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incorporating elements of European house, techno, drum ‘n’ bass
and jungle with the influence of Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett, Jimi
Hendrix, Deep Purple and even Igor Stravinsky, e.s.t. has pulled off
the virtually impossible feat of producing some of the most
innovative, thoughtful and intensely rigorous jazz, while attracting
an audience made up of manic fans from rock, pop and hip-hop.”—Global
Rhythm,com
Know
by the initials of their pianist/leader, the Esbjorn Svensson Trio
(E.S.T.) travels coast to coast this month, with gigs at Yoshi’s in
Oakland (January 11-12), in New York for the IAJE Convention at the
New York Hilton(January 13), in Philadelphia at Zanzibar Blue
(January 14), in Minneapolis at the Dakota (January 15), in Boulder,
CO at the Boulder Theater (January 17), at the Hot House in Chicago
(January 18), the Ark in Ann Arbor (January 19), and back east, to
New York for three nights at the Jazz Standard (January 20-22), a
night at Blues Alley in Washington (January 23), and finally to
Boston at Scullers (January 24). And while E.S.T is just beginning to
find an audience on this side of the Atlantic, their impressionistic
creations, combining acoustic and electronic elements, have been
garnering acclaim for over a decade in their native Sweden and
throughout Europe. E.S.T was awarded "Best International Act”
(2003) by the BBC, the Hans Koller Prize as the Best European Artist |
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Written by Ronaldo Oregano
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 Hear trumpet virtuoso, Arturo Sandoval at Yoshi's in Oakland onTuesday,
December 27 through Sunday, January 1 with Alexis Arce on Drums, Tomas
Cruz on Percussion, Javier Concepcion on Piano, Armando Gola on Bass,
and Ed Calle on Sax.
Multiple-Grammy winning virtuoso trumpeter and international star,
Arturo Sandoval, appears with his band to help bring in the New Year!
From his days with the Cuban super-group Irakere to the United Nations
Orchestra with Dizzy Gillespie to several award-winning albums, he has
firmly established himself as a leader in jazz and classical music. He
has a created a sound and style all his own. Expect a true world music
mix of salsa, mambo, bolero, rhumba, danzon to straight-ahead jazz and
r&b.
Granted political asylum in July 1990 and US citizenship in 1999,
Sandoval and his family now call Miami, Florida home. A
protégé of the legendary jazz master Dizzy Gillespie,
Sandoval was born in Artemisa, a small town in the outskirts of Havana,
Cuba, on November 6, 1949, just two years after Gillespie became the
first musician to bring Latin influences into American Jazz. Sandoval
began studying classical trumpet at the age of twelve, but it didn’t
take him long to catch the excitement of the jazz world. He has since
evolved into one of the World’s most acknowledged guardians of jazz
trumpet and flugel horn, as well as a renowned classical artist. |
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Written by Ronaldo Oregano
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Grammy-winning bassist and composer Charlie Haden makes a appearance at
Yoshi's December 6th through the 11th with the new incarnation of his
famed group, the Liberation Music Orchestra to celebrate the release of
the new Verve CD, Not In Our Name. The LMO inclides Haden,
Alan Broadbent - piano, Tony Malaby & Chris
Cheek - tenor saxophone, Miguel Zenon - alto saxophone, Michael
Rodriguez & Seneca Black - trumpet, Curtis Fowlkes - trombone, Joe
Daley - tuba, Steve Cardenas - guitar, and Matt Wilson - drums.
In the midst of a fragile, post-9/11 atmosphere, legendary
bassist/ composer/ bandleader Charlie Haden was inspired to create his
meditative American Dreams as a kind of healing balm for a shattered
national psyche. As he wrote in the liner notes of that majestic 2002
symphonic offering: “I always dreamed of a world without cruelty and
greed, of a humanity with the same creative brilliance of our solar
system, of an America worthy of the dreams of Martin Luther King, and
the majesty of the Statue of Liberty...This music is dedicated to those
who still dream of a society with compassion, deep creative
intelligence, and a respect for the preciousness of life -- for our
children, and for our future.”
Two years later, in the aftermath of the 2004 presidential election,
Haden was inspired to speak out this time using the Liberation Music
Orchestra to articulate his concerns. Not In Our Name, the title of
this new cd, stands as a musical manifesto for the disaffection many
people in America and all over the world feel about the manner in which
the present administration is conducting its affairs both at home and
in the global arena. |
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Written by Don Berryman
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"Sounding like no
one but herself, she possesses a well-focused, slightly edgy tone that
suits equally her firmly swinging, uptempo postbop excursions and her
highly melodic slow-tempo explorations." -David Franklin, JazzTimes
 Sarah Manning
A fiercely independent performer, Sarah Manning is a jazz alto
saxophonist and composer with her own distinctive voice. Sarah Manning
will record a live album at Yoshi's in Oakland on November 21st with
her quartet, which includes Randy Porter on piano, John Wiitala on bass
and Akira Tana on drums. You can join her for that performance or join
her now as she prepares via and interactive web site at
www.sarahmanningmusic.com
Sarah current project uses ArtistShare,
a revolution in music production, pioneered by Grammy award winning
Maria Schneider, where the musicians themselves have taken control of
produciton and distribution on their music, providing a more direct way
for jazz fans to support the art and the artists. As Manning sets out
on her first ArtistShare venture, she will be sharing with you the
development of new works for her Yoshi’s debut. Fans can support this
unique artist by participating in this very special event by
registereing on her website.
Producer Bud Spangler will be recording the performance for the album
and for future broadcast on his radio program on KCSM, "Sunday Night
Suites." Empowered by the ArtistShare web platform, Manning will
feature seven new originals. She has been documenting the process on
her website through essays, news items, sheet music, interviews and
more. Joining her onstage will be Randy Porter on piano, John Wiitala
on bass and Akira Tana on drums - the same quartet as Manning's
critically acclaimed debut album, House
on Eddy Street. |
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Written by Ronaldo Oregano
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA - SFJAZZ - the leading non-profit jazz organization on the West Coast and the parent organization of the SFJAZZ Collective - has announced the artist line-up for the 23rd annual San Francisco Jazz Festival which runs October 19 - November 6 at venues throughout San Francisco. The annual three-week Festival will showcase a wide spectrum of jazz this fall from American and international masters such as Ornette Coleman and Yusef Lateef, to tributes recognizing such diverse talents as Jimi Hendrix, Ray Charles, Harold Arlen and Bobby Short.
 Photo by Howard A. Gitelson
Festival highlights include Abbey Lincoln, Etta James, Lalah Hathaway, Poncho Sanchez, Toots Theilemans, Eldar Djangirov, Paquito D'Rivera, and distinctive ancillary programming designed to complement and enhance the Festival experience. This fall audiences can partake in a 5-part jazz education course, any of the six pre-concert talks or a listening party about the history of jazz in San Francisco.
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