The David Becker Tribune At Vitello’s Jazz Club March 3, 2011

Feb. 22, 2011 - PRLog -- Following an over four year hiatus, two-time GRAMMY® nominee, David Becker returns to Los Angeles for a one night only engagement with his famed David Becker Tribune, featuring Bruce Becker on drums, Jim Donica on bass, and special guest Aneila Perry on cello.  For more than two decades the guitarist, composer and producer has continued to define himself as one of the best and most unique voices in contemporary jazz guitar by combining diverse influences and a passion for the new and different, and his ability to play for the present while always keeping an eye on the past and future.  And, in conjunction with the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombings in Japan August 6, he released his latest recording, BATAVIA, which takes us on his most personal journey yet.

“This is by far the most personal and challenging project we have endeavored during our 25 year recording history of the DBT,” states Becker.  “All of the compositions have been directly influenced by or written about the experiences of my mother’s family in Indonesia and Holland during WWII.  She, along with her mother, younger brother and stepfather spent four years in a concentration camp in Indonesia, while her father, older brother and sister were under siege in Holland.”

With 13 instrumental tracks, resulting mixtures of musical tension, eclectic based sounds and timelessly beautiful sound paintings, David Becker is able to transport the tragedy of his family from incarceration through liberation to the mind’s eye of the listener. Each of the individual compositions is also explained with short well written text in the accompanying 12 page CD booklet which also contains intimate family photos.  

More about David Becker and the David Becker Tribune
David Becker is a two-time Grammy Nominated recording artist, who has released 10 recordings topping the jazz and contemporary music charts.  He has led the DAVID BECKER TRIBUNE to a worldwide audience by performing in more than 18 countries. The DBT has shared the stage with such celebrated artists including Miles Davis, Chick Corea, and Michael Brecker.  They have performed at some of the most prestigious venues throughout the world, including London's Barbicon Centre, Rotterdam's De Doelen, Munich's Olympia Halle, Buenos Aires’ Ateneo and New York’s Birdland. Becker has been called "one of the best jazz guitarists ever." Jazz Podium and Downbeat named him "A poet on the Jazz Guitar," Jazz Thing and Guitarre & Bass, “a virtuoso!” For more information go to www.davidbeckertribune.com.