Article: Peetz, Gonzales work as jazz duo

Playing jazz is nice work when you can get it, and getting work these days means being flexible about when, where and how the jazz gets played. Pianist Les Peetz opened the month working the big stage at Kapono's on Monday with the other members of Four Easy Pieces -- vocalist Rachel Gonzales, drummer Lew Maddox and acoustic bassist Ernie Provencher.

This coming Monday, saxophonist David Choy and bassist Bruce Hamada take the stage at Kapono's and Peetz and Gonzales will be working as a duo at the Atherton Performing Arts Studio in a show they've dubbed "Jazz Gothic!"

"It's art for art's sake, intimate and experimental" is Peetz's description of the set he and Gonzales are preparing. "We're ...

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