- By Carrie Wheeler-Carmenatty
- Entertainment
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The Tompkins County Public Library’s usually quiet Ezra Cornell Reading Room will be filled with the sounds of Depression Era music, Sunday, October 18 from 1:00 to 2:00 PM, as the Library welcomes Johnny Russo and Friends.Russo, founder of the East Hill Classic Jazz Group and a local musical favorite, will be joined by Guitarist Douglas Robinson and Clarinetist Brian Earle for this performance, which is being held in celebration of the 2009 Community Read of John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath.
Robinson is a much sought after quitarist and bassist. He operates Watershed Arts Music Promotion/Recording/Publishing in Ithaca. Earle is one of the most popular reed musicians in Central New York and has performed with jazz greats such as Doc Cheatham and Billy Butterfield.
The trio will perform classic songs including, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”, “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” and “Brother Can You Spare a Dime”.
This performance is free and open to the public, and has been made possible by the Brooks Family Foundation through a generous gift to the Tompkins County Public Library Foundation in support of the 2009 Community Read.
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