Youth Jazz Showcase

You could view this concert as a "next generation" performance highlighting some astoundingly talented young jazz musicians. Or you could see it simply as a singular night of incredible jazz. Either way, you'd be correct.

Twin brothers Remy (saxophone) and Pascal (piano) Le Boeuf, who lead the first set, have been the jazz world. For example, they recently blew away the sophisticated audience at the 2004 International Association of Jazz Educators convention in New York City, where Pascal was the youngest musician ever to be awarded a Quincy Jones emerging artists composer's commission. Remy was voted Outstanding Soloist at this year's national Essentially Ellington High School Big Band Competition. They recently released their first CD, Deuces Wild. Pretty good for a couple of high school kids.

Pianist Yuma Sung, who headlines the second set, is still only fifteen, but he, too, is already collecting raves and awards. Sung won the 2000 San Jose Youth Jazz Competition, and his composition, "Looking Up," took first place in DownBeat Magazine's Original Composition Contest. He's played in duet with pianist David Benoit, and last summer Sung appeared in a "Three Generations" concert with Benoit and piano legend Dave Brubeck.