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| DENNY ZEITLIN Solo Piano Friday, Dec. 8--Mostly Strayhorn @ Piedmont Piano Company Piedmont Piano Company Presents DENNY ZEITLIN Solo Jazz Piano MOSTLY STRAYHORN "By any measure, Zeitlin's output over the past 50 years places him at jazz's creative zenith." Andrew Gilbert, JazzTimes An evening exploring unique compositions by Billy Strayhorn that emerged from the 28 year partnership with Duke Ellington, along with a couple from the Duke himself. Friday, December 8, 8:00 pm Piedmont Piano Company, 1728 San Pablo Avenue (at 18th Street), Oakland, CA Admission $25 Tickets: Available at Door, but Reservations Recommended: (510) 547 8188 A FEW REVIEWS OF DENNY ZEITLIN'S SOLO PIANO PERFORMANCES "...he is an improvisational artist whose skills are so expansive that he can integrate everything he hears into the fabric of his soloing. In the best sense, in the manner that has always been true of jazz's finest improvisers, Zeitlin constantly stretches the creative envelope, measuring himself only against the infinite demands of his music." Don Heckman, Los Angeles Times "...Zeitlin delivered a riveting solo performance." George Goodman, New York Times "In supreme command of the keyboard...he employs striking dissonances, he constructs extraordinary edifices of harmonics, he can be marvelously pianistic, with a velvet subtlety of touch. He is an original...Denny Zeitlin stretches jazz piano beyond any hitherto defined limits." Don Freeman, San Diego Union "...He didn't show his brilliance through his technique (which he has), but through subtle improvisation, advanced and finely-tuned harmonic development, and a stupendous internal sense of meter...Denny Zeitlin's solo piano was the unpretentious highpoint of the festival." Munchner Merkur (Munich) MOST RECENT CD "Expedition (Sunnyside)": Continuing adventures in duo electro-acoustic free improvisation with master drummer George Marsh write your comments about the article :: © 2017 Jazz News :: home page |