Dan Pugach nonet performance at Redwood Library, Digi Mart USA News (Newport, Rhode Island): Puddingstone returns to the Redwood Library & Athenaeum on Saturday, Nov. 14, with Grammy-winning drummer and composer Dan Pugach and his nine-piece band. A local artist will paint throughout the performance.
Rupert Nesbitt will create original work inspired by the music in real time as the nonet plays.
Pugach won the 2025 Grammy for best large jazz ensemble album for “Bianca Reimagined: Music for Paws and Persistence,” featuring Nicole Zuraitis. He was also the drummer on “How Love Begins,” the 2024 Grammy winner co-produced by Zuraitis and Christian McBride.
His 2018 debut, “Dan Pugach Nonet – Plus One,” earned a Grammy nomination for best arrangement for its version of “Jolene.”
A three-time Grammy nominee and three-time winner of the ASCAP Foundation Jazz Composer Award, Pugach has played Birdland, the Blue Note and Smalls Jazz Club. He holds degrees from Berklee College of Music and the City College of New York.
Doors open at 7 p.m., the concert begins at 7:30 p.m., and the evening ends at 9:30 p.m. Small bites and wine are included.
Tickets are $56.75 and are available at puddingstonemusic.org.
