Brian Kirk presents a tribute to two masters of our era: Chick Corea & Gary Burton.

Chick Corea attained legend status from five decades of unparalleled creativity and an artistic output that is simply staggering: a 23-time Grammy winner with over 100 albums to his name.

Gary Burton is an American jazz vibraphonist composer, and educator. Burton developed a pianistic style of four-mallet technique as an alternative to the prevailing two-mallet technique. This approach caused him to be heralded as an innovator, and his sound and technique are widely imitated. He is also known for pioneering fusion jazz and popularizing the duet format in jazz

The partnership between pianist Chick Corea and vibraphonist Gary Burton flourished for decades, producing three Grammy-winning albums since their landmark Crystal Silence in 1972.

Brian Kirk is a Professor of Jazz, Electronic Music, Music Theory, Percussion at Seattle Central College, in Seattle. Son of Indianapolis Hall of Fame drummer and educator Dr. Willis Kirk, Brian grew up in San Francisco where he performed with Gladys Knight, Marlena Shaw, Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, Bishop Norman Williams, John Handy, and Jessica Williams.

Location: Firehouse Arts and Events Center Bellingham

Cost: $20 general, $10 students. Purchase advance tickets here

Lineup: Brian Kirk - Vibraphone

Jeremy Bacon - Piano

Osama Afifi - Bass

Ronnie Bishop - Drums

Website: www.kirkjazz.net/brian-kirk