Live at Timucua: Dave Meder (In-Person)

2000 South Summerlin,Orlando FL 32806

20 April, 2021

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Pianist, composer and educator Dave Meder will perform twice in one evening. Meder is becoming one of the prominent artists of his generation, known for a panoramic, genre-inclusive approach that has earned him slots in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition and the American Pianists Awards. “Meder’s distinctly Americana approach to his music is what’s going to turn heads. A case in point is the pleasingly laconic pace of Thelonious Monk’s “Work” which serves to open Passage on a delightfully high note…Other cohesive tunes like “Break Points” and the meditative title track, find Meder, like his spiritual touchstone Jaki Byard, inventing his music freely, bringing honky-tonk, swing, blues, rock-and-roll—in other words a vibrant hybrid of the whole American spectrum—to bear, making for a sparkling debut full of exciting promise.” – Mike Jurkovic Pianist, composer and educator Dave Meder will perform twice in one evening. Meder is becoming one of the prominent artists of his generation, known for a panoramic, genre-inclusive approach that has earned him slots in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition and the American Pianists Awards. “Meder's distinctly Americana approach to his music is what's going to turn heads. A case in point is the pleasingly laconic pace of Thelonious Monk's "Work" which serves to open Passage on a delightfully high note…Other cohesive tunes like "Break Points" and the meditative title track, find Meder, like his spiritual touchstone Jaki Byard, inventing his music freely, bringing honky-tonk, swing, blues, rock-and-roll—in other words a vibrant hybrid of the whole American spectrum—to bear, making for a sparkling debut full of exciting promise.” - Mike Jurkovic