The Music Department of Santa Rosa Junior College presents a jazz concert by the Bennett Friedman Quartet on Friday, November 4, at 8 PM in Newman Auditorium on the SRJC campus.

Saxophonist Bennett Friedman has performed at the Monterey Jazz Festival, the Stanford Jazz Workshop, the San Jose Jazz Festival, the Healdsburg Jazz Festival, the Monterey Bay Blues Festival, and the Russian River Jazz Festival.

For the Healdsburg Jazz Festival, Friedman recently taught our Jazz 101: Jazz for Everyone sessions at the Healdsburg High School. He also is a member of our Musicians Advisory Group, which provides advice, guidance and a strong united front to keep jazz strong in our schools and community.

He has been also featured as a soloist with Frank Sinatra, Rosemary Clooney, Natalie Cole, and Marvin Gaye. Friedman has taught Jazz Studies at Santa Rosa Junior College since 1977.  He is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts grant for jazz composition.

Featured for the first time in concert at SRJC is bassist Andrew Emer, a recent addition to the instrumental music faculty.  A Sonoma County native, Emer spent more than 10 years performing in New York City with artists such as Lee Konitz, Billy Higgins, Donald Byrd, and many others.

Randy Vincent has performed with Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Henderson, and Dizzy Gillespie.  He has been the jazz guitar instructor at SSU since 1981.

Drummer Lorca Hart has performed with Hugh Masekela, the Clayton Brothers and Anthony Wilson.  Hart also teaches the jazz ensemble at Healdsburg High School.

Admission to the event is $10 general and $5 for students and seniors.  There is a $4 fee for parking on campus.  Proceeds from the concert benefit the SRJC Foundation Music Department Fund.

For further information, please call (707) 527-4255 or email Bennett Friedman.