the early and mid 1970s that Kenny soaked up during his teen years at an inner-city Seattle high school where he mixed with a culturally diverse student body at a young age. Inspired by the likes of Earth, Wind & Fire and Gro- ver Washington, Jr., he was only 17 when he landed a gig with Barry White and his Love Unlimited Orchestra at the Paramount Northwest Theater (now the Paramount Theater) in 1973. After high school, the gigs with R&B and con- temporary jazz artists like White and Jeff Lorber kept coming. In 1982, he landed a record deal with Arista and launched a solo career with three critically acclaimed jazz albums - Kenny G photo by Randee St Nicholas (1982), G-Force (1983) and March 29, 8 PM, at the King Center, Melbourne Gravity (1985). By the ‘90s, he was a multi-platinum Carol Burnett seller and a frequent collab- f there is one thing this renowned en- with her studio audience on each episode orator with some of the most tertainer can do better than anyone else, of The Carol Burnett Show. As a weekly iconic figures in American I it’s talk at length, impromptu, before a live visitor in America’s living rooms, Burnett popular music, including audience. Laughter and Reflection, Carol always opened her show with a few minutes Aretha Franklin, Whitney Burnett’s “off-the-cuff” banter with the of hilarious banter with the audience. This Houston, Natalie Cole and audience, is a format that grew out of the is a rare opportunity to talk to Carol. Frank Sinatra. question-and-answer sessions she shared continued page 15 Brevard Live March 2011 - 13 14 - Brevard Live March 2011 Brevard Live CAROL BURNETT continued March 24, 8 pm at the King Center A six-time Emmy Award winner, Burnett has demonstrated such ver- Engelbert satility since ending the 11 year run Humperdinck of the “Carol Burnett Show” that she is now as widely recognized for her or more than four dramatic abilities as she is for her co- Fdecades, interna- medic and musical talents. tional recording leg- Americans fondly consider Carol Burnett a true living legend in en- end Engelbert Hump- tertainment, having bestowed more erdinck has shared a People’s Choice Awards upon her legacy of love with than any other woman in the award fans of every age, on show’s history. In 2003 she was a re- every continent. cipient of the Kennedy Center Honors and in 2005 received The Presidential His latest CD, Leg- Medal of Freedom. Some of her oth- acy of Love, revisits er notable awards include five Gold- many of his timeless hits en Globes, the Peabody Award for including ‘Release Me,’ “Friendly Fire,” and the Ace Award ‘This Moment in Time’ for “Between Friends” with Elizabeth and ‘After The Lovin,’ Taylor.