Jazz Tuber Sextet at the Sherborn Inn

 

Eli on piano, clarinet, banjo, string bass, and drums

Jazz Tuber Sextet

Jazz Tuber Sextet at the Sherborn Inn,  October 1, 2013

Ted Casher clarinet, tenor and soprano sax, Jim Mazzy banjo/vocals, Eli Newberger piano/tuba, Rebecca Sullivan vocals, Andrew Schiller string bass, Jeff Guthery drums, Carolyn Newberger washboard

banjo and double bass

Jimmy Mazzy and Andrew Schiller

 

 

 

The Jazz Tuber Trio returned to the Sherborn Inn with three new members.  Rebecca and Jeff have been with us before, but this was bassist Andrew Schiller’s initiation to the Inn.

 

 

 

The Tuber Trio kicked it off with a rousing HOT Dr. Jazz.

Eli on tuba, Ted clarine, Jimmy banjo

Jazz Tuber Trio

Then Eli moved to piano for Bessie Smith’s Put It Right Here, backing Jimmy’s vocal.
Eli loves to play both tuba and piano.  His absolute rapture in making music is obvious, and he shares that joy with his audience.

Eli smiling, playing piano

Eli Newberger

Rebecca is a grad student at the New England Conservatory in jazz voice and contemporary improvisation, Andrew is also at NEC, Jeff is at Berklee College of Music.   Eli let them loose with a sauntering swing on Perdido, with Rebecca’s refreshing vocal, and Andrew’s relentless pulse on string bass.

Rebecca Sullivan, red dress, gray sweater

Rebecca Sullivan

 

Somewhere Over The Rainbow – Eli on piano backing Rebecca.  She has a unique approach to the music, slowly nurturing, passionately stretching it out, reaching deep into the soul of the song.  Summertime –   Marvelous!

 

Casher on tenor sax

Ted Casher

 

Back Home Again in Indiana, Andrew on bass, Eli was back on tuba, trading 4s with Jimmy’s scatting.  Ted’s soprano sax backed Rebecca on It Had To Be You.  On Satin Doll he moved to tenor sax enlivening Jimmy’s singing and scatting.  His moaning tenor backed Rebecca’s sentiment on Our Love is Here To Stay.

 

 

Jeff Guthery on drums

Jeff Guthery

 

 

The Tuber Trio with Andrew and Jeff went wild on Birth of the Blues.  Never gets dull!  Tenor sax took a whirling intro into I Got Rythm, with Eli on piano, Andrew bass, Rebecca vocal, featuring Jeff Guthery’s dynamic drumming.

And always in the wings, Carolyn Newberger came up front for her special Coney Island Washboard Roundolay – with the washboard that has been resurrected from the attic after 50 years.  Retirement has its rewards!  Jeff summed it up with one word: “Smokin!”

Carolyn now has more time to devote to her artwork, recently back from her showing, In The Moment, at the Harriet Tubman Gallery in Boston.  http://www.carolynnewberger.com/

The evening closed with Mean To Me, with Eli back on piano, Jimmy banjo, Ted on soprano sax, Andrew string bass, Jeff swirling brushes on snare drum.

The Jazz Tuber Trio will return November 12th with more surprises.  See you there?