Concerts

Week of November 27, 2021

Jazz standards, originals, and choice gems from the Great American songbook and beyond! Guitarist extraordinaire Mimi Fox and swinging bassist Cindy Browne will deliver two memorable evenings of music! This wonderful duo will play two completely different sets of music each night ranging from Ella Fitzgerald to the Beatles!

 

Internationally renowned guitarist/composer/recording artist Mimi Fox has been named a winner in six consecutive Downbeat Magazine international critic’s polls and has been recognized by writers and colleagues alike as one of the most eloquent guitarists on today’s scene. In one of many feature stories, Guitar Player Magazine hailed Mimi as “a prodigious talent who has not only mastered the traditional forms but has managed to reinvigorate them.” In a further nod to Mimi’s guitar artistry, and in conjunction with Heritage Guitars’ 30th anniversary, the historic Kalamazoo guitar company has rolled out the Mimi Fox Artist Signature model.  Mimi has performed/recorded with some of the music world’s most commanding players, including fellow guitarists Charlie Byrd, Stanley Jordan, and Charlie Hunter, Grammy-nominated saxophonists Branford Marsalis, David Sanchez, Houston Person, and the late Don Lanphere, vocalists Abbey Lincoln, Diana Krall, Kevin Mahogany, and Janis Siegel (Manhattan Transfer), B3 organ masters Joey DeFrancesco, Barbara Denerlein and Dr. Lonnie Smith, and powerhouse drummer Terri Lyne Carrington. She has also shared the stage with numerous legends such as Stevie Wonder and John Sebastian. Her YouTube videos have received hundreds of thousands of views.

 

In addition to her academic pursuits, Cindy Browne Rosefield has been an active freelance performer, touring musician, and recording artist with over 35 years of experience. She continues to perform and record a variety of styles with various groups, from jazz to bluegrass, the blues to folk. This year she is celebrating 20 years as the bassist for Wake the Dead (The worlds’ only Celtic-Grateful Dead Jam Band – a creative blending of Grateful Dead and Celtic music) She has toured extensively throughout Europe, Japan, Jordan, Mexico, the Caribbean Islands, Canada and the United States performing at festivals and concerts as well as working as a clinician and adjudicator. She has performed at the Monterey Jazz Festival, Concord Jazz Festival, SF Jazz Festival, Yoshi’s, the California Jazz Conservatory and many other jazz and folk music festivals around the world. A noted jazz instructor and clinician, Cindy holds a MA in Music Performance from Washington State University, and a BA in Music Performance and Music Education from California State University Hayward. She is currently the Director of Instrumental Studies and the Coordinator of the Music Business Certificate at Las Positas College in Livermore CA where she also directs the Jazz Ensemble, teaches Music Theory, American Cultures in Jazz and History of Rock & Roll.