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Donal Fox: Piazzolla To Bach Project with Special Guest Maya Beiser
2010 Tanglewood Jazz Festival
Seji Ozawa Hall, September 5, 2010

Last section of the Two-part Invention in F Major by J.S. Bach, segueing into the opening of Bach's famous Air on the G String, arranged by Donal Fox for jazz quartet and cello

Donal Fox Quartet with Special Guest Maya Beiser

Donal Fox, piano, composer, arranger
Maya Beiser, cello
Warren Wolf, vibraphone
John Lockwood, double bass
Dafnis, Prieto, drums/percussion

Tanglewood Jazz Festival: Something special in the air
By Richard Houdek, Special to the Eagle
Tuesday September 7, 2010

"Fox and his colleagues opened their portion of the evening set with a lovely and respectful treatment of John Dowland's 16th-century lute song, "Flow My Tears" before moving on to the group's posted premiere, a program intriguingly called "From Piazzolla to Bach." Bach had a profound influence on Astor Piazzolla, the Argentine composer known for his tango music, and with the help of Beiser, who lists Piazzolla's music among her musical armor, Fox set out to demonstrate the synergy of the two composers.

Presiding at the Steinway, Fox explored a vigorous performance of Piazzolla's "Libertango" back-to-back with his own persuasive Jazz Suite based on Bach's Partita No. 5 in G, edged with the requisite counterpoint, this from Warren Wolf on vibraphones, John Lockwood, bass and Dafnis Prieto, drums.

Beiser brought her burnished-toned instrument to the cause of Fox' lively and eloquent "Firefly," Piazzolla's sinewy "Milonga del Angel" and a two-part Invention in F of Bach."