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| Maverick Concerts: Jazz guitarist Julian Lage, Sat., Aug. 15th  Maverick Concerts, the oldest continuous professional summer chamber music festival in America, continues its centennial season of Music in the Woods with a concert by the jazz guitarist Julian Lage, along with Scott Colley on bass and Billy Mintz on drums. The concert is on Saturday, Aug. 15, at 8:00 p.m.Grammy-nominated guitarist Julian Lage brings a purity of tone and consistency of attack to everything in his repertoire, and he was hailed by the influential All About Jazz as "a giant in the making." A brilliant musician, his open-ended style is rooted in both traditional jazz and acoustic forms. The New Yorker calls Lage "superlative... a pantheist, " known for playing in many styles. Lage was the subject of an Academy Award-nominated documentary, Jules at Eight. He has recorded with his own quintet and with Gary Burton, David Grisman, Anthony Wilson, Joshua Bell, and Yoko Ono. Julian's album "Sounding Point" was nominated for a Best Contemporary Jazz album Grammy in 2010. His recent duo album with jazz pianist Fred Hersch, "Free Flying, " received a coveted five-star review in Down Beat magazine. Bassist Scott Colley has performed on more than 200 albums. He has worked with a variety of musicians including guitarists Bill Frisell, Pat Metheny and Adam Rogers. Scott is known for his remarkably empathetic skills, strong melodic sense and improvisational abilities. Drummer Billy Mintz was playing in the show bands of the Catskill Mountain resorts by the age of 15. He has performed with the Lee Konitz Nonet, Gloria Gaynor, Mose Allison, and the Los Angeles Symphonic Jazz Orchestra. All Maverick concerts are held in the historic concert hall, 120 Maverick Road, Woodstock, N.Y. 12498. The hall was hand-built in 1916 in a woodland glade just two miles from the center of town. About Maverick Concerts For additional details, including a schedule of concerts, ticket prices, and seating information, visit www.maverickconcerts.org or call Maverick's recorded message line at 845-679-8217. Maverick Concerts, Inc., is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. The concerts are made possible in part with an award from the National Endowment for the Arts; funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; support from the County of Ulster's Ulster County Cultural Services & Promotions Fund, administered by Arts Mid-Hudson; the Maverick Concerts Endowment Fund; Friends of Maverick; the towns of Woodstock and Hurley; local businesses; individual donors; and other public and private foundations. Yamaha is the Official Piano of Maverick Concerts. The C7X grand piano in the Maverick Concert Hall is a generous loan from Yamaha Artists Services. write your comments about the article :: © 2015 Jazz News :: home page |