|
contents | jazz | |||||||||||||
| Jazz at the Maverick Maverick Concerts, the oldest continuous summer chamber music festival in America, announces "Jazz at the Maverick, " four Saturday evening concerts of contemporary jazz, during its 97th season of Music in the Woods. Perry Beekman and Terry Blaine On Saturday, July 28, at 6:30pm, Woodstock guitarist and vocalist Perry Beekman will perform a program titled "Cole Porter in Paris" along with vocalist Terry Blaine, Peter Tomlinson at the piano, and Lou Pappas on bass. Perry Beekman's music is deeply rooted in the classic tradition of jazz, and he has been playing in jazz clubs for over 25 years. He has performed at the Palm Court at the Plaza Hotel, and the JVC and River to River Jazz Festivals in New York City. Jazz vocalist Terry Blaine has enjoyed a multifaceted career that includes live performances, recordings, studio work, television and radio shows. She has released four CDs, including Too Hot for Words, a tribute to the Great Ladies of Swing, taking them around the world and playing to packed houses from Germany to Cleveland. Peter Tomlinson teaches jazz piano at Western Connecticut State University and Vassar College. Lou Pappas has performed at jazz festivals across the United States and is Adjunct Artist in Music at Vassar College. He retired in 2006 as bassist with the acclaimed U.S. Military Academy Band at West Point. The Ébène Quartet The versatile and genre-bending Ébène Quartet will be featured on "A Weekend in Paris, " with a jazz concert at 6:30 pm on Saturday, Aug. 18, and a concert of classical string quartet repertoire on Sunday, Aug. 19, at 4:00 pm. Ébène (pronounced ay-ben) is the French word for ebony, and the quartet plays contemporary jazz that has roots in the Parisian Hot Club sound of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grapelli. The quartet's members are conservatory-trained string players, but the cellist plays piano in a jazz quartet, the second violinist is a drummer, and the violist also plays guitar. From "promising young ensemble, " the Quatuor Ébène has grown to become one of the foremost quartets on the international scene. Recently it was selected to take part in the BBC's "New Generation Artists" program, and it has been heard throughout Europe, Asia, and the United States. In 2010, the quartet released an album of jazz and world music titled Fiction. Bill Charlap and Renee Rosnes As part of a weekend of music for two pianos at Maverick Concerts, the husband-and-wife jazz piano team of Bill Charlap and Renee Rosnes will perform on Saturday, Aug. 25, at 6:30pm. Bill Charlap grew up in a musical household, as the son of Broadway songwriter Moose Charlap and singer Sandy Stewart. He has worked with Gerry Mulligan, Wynton Marsalis, Benny Carter, Clark Terry, and Frank Wess, and has been an accompanist for Tony Bennett, Carol Sloane, and Sheila Jordan. Ms. Rosnes is recognized as one of the premier jazz pianists and composers of her generation. She has toured and recorded with many jazz masters, including stints with the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, Buster Williams, James Moody, Ron Carter, and Bobby Hutcherson, among others. In 2010 Mr. Charlap and Ms. Rosnes released Double Portrait on the Blue Note label. Downbeat magazine wrote of the duo's recording, "The counterpoint and compatibilities are so perfectly balanced, the selections and arrangements so handsome, that Double Portrait is a prize." Fred Hersch On Saturday, Sept. 8, at 6:30 pm, Jazz at the Maverick will present the acclaimed jazz pianist and composer Fred Hersch. Declared by Vanity Fairmagazine "the most arrestingly innovative pianist in jazz over the last decade or so, " Fred Hersch balances his internationally recognized instrumental skills with significant achievements as a composer, bandleader. and vocalist. An artist of unbounded imagination and skill, Mr. Hersch is, as Downbeat magazine declared, "one of the small handful of brilliant musicians of his generation." He was the first artist in the 75-year history of New York's legendary Village Vanguard to play week-long engagements. Mr. Hersch was nominated for two 2012 Grammy Awards and has won the Coup de Coeur of the Charles Cros Academy in France. More than 70 of his compositions have been recorded, and Mr. Hersch has been awarded a Rockefeller Fellowship, grants from Chamber Music America, The National Endowment for the Arts, and Meet the Composer, as well as seven composition residencies at The MacDowell Colony, in addition to a wide variety of National Public Radio programs and CBS Sunday Morning with Dr. Billy Taylor. Maverick Concerts is the oldest continuous summer chamber music festival in America and a winner of the Chamber Music America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming. Built by Maverick Art Colony founder Hervey White, Maverick Concert Hall first opened its doors to music lovers in 1916. The rustic hall is located at 120 Maverick Road, Woodstock, N.Y. 12498. With acoustics ideally suited to the intimacy of live chamber music performance, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Yamaha is the Official Piano of Maverick Concerts. The C7 grand piano in the Maverick Concert Hall is a generous loan from Yamaha Artists Services. Maverick Concerts, Inc., is a not-for-profit organization made possible in part with funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency; an award from the National Endowment for the Arts; the Maverick Endowment Fund; Friends of Maverick; the towns of Woodstock and Hurley; local businesses; individual donors; and other public and private foundations. Up Next at Maverick Concerts Sunday, September 9, 4:00pm Concert for the Friends of Maverick Tim Fain, violin Bach: Partita No. 3 in E Major PhilipGlass: Partita for Solo Violin (2010) Eugène Ysaÿe: Violin Sonata in D Minor, Op. 27, No. 3, "Ballade" Sunday, September 16, 2:00pm The Tokyo String Quartet Haydn: String Quartet in D Major, Op. 20, No. 4 Webern: "Five Movements for String Quartet" Schubert: String Quartet in G Major, Op. 161 (D. 887) Maverick Concerts is the oldest continuous summer chamber music festival in America and a winner of the Chamber Music America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming. Built by Maverick Art Colony founder Hervey White, Maverick Concert Hall first opened its doors to music lovers in 1916. The rustic hall is located at 120 Maverick Road, Woodstock, N.Y. 12498. With acoustics ideally suited to the intimacy of live chamber music performance, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. write your comments about the article :: © 2012 Jazz News :: home page |