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 Friday, 19 March 2010 |
SF Bay Area
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Written by Andrea Canter, Contributing Editor
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“In total, this music is fresh and iconoclastic, bearing an assembly of styles and abilities.” –C. Michael Bailey, All About Jazz
 Hiromi©Andrea Canter
One of the most daring and creative voices of her generation, or perhaps of any working generation in jazz today, Hiromi Uehara (known professional as just Hiromi) and her Sonicbloom quartet will challenge the Richter Scale when they perform as part of the SF Jazz season at the Herbst Theater in San Francisco on June 19th. With eclectic muses and a creative approach to composition, Hiromi has been rewriting the canon of modern jazz piano since her first recording, and has been accumulating a list of awards on both sides of the Pacific, from Record and Artist of the Year honors from Swing Magazine to similar accolades from the Boston Music Society and Guinness Jazz Festival. Her latest recordings, Beyond Standard with Sonicbloom, Duet with Chick Corea, and Jazz in the Garden with the Stanley Clarke Trio confirm her star trajectory. |
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Written by Andrea Canter, Contributing Editor
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 Benny Green and Bucky Pizzarelli © Andera Canter
They had never met professionally but their debut as a duo last summer in Minneapolis might be remembered as one of the most successful blind dates in recent jazz history. Two masters of swing, two generations apart, guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli and pianist Benny Green, were brought together by Dakota Jazz Club owner Lowell Pickett in August 2008. The night was so inspiring that Pickett quickly rebooked the pair to record live in late September, successfully recapturing the magic of their first meeting. The result, Benny and Bucky: Live at the Dakota, was released last week. And in northern California, jazz fans have several opportunities to enjoy the music live this week: in Santa Cruz at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center (June 15th) and in Oakland at Yoshi’s (June 16-17). [Click here for a review of the first Dakota show.] “Benny Green could be the monster pianist of the 21st century.” Thus prophesized no less than the incomparable Joanne Brackeen in describing the Oscar Peterson protégé. |
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Written by Ronaldo Oregano
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 Wallace Roney © Andrea Canter
Miles Davis Kind of Blue remains the best selling and most influential jazz album of all time. Yoshi's in Oakland will be celebrating the 50th aniverary of that classic by hosting a stelar group of musicians to explore that music on Wednesday, June 10th through Sunday, June 14th. The "So What Band" features Miles Davis' protégé Wallace Roney on trumpet, Vincent Herring on alto saxophone, Javon Jackson on tenor sax, Larry Willis on piano, Buster Williams on bass, and Jimmy Cobb on drums. Jimmy Cobb is the only surviving musician who performed on Miles Davis' Kind Of Blue in 1959.
Known for his work as both an accomplished accompanist and soloist, jazz drummer NEA Jazz Master, Jimmy Cobb was born in Washington, DC, on January 20, 1929. Largely self-taught, Cobb spent his years in DC playing engagements with Charlie Rouse, Frank Wess, and Billie Holiday, among others. |
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Written by Ronaldo Oregano
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 Charlie Haden © Andrea Canter
Grammy Award winner Charlie Haden is widely considered to be among the greatest-ever jazz bassists. He has contributed pivotal music to a stunning scope of genres - avant-garde, small group, big band, world music, folk, and gospel, to name but a few. First Haden will join vibraphone grandmaster and announced 2010 NEA Jazz Master, Bobby Hutcherson and elegant pianist George Cables. Bobby Hutcherson's sound and innovative style on the vibraphone helped revitalize the instrument in the 1960s, adding an adventurous new voice to the free jazz and post bop eras. For the second half of the week, Haden will perform in a another unique trio, alongside the fiery Cuban pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba and the cool saxophonist Lee Konitz. A gifted composer and improvisor, Rubalcaba is considered a bona fide contemporary master of the piano. Rounding out the trio is alto saxophonist, Lee Konitz. Named a NEA Jazz Master in 2009, Konitz the sweet toned alto saxophonist has defined cool in his timbre and style. From his early days as a contemporary of Charlie Parker or his recordings with Stan Kenton's Orchestra or Miles Davis' Birth of The Cool, he's truly considered a living legend of jazz. |
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