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SUMMARY:Dmitri Matheny/Charles McNeal Quintet ~ Jazz Noir CD Release Concert
DESCRIPTION:Siskiyou Music Project welcomes back one of our favorite musicians\, Dmitri Matheny for a performance on Sunday\, October 30 at Paschal Winery. Dmitri was the first jazz artist to play at the Old Siskiyou Barn with pianist Darrell Grant and it’s always a great pleasure to have him back. This time\, it is for the release of his latest CD\, Jazz Noir. the performance will feature saxophonist Charles McNeal along with guitarist Ed Dunsavage\, bassist Joe Cohoon and drummer Chicken Hirsh. \nYou can read the liner notes from the new CD below. \nAsk people to name a musical instrument synonymous with film noir\, and it’s a safe bet no one will say the flugelhorn\, the ax of choice for my man\, Dmitri Matheny. It’d be the saxophone\, by a landslide. Which is strange\, because sax barely figures in scores from the classic era of film noir\, roughly 1944-54. Orchestral strings set the tone\, in the work of such geniuses as Miklós Rózsa (Double Indemnity)\, Franz Waxman (Night and the City)\, and Roy Webb (Out of the Past). \nPeople hearing that saxophone aren’t wrong\, however. It’s an understandable misconception\, based on how the elastic notion of noir was integrated and adapted into the cultural bloodstream by crime writers\, film and television producers\, and jazz musicians. It’s a dark and twisted road that’s led us from The Killers (Rózsa\, 1946) to Odds Against Tomorrow (John Lewis\, 1959) to Taxi Driver (Bernard Herrmann\, 1976) to Mulholland Drive (Angelo Badalamenti\, 2001). In the roadhouses along the way\, combos and arrangements have constantly changed—but the song has remained the same: you suffer for your desire … so you may as well suffer with style. \nCharles McNeal \nDmitri Matheny and I charted this route years ago when we collaborated on a “Jazz-Noir” film series for SFJAZZ\, which drew on our respective knowledge of music and film. I came away from the experience with a keener insight and deeper appreciation of the scoring of many favorite films. If our conspiracy struck the spark for this album\, I’m proud of the small role I played and thrilled that you get to reap the benefit. I’m just tickled to be name-checked (between Herb Caen and Tony Bennett!) in the album’s centerpiece\, “Crime Scenes\,” a 12-minute suite that delves into the sexy and sinister side of San Francisco\, featuring some amusingly “hard-boiled” spoken-word poetry\, including a dame who will “draw a chalk outline around your heart.” It pays loving\, backhanded tribute to my hometown\, and local sleuths ranging from Sam Spade (The Maltese Falcon) to Mike Stone (The Streets of San Francisco). \nThat’s what I love about Dmitri’s take on noir—it travels the whole route\, reaching back to caress the sinuous notes of the venerable “Caravan\,” a Juan Tizol composition from 1936 made famous by the Duke Ellington Orchestra\, then tracing that sultry promise forward to find Audrey Horne slinking around in shrouded rooms to Badalamenti’s score for Twin Peaks. In these grooves (can’t help it\, grew up in a vinyl world)\, Matheny leads his crack crew through a sonic history of noir\, with nods to composers ranging from Harold Arlen to Lalo Schifrin. \nThe opening “Noir Medley” weaves together unforgettable swatches of scores by Henry Mancini (Touch of Evil)\, Jerry Goldsmith (Chinatown)\, David Raksin (Laura)\, Bernard Herrmann (Vertigo\, Taxi Driver) and Harold Arlen (Blues in the Night)\, and instantly proves that\, yes\, the flugelhorn can evoke— perfectly—the nocturnal longing of the best noir. \nMatheny crafts an eight-minute Gold Medal paperback out of poet Dana Gioia’s “Film Noir\,” a pungent roux of small-town trouble straight out of Black Wings Has My Angel\, featuring a discontented dame who\, “if she shot you dead would finish your drink.” \nThe extra kick in this road trip is the juxtaposition of venerable jazz standards (“Stormy Weather\,” “Estate”) with unexpected\, underappreciated gems such as John Williams’ gorgeous “The Long Goodbye\,” composed for Robert Altman’s 1973 revisionist take on Philip Marlowe\, and Stevie Wonder’s “Golden Lady\,” from the same year. (If you don’t think “Golden Lady” is noir\, revisit the lyrics: the poor sap is dying to sell his soul for his dream girl.) \nOther surprises: a haunting version of Polish composer Bronislaw Kaper’s High Wall\, the title theme for the 1947 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer noir of the same name\, and the band’s jaunty exit with “What Now My Love?” French composer Gilbert Bécaud’s renowned 1961 hit\, covered by everyone from Shirley Bassey to Sonny and Cher\, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass to Elvis Presley. \nEspecially poignant for me is Matheny’s cover of Charlie Haden and Quartet West’s 1995 “Here’s Looking at You\,” itself a tribute to the classic noir films that inspired Quartet West’s rich\, romantic sound. It’s a beautiful\, elegiac nod to a recently fallen comrade. \nLike Haden\, Dmitri Matheny is an artist who manages to find beauty blooming in the darkest corners. He’s a good man to have along if you’re planning a long drive through an uncertain night.
URL:https://www.siskiyoumusicproject.com/event/dmitri-mathenycharles-mcneal-quintet-jazz-noir-cd-release-concert/
LOCATION:Paschal Winery\, 1122 Suncrest Road\, Talent\, OR\, 97540\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fall 2016 Concert Series
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SUMMARY:Ken Peplowski with the Ed Dunsavage Trio
DESCRIPTION:Siskiyou Music Project welcomes back clarinetist/saxophonist Ken Peplowski to southern Oregon. Ken will be joined by the Ed Dunsavage Trio featuring Joe Cohoon on bass & Chicken Hirsh on drums and will be performing some of the music from his latest recording\, Enrapture. \nKen Peplowski has recorded approximately 50 CDs as a soloist\, and close to 400 as a sideman\, some of the artists he’s performed/recorded with include Charlie Byrd\, Mel Torme\, Rosemary Clooney\, Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops\, Hank Jones\, Peggy Lee\, Bill Charlap\, Woody Allen\, Benny Goodman\, and Madonna. He travels at least half of every year\, playing clubs\, concert halls\, colleges\, and pops concerts. He has headlined the Hollywood Bowl\, Carnegie Hall\, the Blue Note\, and Dizzy’s Club amongst many other venues. Ken’s CDs on the Capri label\, “Noir Blue”\, “In Search Of”\, and “Maybe September” were released to great critical acclaim and massive airplay. He has recorded music as diverse as Italian and French folk songs\, avant-garde jazz\, pop\, and classical music; he recorded the Darius Milhaud Clarinet Concerto with an orchestra in Sofia\, Bulgaria\, and was a featured soloist (playing Mozart) in 2015 at the Siletz Bay Music Festival in Oregon\, where he will be premiering a new concerto in 2016\, written for him by Dick Hyman. Ken was the musical director of the Oregon Festival Of American Music (OFAM) for eight years\, and is a longtime performer/consultant to The Jazz Cruise\, where he was elected into the Jazz Cruise Hall Of Fame in 2013. He resides in New York City with his wife\, dog\, and whatever children happen to be passing through.
URL:https://www.siskiyoumusicproject.com/event/ken-peplowski-with-the-ed-dunsavage-trio/
LOCATION:Paschal Winery\, 1122 Suncrest Road\, Talent\, OR\, 97540\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fall 2016 Concert Series
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SUMMARY:Rhythm Future Quartet
DESCRIPTION:Siskiyou Music Project presents Rhythm Future Quartet for their first southern Oregon performance on Saturday\, October 1 at Paschal Winery. Fans of great Gypsy Jazz won’t want to miss this one! \nRhythm Future Quartet has a straightforward agenda: to keep the spirit of Gypsy jazz alive and expanding in today’s musical universe. The virtuosic foursome\, named for a Django Reinhardt tune\, offers up a newly minted sound\, influenced by the classic Hot Club of France\, yet wholly contemporary. \nLed by violinist Jason Anick and guitarist Olli Soikkeli\, the quartet performs dynamic and lyrical arrangements of both Gypsy jazz standards and original compositions that draw upon diverse international rhythms and musical idioms. With Max O’Rourke on second guitar and Greg Loughman on bass\, Rhythm Future is dedicated to expanding the boundaries of a vital musical genre. \nWhere the band’s self-titled debut album re-visited classic jazz and Gypsy jazz favorites\, Travels\, the quartet’s current release\, concentrates on group originals that make captivating use of musical sources from outside the conventional Gypsy jazz terrain. Travels reflects both the accumulated knowledge garnered from the groups world-wide touring as well as the international influences that inspired new rhythmic and harmonic possibilities within their compositions and arrangements. \nJason Anick\, an award-winning composer and one of the youngest professors at the esteemed Berklee College of Music in Boston\, has shared the stage with an array of artists including Grammy award winning guitarist John Jorgenson\, Stevie Wonder\, and Tommy Emmanuel. \nOlli Soikkeli (coined “the Finnish boy wonder”) recently made the move from Scandinavia to New York City\, where he quickly became a top call guitarist in the bustling Brooklyn jazz scene. He has performed alongside rising star Cyrille Aimee\, world-renowned Gypsy guitarist Stochelo Rosenberg\, Bucky Pizzarelli and many others. \nMax O’Rourke was the winner of the 2015 Saga Award from DjangoFest Northwest\, and at 19 has already toured/recorded with many of the top American Gypsy Jazz musicians including John Jorgenson and Gonzalo Bergara. \nGreg Loughman is a top call bassist in Boston and has been heard with such luminaries as Sheila Jordan\, Curtis Fuller and George Garzone.
URL:https://www.siskiyoumusicproject.com/event/rhythm-future-quartet/
LOCATION:Paschal Winery\, 1122 Suncrest Road\, Talent\, OR\, 97540\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fall 2016 Concert Series
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SUMMARY:Halie Loren Trio - Sold Out! Call to be on the wait list.
DESCRIPTION:Siskiyou Music Project kicks off it’s 2016 Fall Season with vocalist Halie Loren and her group. Halie was a guest vocalist in 2014 with the New West Guitar Trio and headlined at the Britt Festival this summer for the Britt Festival Pops Concert. \nInternationally-acclaimed Singer-songwriter Halie Loren has enjoyed a very busy 2015 touring behind her critically-acclaimed newest (and eighth) album Butterfly Blue\, which was featured on this year’s Grammy ballot. The first thing you notice is that voice: gorgeous\, graceful\, and somehow earthy and ethereal at once. It is an instrument perfectly matched to the songwriting talents of the artist who channels it — Halie Loren. Her music conveys the wonders of the invisible world: wounded defiance\, stubborn love\, hard-earned hopefulness. Fed by the hyperborean beauty of her childhood Alaska home\, Loren’s gift for discovering the playfulness\, pizazz\, and sensuality inherent in a lyric appeared early on. But it was her talent for turning those feelings into genre-defying original compositions — songs at once universal and deeply personal — that captured wider attention. \nWith purity of tone and rare interpretive prowess\, she brings a fresh and original perspective to time-honored musical paths\, channeling her innate understanding of connectedness across musical boundaries to forge bonds with diverse audiences in North America\, Asia\, and Europe. \nUpon its release in Japan and Asia earlier this year\, Butterfly Blue debuted at #1 Billboard on Japan’s jazz album chart\, her third album to top that esteemed chart\, and is currently ranked as the 9th-bestselling Jazz CD (just behind the likes of Diana Krall and Lady Gaga/Tony Bennett) on Amazon Japan for 2015. Loren’s seventh Japan tour this February with her quartet consisted of ten days\, three cities\, and thirteen shows\, with an eight-show run at Tokyo’s famed Cotton Club. In the past three months\, she returned yet again to Asia for her fourth tour of Korea and to Europe for a string of performances in Italy. Loren consistently and actively tours the U.S.\, Canada\, Asia\, and Europe\, including this year’s sold-out appearances at the Rochester International Jazz Festival\, Montreal International Jazz Festival\, and iconic club Hugh’s Room in Toronto\, Seattle’s Jazz Alley\, and Yoshi’s in San Francisco\, followed by tours of South Korea and Italy.
URL:https://www.siskiyoumusicproject.com/event/halie-loren-trio/
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SUMMARY:Howard Alden ~ 7 String Guitar Master from NY\, Solo Performance
DESCRIPTION:Siskiyou Music Project presents 7 string guitar master Howard Alden for a solo guitar concert at Paschal Winery. He will be joined by guitarist Ed Dunsavage for several duets during the evening. “He may be the best of his generation\,” writes Owen Cordle in JazzTimes. George Kanzler of the Newark Star Ledger proclaims that he is “the most impressive and creative member of a new generation of jazz guitarists.” And Chip Deffaa of the New York Post observes that he is “…one of the very finest young guitarists working today.” \nIt seems that the only thing regarding Howard Alden on which the critics have debate is whether the remarkable jazz guitarist is one of the best or simply the best. \nBorn in Newport Beach\, California\, in 1958\, Howard began playing at age ten\, inspired by recordings of Armstrong\, Basie and Goodman\, as well as those by guitarists Barney Kessel\, Charlie Christian\, Django Reinhardt and George Van Eps. Soon he was working professionally around Los Angeles playing in groups ranging from traditional to mainstream to modern jazz. In 1979\, Alden went east\, for a summer in Atlantic City with Red Norvo\, and continued to perform with him frequently for several years. \nHoward Alden has been a Concord Jazz recording artist since the late ’80s where his prolific recorded output as leader\, co-leader\, and versatile sideman\, has captured an artist of consistently astonishing virtuosity and originality.One of the many highlights in Howard Alden’s fruitful association with Concord Jazz came in 1991 when\, at the urging of Concord President\, Carl Jefferson\, Alden recorded with one of his all-time heroes\, seven-string guitar master George Van Eps on the album Thirteen Strings. \nAs a result of his associating with – and inspiration from – George Van Eps\, Alden has been playing the seven-string guitar since 1992. The seven string guitar imparts a greater range and harmonic richness to Alden’s already colorful tonal palette\, as evidenced on three remarkable follow-up albums with Van Eps\, his critically acclaimed duo recordings with saxophonist/clarinetist Ken Peplowski\, and the stunning interplay between Alden and special guest Frank Wess on Your Story – The Music of Bill Evans . Alden also teamed up with fellow guitarists Jimmy Bruno and Frank Vignola to record a three guitar outing entitled The Concord Jazz Guitar Collective \, which was quickly called by some critics “an instant classic!” \nHoward can be heard on the soundtrack to the 1999 Woody Allen movie “Sweet and Lowdown”\, starring Sean Penn\, who was also nominated for an Academy Award for his role as a legendary jazz guitarist in the ’30s. Howard not only played all the guitar solos\, but also coached Mr. Penn on playing the guitar for his role in the film. The London Observer has this to say about Alden’s new solo CD\, My Shining Hour ; “If there is such a thing as a complete jazz guitarist\, then Alden is it. Only a real virtuoso can sustain a whole CD of solo guitar with the aplomb he displays here.” \nIn 2004 Howard was the guitarist(and musical director) chosen for an all-star line-up commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Newport Jazz Festival\, touring 50 cities of the United States in addition to their appearance at the Newport Festival. The 2005-2006 season saw Howard adding his acoustic guitar voice to violinist Mark O’Connor’s Hot Swing on his national concert tour. His 2009 recording\, “I REMEMBER DJANGO”\, once again features his distinctive acoustic sound\, developing and expanding the warm and elegant spirit of his performance in “Sweet and Low Down”. Howard’s inimitable playing has also been sought out by rock/blues/pop icon Steve Miller for recording projects and live appearances. \nHoward Alden was voted “Best Emerging Talent-Guitar” in the first annual JazzTimes critics’ poll\, 1990\, and “Talent Deserving Wider Recognition” in the 1996\, 1992\, 1993 and 1995 Downbeat critics’ poll. As jazz critic Wayne Thompson writes simply\, in Jazzscene\, “If there are better young jazz guitar players in America than Howard Alden\, I have yet to hear them.” Howard’s growing base of loyal fans couldn’t agree more.
URL:https://www.siskiyoumusicproject.com/event/howard-alden-7-string-guitar-master-from-ny-solo-performance/
LOCATION:Paschal Winery\, 1122 Suncrest Road\, Talent\, OR\, 97540\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fundraiser Special Event
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SUMMARY:Pearl Django ~ Hot Gypsy Jazz from Seattle - SOLD OUT!
DESCRIPTION:Neil Andersson Returns!\nSiskiyou Music Project welcomes back Seattle-based Gypsy jazz group Pearl Django for our final show of the spring season at Paschal Winery.\nThis show is now sold out. Please email us to be put on the wait list if there are any cancellations. \n\nEntering the 22nd year of performing\, Pearl Django has reunited with guitarist and founding member\, Neil Andersson\, and has been joined by yet another outstanding jazz guitarist\, Tim Lerch.  Pearl Django\, which has listeners in over 90 countries\, has released 12 CDs with nearly 100\,000 copies sold (counting downloads) and continues to expand the genre of Gypsy jazz.  While these musicians love and respect the music of Django Reinhardt\, they also are expanding the style with many original compositions and new musical directions. \nTranscending simple categorization\, Pearl Django packs in enthusiastic audiences at dancehalls and nightclubs\, at folk music festivals and jazz festivals alike. The group’s inception was as a trio in Tacoma\, Washington\, in 1994. The focus of Pearl Django was\, and is\, to incorporate the music of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli with American swing music. They quickly expanded to a quintet\, adding a violinist and a third guitarist. An interview on NPR’s All Things Considered in 2001 brought the group to national attention. In June 2002\, Pearl Django performed at the prestigious Festival Django Reinhardt in Samois sur Seine\, just outside Paris\, France.
URL:https://www.siskiyoumusicproject.com/event/pearl-django-hot-gypsy-jazz-from-seattle/
LOCATION:Paschal Winery\, 1122 Suncrest Road\, Talent\, OR\, 97540\, United States
CATEGORIES:Spring 2016 Concert Series
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SUMMARY:Art Lande/Paul McCandless Quartet - SOLD OUT!
DESCRIPTION:Siskiyou Music Project presents Grammy-nominated pianist Art Lande and Grammy-winning multi-reeds player Paul McCandless with their quartet featuring bassist Hans Halt and drummer Alan Hall in a performance at the Artistic Piano Gallery in Medford on Sunday\, June 5 at 7 p.m. \n \nArt Lande is considered one of the premier improvisational jazz pianists today. He began piano at age 4\, studied at Williams College\, and moved to San Francisco in 1969. He has mostly carved out his own singular path throughout his career\, taking the innovations of Bill Evans several steps further. In 1973 he recorded with Jan Garbarek and Ted Curson\, and by the mid-1970’s had started his own jazz school. In 1976 he formed the quartet Rubisa Patrol which recorded for ECM and lasted until 1983. After teaching for three years in Switzerland\, Lande in 1987 moved to Boulder\, Colorado. He appears in many of the “Who’s Who in Jazz” encyclopedias available today for his role in the development of “Chamber Jazz.” \nDuring a distinguished career spanning more than four decades\, Paul McCandless has brought a soaring lyricism to his playing of the oboe\, English horn\, bass clarinet\, soprano and sopranino saxophones\, and a collection of folk flutes. As a collaborator and solo artist\, he is credited with more than 200 albums and performances with such musicians as Jaco Pastorius\, Carla Bley\, Wynton Marsalis\, Lyle Mays\, Pat Metheny\, Mark Isham\, Steve Reich\, Art Lande\, Tony Furtado\, and the String Cheese Incident. He won a Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental as a guest artist with Béla Fleck and the Flecktones\, and his composition “Round Robin” on the album “Oregon in Moscow” later received Grammy nominations for Best Instrumental Composition and Best Instrumental Arrangement. As an orchestral soloist\, he has performed with the Camerata chamber orchestra of Mexico City\, The St. Paul chamber orchestra\, and the Philadelphia\, Buffalo\, Los Angeles\, and Stuttgart symphony orchestras. He continues as an integral member of two seminal world music bands\, the original Paul Winter Consort and the relentlessly innovative quartet OREGON.
URL:https://www.siskiyoumusicproject.com/event/art-landepaul-mccandless-quartet/
LOCATION:Artistic Piano Gallery\, 1390 Biddle Rd #107\, Medford\, OR\, 97504\, United States
CATEGORIES:Spring 2016 Concert Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160525T190000
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SUMMARY:Jessica Fichot Group - Sold Out
DESCRIPTION:Siskiyou Music Project welcomes back vocalist and songwriter Jessica Fichot and her group for a performance at the Old Siskiyou Barn. \nLos Angeles-based chanteuse/songwriter Jessica Fichot is a lot like her hometown of Paris: French at heart\, but with a soul that’s truly international. Drawing from her multi ethnic French/Chinese/American upbringing\, her music fuses styles and languages\, taking the listener on a twisting journey out of the French chanson tradition\, into the lands of gypsy jazz\, Chinese 1940’s swing\, international folk\, and into the wilderness of her imagination. She has performed at packed venues in France\, China\, Spain\, Mexico\, Canada\, and across the U.S. – backed by her fiery band (clarinet/sax\, upright bass\, drums\, and guitar)\, and armed with her accordion\, toy piano and multilingual vocals. \n\nFichot really has no choice but to create diverse art. Born in upstate New York to a Chinese mother and French father\, she spent her youth in France. After earning a degree in audio engineering in Paris she enrolled in Boston’s prestigious Berklee College of Music to study songwriting. While in Boston\, she penned countless children’s songs for musical theater and later\, for educational programs. More than a hundred of her songs have been published as part of ESL programs in over a dozen countries. \nRelocating to Los Angeles\, she embraced her international influences and independently released her critically acclaimed 2007 debut album\, “Le Chemin\,” garnering the stamp of approval from tastemakers such as LA Weekly\, San Francisco Chronicle\, and KCRW – and licensing a few songs in major movies and TV shows along the way. She also began to tour the world\, traveling regularly throughout the U.S.\, and even to Mexico\, China and Europe.\nIn her new EP “Dear Shanghai”\, Fichot departs from her trademark French chanson style and takes the listener to 1940’s “Shanghai”\, with a work entirely sung in Mandarin Chinese and celebrating her mother’s hometown. The multicultural musician covers jazzy numbers\, exotic rumbas and a couple of original songs\, as well as a pop classic from Hong Kong – bringing a fresh\, modern take on musical gems spotlighting the golden era of the city. \nFichot seamlessly shifts between languages and with great artistry\, crafting an intriguing journey that beckons listeners to come back.
URL:https://www.siskiyoumusicproject.com/event/jessica-fichot-group/
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SUMMARY:Gonzalo Bergara Group - SOLD OUT!
DESCRIPTION:Siskiyou Music Project welcomes back Argentinian guitar great Gonzalo Bergara with his group for an evening of hot gypsy swing and Latin-influenced music. Born in Buenos Aires\, Argentina\, guitarist Gonzalo Bergara arrived in the states in 2000 and rapidly became one of the lead figures in the Gypsy Jazz style of guitarist Django Reinhardt. \n\nGonzalo will be performing music from his 3 critically acclaimed albums in addition to new material\, the music of Django Reinhardt\, and the well-known Great American songbook. \nFrance’s Festival Django Reinhardt festival in Samois sur Seine\, the world’s biggest and most important Django Reinhardt festival\, has named Bergara the best thing to happen to Gypsy Jazz in the last 20 years. He is one of the most important composers in the genre today. This is serious….and deeply moving.
URL:https://www.siskiyoumusicproject.com/event/gonzalo-bergara-group-hot-gypsy-jazz-guitarist/
LOCATION:Paschal Winery\, 1122 Suncrest Road\, Talent\, OR\, 97540\, United States
CATEGORIES:Spring 2016 Concert Series
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ORGANIZER;CN="SMP/Jazz In The Vineyard":MAILTO:mail@siskiyoumusicproject.com
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SUMMARY:Trio Brasileiro – With Special Guest Anat Cohen
DESCRIPTION:Siskiyou Music Project and the Britt Festival Education Department present Trio Brasileiro and saxophonist/clarinetist Anat Cohen for an evening of Brazilian Choro music at the RCC Black Box Theatre in Medford. \nThe Trio will also conduct an afternoon Choro Workshop at RCC. The workshop will be free to RCC and SOU music students and is made possible by the Britt Festival Education Department. \n\nFormed in 2011\, Trio Brasileiro has already made a name for itself as an ensemble worthy of international attention. Their stunning virtuosity is matched with remarkable musicianship and a deep devotion to the language of music\, allowing them to achieve a one-of-a-kind sound that shares equal parts understated subtlety and irresistible groove. But it is their love of the traditional music of Brazil and the connection between brothers – by birth and by bonds of friendship – that create a very rare and profound beauty. \nHalf of the highly regarded Brazilian Choro and Samba ensemble\, Caraivana Trio Brasileiro includes the celebrated guitarist and full-time member of the award-winning Brasil Guitar Duo\, Douglas Lora; one of Brazil’s finest mandolin virtuosos\, Dudu Maia; and the amazing percussionist\, Alexandre Lora. \nTheir first U.S. tour in 2012 met with overwhelming success\, with sold-out performances and standing ovations all along the route. The Trio has continued to tour annually\, performing for eager audiences everywhere it appears. In addition to its numerous concerts in Brasília and São Paolo\, Trio Brasileiro has made concert stops in New York\, Boston\, Minneapolis\, Bloomington\, Louisville\, Lexington\, Cedar Rapids\, Seattle\, and Portland\, in addition to its annual residency at the Centrum Choro Workshop in Port Townsend\, Washington. \nIn 2013\, Trio Brasileiro collaborated with the celebrated Israeli clarinetist Anat Cohen\, recording a brilliant new CD which was released in 2014. Cohen joined the Trio on several North American tour stops\, including Seattle\, Portland\, and New York. Trio Brasileiro is dedicated to performing the great traditional Choro music of Brasil by Jacob do Bandolim\, Ernesto Nazareth and others\, as well as their own compositions\, which are modern reflections of the genre. \nClarinetist/saxophonist Anat Cohen has won hearts and minds the world over with her expressive virtuosity and delightful stage presence. Reviewing one of Anat’s headlining sets with her quartet at the North Sea Jazz Festival\, DownBeat said: “Cohen not only proved to be a woodwind revelation of dark tones and delicious lyricism\, but also a dynamic bandleader who danced and shouted out encouragement to her group – whooping it up when pianist Jason Lindner followed her clarinet trills on a Latin-flavored number. . . With her dark\, curly\, shoulder-length hair swaying to the beat as she danced\, she was a picture of joy.” \nThe Jazz Journalists Association has voted Anat Clarinetist of the Year eight years in a row\, and she has topped both the Critics and Readers Polls in the clarinet category in DownBeat magazine every year since 2011. That’s not to mention years of being named Rising Star in the soprano and tenor saxophone categories in DownBeat\, as well as for Jazz Artist of the Year. In 2009\, ASCAP awarded Anat a Wall of Fame prize for composition and musicianship\, among other honors. Earning this acclaim\, Anat has toured the world with her quartet\, headlining at the Newport\, Umbria\, SF Jazz\, and North Sea jazz festivals as well as at such hallowed clubs as New York’s Village Vanguard and at Columbia University’s prestigious Miller Theatre. In March 2015\, Anzic Records released Luminosa\, her seventh album as a bandleader. \nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ITRGhzSOQI
URL:https://www.siskiyoumusicproject.com/event/trio-brasileiro-with-special-guest-anat-cohen/
LOCATION:RCC Black Box Theatre\, 130 E. 8th St.\, Medford\, OR\, 97520\, United States
CATEGORIES:Spring 2016 Concert Series
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ORGANIZER;CN="Siskiyou Music Project and the Britt Festival Education Department":MAILTO:mail@siskiyoumusicproject.com
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SUMMARY:Hristo Vitchev Chamber Jazz Trio -SOLD OUT!
DESCRIPTION:Siskiyou Music Project kicks off its Spring 2016 season with a performance by guitarist/composer Hristo Vitchev and his trio featuring pianist Weber Iago and saxophonist Dann Zinn on Thursday\, April 21 at the Old Siskiyou Barn. The Hristo Vitchev Chamber Jazz Trio is a modern ensemble which explores the idioms and tonal colors of classical music\, impressionism\, minimalism\, as well as avant-garde styles and\, combines them with vibrant\, constantly evolving\, and multidimensional characters of jazz improvisation and harmonic possibilities. \n\n The trio\, led by internationally renowned guitarist Hristo Vitchev\, features Latin Grammy Nominee Jasnam Daya Singh (Weber Iago) on piano\, and the extraordinary and breath-taking saxophonist Dann Zinn. \nHristo Vitchev: Referred to by the media as one of the newest and most innovative voices in modern jazz guitar\, Hristo’s music has been captivating audiences all across the globe. At only age 35 he has already released 7 critically acclaimed albums as a leader plus 4 more releases as a co-leader. \n“Vitchev’s sophisticated and adventurous work is imbued with shimmering harmonies and lyrical improvisations.”\n— JAZZTIMES \n“Vitchev’s multihued compositions are like impressionistic sound paintings.”\n— JAZZIZ \n“Hristo Vitchev may be one of the best kept secrets in jazz today. He is the epitome of sonic gold.”\n— CRITICAL JAZZ \n“Bulgaria-born\, Bay Area-based guitarist Hristo Vitchev\, having firmly established himself as a gentle giant in the contemporary jazz scene\, seems always willing and able to reinvent himself while holding true to the integrity of his artistry.”\n— ECM REVIEWS \nJasnam Daya Singh (Weber Iago): Pianist Jasnam Daya Singh (aka Weber Iago) was born in in Rio de Janeiro\, Brazil and in the early 80’s moved to the U.S. in order to pursue his interest in Jazz. He has spent all of his musical life researching different types of sounds\, ultimately dedicating most of his endeavors to uniting elements of classical\, jazz and Brazilian Music. Jasnam Daya Singh has performed extensively as a solo artist and sideman in Italy\, Luxembourg\, New York\, Japan and the Czech Republic. Weber Iago’s CD in duo with Jovino Santos Neto received a Latin Grammy nomination for Best Instrumental Album. \nDann Zinn: Dann Zinn is a game changer\, who is taking jazz in new directions. As a world-class saxophonist/flutist\, Dann Zinn is renowned for being a passionate soloist and composer/arranger. Hailed over the years as “inventive\,” “distinctive\,” and for “creating a stunning and emotional listening experience\,” Dann has developed a unique style distinguishing him as a one-of-a kind artist with a tone unlike any other horn player on the jazz scene today. Zinn’s resume includes working with Joe Henderson\, Taylor Eigsti\, Russ Ferrante\, Jeff Tain Watts\, Freddie Hubbard\, Chuck Findley\, Mary Wells\, and Martha and the Vandellas\, among many others. Dann’s performances have spanned international stages including being featured at the San Francisco Jazz Festival\, the Monterey Jazz Festival\, and the world famous Yoshi’s\, where he has played to sold-out crowds. \nFor more information on Hristo Vitchev please visit his website.
URL:https://www.siskiyoumusicproject.com/event/hristo-vitchev-chamber-trio/
LOCATION:OR
CATEGORIES:Spring 2016 Concert Series
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ORGANIZER;CN="SMP/Music In The Mountains":MAILTO:mail@siskiyoumusicproject.com
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