Bruce Dudley Quartet feat. Vibraphonist Rusty Burge – Nashville, TN

Pianist Bruce Dudley teams up with Cincinnati vibraphonist Rusty Burge, with Rob Linton bass and Larry Aberman drums.

Percussionist and vibraphonist Rusty Burge joined the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music faculty in 1992 as a member of Percussion Group Cincinnati, with whom he has performed extensively throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Performances include the Japan World Drum Festival, Chinese International Music Festival, Taipei International Percussion Convention and the Ravinia Festival. He has recorded with the Group for the Mode, Centaur, Einstein and Ars Moderno labels. The Group has also made concerto appearances with more than twenty different symphony orchestras.

Professor Burge teaches percussion, jazz vibraphone and directs the CCM Percussion Ensemble and Steel Band and was formerly principal percussionist with the West Virginia Symphony. He received his undergraduate degree from the Eastman School of Music and a masters degree from CCM. He is an active jazz vibraphonist who has recorded for Summit, J Curve Records, Human Records and Telarc. Burge has collaborated with Ted Nash, Rich Perry, Peter Erskine, Dave Liebman, Rufus Reid, Steve Houghton, Michael Spiro and Jim Rupp. Recent performances at the 2016 and 2021 PASIC Conventions and the 2017 JEN Convention. In 2017 Burge (as a member of PGC) was inducted into the Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame. His latest recording What’s Next was released in 2022 and features Steve Allee and Steve Houghton.

Bruce Dudley is a Steinway Concert Artist and has been performing jazz piano for over 40 years on concert stages, in clubs, and private residences throughout North and South America. He specializes in the Great American Songbook, as well as in the rich history of American jazz styles, from Ragtime and Stride to Modernism, Post Modernism, and performance of original music. In addition to his work as a solo artist, he leads a trio, quartet, and larger ensembles, with horns and/or strings, while also enlisting the award winning voice of his wife, Sandra Dudley. An active educator, Dudley has presented clinics across Canada, the United States, and in Colombia, South America. His recordings as a leader include DPSW Quartet – Live at the Cave (2019), The Solo Sessions (2012), Mostly Monk (2010), and Semblance (1997). Dudley has also performed with artists Aretha Franklin, Crystal Gayle, Nelson Riddle Orchestra, Herb Ellis, Randy Brecker, Little Anthony and the Imperials, the Ink Spots, and has played keyboards for over 35 touring Broadway shows, including Beautiful, Wicked, Jersey Boys, Guys and Dolls, Grease, Fiddler on the Roof, Legally Blonde, among others.

Bruce Dudley has published articles for Downbeat magazine and presented scholarly research at conferences in the Netherlands, Canada, and the United States. His book 25 Piano Etudes in Idiomatic Styles was published in 2021 by Keuka Waters Music.

Dudley is Associate Professor of Music at Belmont University. He has a Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Colorado, a Master of Music in Jazz Performance from the Eastman School of Music, and a Bachelor of Science in Music Business and Technology from New York University.

“Dudley’s well-schooled piano style is guided by dominant but subtle right-hand figures that galvanize one of the most cohesive trios in town.” THE NASHVILLE SCENE

“Dudley, whose fluent lines jet around the keyboard, absorbing motifs into the stream, without a split second of hesitation, at any point of rhythm in the bar, are stunning to listen to…” HALIFAX CHRONICLE HERALD

“Dudley plays the piano with such grace and authority that he has quietly become the pianists that other pianists go to hear.” HOUSTON POST

“As the leader, Dudley set the evening’s tone with a supple, rich blend of assertive melodic statements, delightful accompaniment, first-rate phrasing, counterpoint and harmonizing.” Ron Wynn – ArtsNash

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