Dan Tepfer, pianist

[Lazaro Vega]

Tonight on Jazz From Blue Lake pianist Dan Tepfer, who was born in the 1980's and has a long standing musical duo with saxophonist Lee Konitz. Though on only 6 or 7 recordings to date, Tepfer continues to garner attention for boundary crossing, as we'll hear from the top at 10 p.m. with his Goldberg Variations/Variations, a series of performances of Bach's Goldberg Variations and then his improvisations on them. Hope you'll join us, 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. from http://www.bluelake.org/radio. Here's an interesting article on some younger names in BAM:

http://thephoenix.com/boston/music/116438-brad-mehldau-fred-hersch-dan-tepfer-jason-palme/

[Hardbopjazz]

Thanks. I will tune in and listen. I've seen Dan Tepfer several times, mostly with Lee Konitz and he has his own style and sound.

[kh1958]

I saw him a couple of months ago with the Rob Garcia 4--I liked his playing.

[Lazaro Vega]

HBJ -- did you catch some of the Bach " Goldberg Variations/Variations"? Put that at the front of the program in hopes of grabbing a few classical listeners who pooh pooh improvisation. Crazy that Tepfer has a degree in astro physics, too.