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| National Jazz Museum in Harlem December Schedule This last month of public programming in the year 2012 by the National Jazz Museum in Harlem presents conversations with well-established jazz artists such as Hal Galper and Steve Turre for Harlem Speaks, and live performances by emerging jazz musicians Jon Escreet, Sam Yahel and Dan Tepner for Harlem in the Himalayas at the Rubin Museum of Art. Museum co-director Christian McBride, who recently released the big band recording The Good Feeling and the duet CD, Conversations with Christian, will lead a month long journey into the sounds of the great jazz cities Pittsburgh, Chicago, Detroit, and Philadelphia—his hometown—for Jazz for Curious Listeners. Our final Saturday panel focuses on the centennial of the birth of jazz drumming icon Jo Jones. The panel will be moderated by executive director Loren Schoenberg, and features Jones protégéMichael Carvin, a master drummer and teacher; Bob Mover, a fine saxophonist and singer; Paul Devlin, editor of the recently published Rifftide: The Life and Opinions of Papa Jo Jones; and Stanley Crouch, one of the most important jazz critics of the last 40 years. Thursday, December 1, 2011 Harlem Speaks Hal Galper, Pianist 6:30 –8:30pm Location:NJMH Visitors Center (104 E. 126th Street, Suite 2C) FREE | For more information: 212-348-8300 Note location is correct, different than some listings Hal Galper, an excellent jazz pianist and master educator at the New School, studied at Berklee (1955-1958) and then worked in groups led by artists the caliber of Chet Baker, Stan Getz, the Brecker Brothers, Bobby Hutcherson, and with such singers as Joe Williams, Chris Connor, and Anita O'Day. He played electric piano with the Cannonball Adderley Quintet during its last years (1973-1975) and also spent time playing with Lee Konitz and John Scofield. According to one reviewer, Galper's 1976 record, Reach Out, was one of his best to that point. Post-bop and Latin styling were the playgrounds upon which Galper played, and the feature for Michael Brecker, "I'll Never Stop Loving You"is transcendent. Galper recorded as a leader for Mainstream, SteepleChase, Enja, Concord, and Blackhawk, and gained his greatest visibility for being a pianist with Phil Woods' quartet/quintet from 1981 to 1990. He's been on the scene as a professional for about 50 years, so his insights into the changes in jazz and the music scene generally should be telling. We hope you'll come through for the telling of Hal Galper's story, and how it intersected with the course of jazz history. Friday, December 2, 2011 Harlem in the Himalayas Jon Escreet Trio 7:00pm Location:Rubin Museum of Art (150 West 17th Street) $18in advance | $20 at door | For tickets: RMA Box Officeor call 212-620-5000 ext. 344 John Escreet - piano John Hébert – bass Tyshawn Sorey - drums British pianist Jon Escreet has been making waves since he moved to New York in 2006, and especially after graduating in 2008 from the Master's Program at Manhattan School of Music, where he studied piano with Kenny Barron and Jason Moran. That very year he released a well-received album, Consequences, which featured David Binney (alto saxophone), Ambrose Akinmusire (trumpet), Matt Brewer (double bass) and Tyshawn Sorey (drums). He has also worked in Binney's other musical projects. How young artists balance tradition and innovation is always at question in jazz. Escreet's own musical statement tonight will answer the question in his own special way, as his musical vision takes form in the acoustically rich venue at the Rubin Museum of Art. Saturday, December 3, 2011 Saturday Panels Jo Jones at 100 12:00 –4:00pm Location: NJMH Visitors Center (104 E. 126th Street, Suite 2C) FREE | For more information: 212-348-8300 Special guests include Paul Devlin, Stanley Crouch and Michael Carvin Papa Jo Jones, the pioneer of jazz drumming in the 20th century, would have been 100 this year. Join us for an afternoon of conversation as well as audio and video clips of Papa Jo in his element of free play and improvisation. Very recently, the University of Minnesota Press released Rifftide: The Life and Opinions of Papa Jo Jones (as told to Albert Murray). Paul Devlin, an expert on the work of Albert Murray, edited the tapes of conversation between Jo Jones and Albert Murray, and weaved together a narrative that becomes a part of a stream of Afro-American story-telling and a testament to the genius and unique voice of Jo Jones. Paul Devlin will be on the panel, and joined by Bob Mover, an excellent saxophonist who knew Papa Jo, master drummer Michael Carvin, a major jazz artist who studied at the feet of Papa Jo, and Stanley Crouch, a major voice for jazz excellence who, quiet as its kept, came to New York not just as a writer, but as a drummer. The afternoon promises to be an exciting time of reflection, swing, and a moment of tribute to Papa Jo Jones, the man who defines the core of what jazz drumming is and what jazz drumming means. Tuesday, December 6, 2011 Jazz for Curious Listeners A Month with Christian McBride: Pittsburgh—Steel Town Swingin' 7:00 –8:30pm Location:NJMH Visitors Center (104 E. 126th Street, Suite 2C) FREE | For more information: 212-348-8300 What do these jazz greats have in common other than their jazz artistry? George Benson, Art Blakey, Ray Brown, Billy Eckstine, Roy Eldridge, Errol Garner, Slide Hampton, Earl 'Fatha"Hines, Lena Horne, Ahmad Jamal, Eddie Jefferson, Joe Pass, Dakota Staton, Billy Strayhorn, the Turrentine brothers Stanley and Tommy, and Mary Lou Williams? They all hail from Pittsburgh. Join co-director Christian McBride in an exploration in sound of the urban jazz and jazz artists that came out of Pittsburgh. Tuesday, December 13, 2011 Jazz for Curious Listeners A Month with Christian McBride: Chicago—Windy City Hipsters 7:00 –8:30pm Location:NJMH Visitors Center (104 E. 126th Street, Suite 2C) FREE | For more information: 212-348-8300 Jazz history weaves through Chicago from the earliest days during the Great Migration, to Armstrong and Earl Hines, the Chicagoans and the Austin High Gang, Benny Goodman and the Swing Era through the bebop revolution and musicians such as Johnny Griffin, and the other-worldly sounds of Sun Ra and AACM. Today, saxophonists such as Von Freeman keep that Midwest flame burning. To feel just how hot the flame of jazz is through the prism of Chicago, let Christian McBride take you on a swingin'journey. Thursday, December 15, 2011 Harlem Speaks Steve Turre, Trombonist 6:30 –8:30pm Location:NJMH Visitors Center (104 E. 126th Street, Suite 2C) FREE | For more information: 212-348-8300 Steve Turre was born to Mexican-American parents and grew up in the San Francisco Bay area where he absorbed daily doses of mariachi, blues and jazz. While attending Sacramento State University, he joined the Escovedo Brothers salsa band, which began his career-long involvement with that genre. In 1972, Ray Charles hired him to go on tour. Woody Shaw, his mentor, brought him into Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. After his tenure with Blakey, Turre began to work with a diverse list of musicians from the jazz, Latin, and pop worlds: Dizzy Gillespie, McCoy Tyner, J.J. Johnson, Herbie Hancock, Lester Bowie, Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaria, Van Morrison, Pharoah Sanders, Horace Silver, Max Roach, and Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Kirk introduced him to the seashell as an instrument. to the seashell as an instrument. As fate would have it, while touring in Mexico City with Woody Shaw, Turre's relatives told him that his ancestors played the shells too. Since then, he’s incorporated seashells into his diverse musical style. Turre is known as a member of the Saturday Night Live Band, in which he’s played since 1984. He’s also led several ensembles. One of them, Sanctified Shells, uses the seashell in a larger context, and transforms his horn section into a "shell choir." Turre's Verve release, Lotus Flower, showcased his Sextet With Strings in the spring of 1999. The recording explored great standards and original compositions, all arranged by Turre with the unique instrumentation of trombone and shells, violin, cello, piano, bass and drums. In the Summer of 2000, Telarc released In The Spur of the Moment. This recording features Steve with three different quartets, each with a different and distinct master pianist: Ray Charles, Chucho Valdes, and Stephen Scott. Turre is a very outspoken artist, unafraid to voice his displeasure with the political scene today, so along with a discussion about his life and career, his political point-of-view will also be pursued. Friday, December 16, 2011 Harlem in the Himalayas Sam Yahel 3 7:00pm Location:Rubin Museum of Art (150 West 17th Street) A distinctive voice among the new breed of Hammond B-3 organ players on the jazz scene post-Larry Young, Sam Yahel earned the top spot in Downbeat's annual International Critics Poll as a "Talent Deserving of Recognition" for four consecutive years. Buy Now! Since moving to New York in 1990, he’s worked with a string of notable jazz artists including tenor saxophonists Joshua Redman and Eric Alexander, former James Brown sideman and alto sax great, Maceo Parker, guitarists Peter Bernstein and Bill Frisell, trumpeters Ryan Kisor and Jim Rotondi. Yahel also played on Norah Jones' Grammy-winning Come Away With Me as well as on recordings by vocalists Lizz Wright and Madeleine Peyroux. But it has been as a solo artist and leader in his own right that Yahel has made his most personal statements as both composer and player. Come experience one of the most exciting jazz organists of his generation. Tuesday, December 20, 2011 Jazz for Curious Listeners A Month with Christian McBride: Detroit—Moto write your comments about the article :: © 2011 Jazz News :: home page |