5 O’clock Bells, the story of Lenny Breau. a monologue that outweighs time and remains brilliantly intact!
5 O’clock Bells, written and performed by Pierre Brault brings the artist back to the Gladstone theatre 12 years later in a show that has retained all its impeccable artistry since its world première in 2008, in the same theatre. Commissioned by the Great Canadian Theatre Company (gctc) in 2006. This powerful portrait of Canadian Jazz Guitarist Lenny Breau who grew up in Maine, with a family of country musicians but whose exceptional musical and guitar-playing talents lead him to search out new forms of contemporary music, spear- headed cotemporary jazz in other parts of the continent, influenced especially by the work of Chet Atkins,who lead him to create a sound that brought him world recognition as a brilliant and original guitarist. …