Sunday Afternoon Concert at South Elgin Branch of Gail Borden Public Library

About this event

Experience an elegant journey through jazz & South American guitar music, featuring beloved standards, lyrical melodies, virtuosic performances, & stories that bring the music and traditions to life.

John’s program will feature an exciting mix of solo jazz and South American guitar styles. His jazz standards come from the Great American Song Book and include such songs as “Georgie” by Hoagie Carmichael, Duke Ellington’s “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore,” and “My Romance” by Rogers and Hart. John’s South American repertoire draws on various local styles as reimagined by jazz and classical guitarist such as Antonio Lauro’s Venezuelan Waltzes, Argentine Milonga’s by Jorge Cardoso, and a number of bossa novas by Jobim. The focus of the program is on elegant compositions realized through lyrical and virtuosic guitar performance, along with stories about the composers, songs, and musical traditions presented.

John Behling is a guitarist who performs jazz and Latin American guitar music, he has performed throughout the United States at festivals, clubs, concerts, and private events His repertoire includes music by jazz and Broadway composers such as Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, and Richard Rogers and South American composers such as Antonio Carlos Jobim, Jorge Morel, João Guimarães, and Garoto. His guitar heroes include Joe Pass, Jim Hall, Romero Lubambo, and Antoine Boyer. When his isn’t performing he teaches courses on ethnomusicology and American music and the University of Illinois and other Chicago colleges and universities.

South Elgin Branch – Hoffer Meeting Room

From Gail Borden Public Library