Trumpeter Randy Brecker and Vocalist Anne-Marie Moss Perform
In Free Clinics At Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus

Brooklyn, N.Y. — Jazz trumpeter Randy Brecker and vocalist Anne-Marie Moss will each perform and teach a master class at Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus in April. Both events are free and open to the public.

Brecker, who has been shaping the sound of jazz, R&B and rock for three decades, will appear on Tuesday, April 8 at 4 p.m. in the Humanities Building Conference Hall as part of the Music Department’s Jazz Clinic and Concert series.

Brecker began his foray into jazz-rock by helping to form Blood, Sweat and Tears, followed by stints with several other bands, including the Horace Silver Quintet, Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers and his own (with brother Michael), the Brecker Brothers, whose 1994 "Out of the Loop" album won a pair of Grammies. Heavily influenced by Brazilian music, his 1998 release "Into the Sun" also received a Grammy award.

Brecker has played on albums by artists such as Charles Mingus, Clark Terry, James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, David Sanborn, Jaco Pastorius and Frank Zappa. "His clean, crisp trumpet sound and decidedly melodic approach combine to offer an entirely delightful musical expression that could well serve as a beacon for contemporary jazz," said one critic.

Anne-Marie Moss, one of America’s leading jazz vocalists, will perform and conduct a jazz vocal master class on Monday, April 14 at 4 p.m. in the Humanities Building Conference Hall.

Moss’s professional career began in her native Canada where she performed with Oscar Peterson, Phil Nimmons, Moe Koffman and the "Boss Brass" group. In the U.S., her credits include performances with Maynard Ferguson, Count Basie, Dave Lambert and Jon Hendricks, and appearances at the Newport and the New York Kool Jazz Festivals, and at major New York City jazz clubs, including Sweet Basil and the Blue Note.

A critic says of Moss, "She has the most enviable range, the most dazzling equipment, and the most fearless courage. Listening to one song by her is like spending an evening at a jazz concert."

For more information, call the Music Department at (718) 488-1051.

Long Island University opened its Brooklyn Campus in 1926, welcoming a diverse population at a time when other major universities enforced quota systems against racial and ethnic minorities. Located at the corner of Flatbush Avenue Extension and DeKalb Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn, the Campus is accessible to all major bus and subway routes and the Long Island Rail Road.