Standards Night

A 2021 live stream standards concert by the Chad LB Quartet featuring Chad Lefkowitz-Brown on tenor saxophone, Steven Feifke on piano, Dan Chmielinski on acoustic bass, and Bryan Carter on drums. The program spans a diverse selection of jazz standards and compositions including a Kaper piece with a funk feel at 186 BPM in E-flat, a Hancock tune taken at a burning 257 BPM, a Legrand ballad at 50 BPM in D minor, an Arthur Schwartz standard at 226 BPM in C minor, an Edgar Sampson composition at 114 BPM in D-flat, and a Chick Corea piece at 266 BPM in D minor. Lefkowitz-Brown stretches to 15 choruses on the Hancock piece and 14.5 on the Corea, demonstrating sustained creative invention at extreme tempos. Carter takes featured drum solos on the Hancock and Corea tunes. The funk arrangement of the Kaper tune offers a contrast to the predominantly swing-oriented program, and the Legrand ballad provides a moment of lyrical repose. This session captures the quartet navigating a wide range of tempos, feels, and harmonic complexity within the jazz standard repertoire.