Stanley Clarke & Gonzalo Rubalcaba

Virtuoso bassist, composer, and 2022 NEA Jazz Master Stanley Clarke is a peerless innovator and a five-time GRAMMY winner who brought new prominence to the electric bass in jazz and was a primary developer of jazz fusion as a founding member of the iconic band Return to Forever with the late Chick Corea.

Clarke is joined by Cuban piano genius Gonzalo Rubalcaba for this incomparable evening of instrumental mastery.

“A pianist of almost supernatural abilities” (NY Times), Rubalcaba has integrated huge swaths of the European classical and jazz traditions while maintaining bone-deep ties to the rhythmic currents of Cuba. He gained fame on the American scene through bassist Charlie Haden, distinguishing himself with his bravura technique and a remarkable level rhythmic advancement. He has risen to become one of the preeminent pianists of his generation, releasing over 30 albums, winning two GRAMMYs and two Latin GRAMMYs.