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SUMMARY:Max Johnson Sextet
DESCRIPTION:Max Johnson (bass)\, Nate Wooley (trumpet)\, Anna Webber (sax/flute)\, Yuma Uesaka (sax/clarinet)\, Lester St. Louis (cello)\, Jeff Davis (drums) \nComposer\, bassist\, and improviser Max Johnson presents his brand new sextet in the premiere of “Without Fear\,” a new concert-length work. The piece is a sprawling\, style-blurring composition that explores the many musical worlds Johnson has inhabited over the past fifteen years\, weaving together elements of jazz\, chamber music\, folk music\, free improvisation\, and progressive rock. \nThe work draws from Johnson’s experience as an in-demand performer and prolific composer\, having performed internationally and recorded with artists such as Anthony Braxton\, Geri Allen\, the Daedalus Quartet\, David Grisman\, Tyshawn Sorey\, Mary Halvorson\, Mivos Quartet\, and several alumni of Frank Zappa’s bands. Conceived as a musical ecosystem where diverse influences coexist and interact\, “Without Fear” highlights the individual voices and abilities of the ensemble while bringing Johnson’s expansive musical vision into a single personal work. \nAs a lover of comic books\, the piece is inspired by the Green Lantern\, whose power ring can create anything imaginable through sheer force of will\, so long as its bearer remains without fear. Like the ring itself\, the work imagines a creative space where the many musical languages Johnson inhabits can live together within a single composition. \nDescribed as “an intrepid composer\, architect of sound and beast of the bass…” (Brad Cohan\, NYC Jazz Record) composer-bassist Max Johnson has recorded seventeen albums as a leader and has performed more than two thousand concerts internationally. Johnson currently teaches music theory at Brooklyn College and is a doctoral candidate at the University of Pennsylvania.
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LOCATION:The Drake\, 44 N. Pleasant Street\, Amherst\, MA
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SUMMARY:Lucía
DESCRIPTION:In 2022\, then twenty-three-year-old singer Lucía was a finalist at the prestigious Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition. \nThe Veracruz native also was the first Mexican artist to enter the contest. For her performance in the final round\, Lucía chose a standard that reflected her musical sensibility\, influenced equally by the beauty of jazz and the Latin American songbook.\n“We played ‘What a Difference a Day Makes\,’ which was popularized by Dinah Washington\, but in its initial incarnation was a bolero written in Spanish by María Grever\,” she says from her home in New York City. “We started it as a jazz ballad in English\, then switched to Spanish and added some zapateado dancing.” \nLucía won the competition. And the fact that she did it with such a soulful\, multicultural rendition of a jazz standard marked her arrival on the music scene. Lucía’s gorgeous rendition of the standard now opens her self-titled debut album. It’s also a fixture of her live sets\, anchoring performances filled with numbers in which Lucía deftly and gorgeously blends jazz\, Latin\, and pop music. Be with us as Lucía brings our Next50 series to a magnificent close in the intimate setting of The Drake. \nTotal price starts at: $35.00.\nTotal price for youth 17 and under and Five College students starts at: $20.00.
URL:https://hartfordjazzsociety.com/event/lucia/
LOCATION:The Drake\, 44 N. Pleasant Street\, Amherst\, MA
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SUMMARY:Peter Bernstein Quartet
DESCRIPTION:A New York City native\, Peter Bernstein has been playing and recording since 1990 when he first appeared on recordings with Lou Donaldson and the organ trio of Larry Goldings and Bill Stewart\, a group still touring and recording today. Bernstein has played on festival\, concert\, and club stages worldwide and has appeared on over 300 recordings; 14 under his own name. Bernstein’s other associations and collaborations include Jimmy Cobb\, Dr. Lonnie Smith\, David Fathead Newman\, Brad Mehldau\, Etta Jones\, Melvin Rhyne\, Diana Krall\, Bobby Hutcherson\, Lee Konitz\, Nicholas Payton\, George Coleman\, and Sonny Rollins. \nJazzizz magazine says this about Bernstein\, “Peter Bernstein produces a warm\, ringing\, muscular tone which echoes that of such giants as Wes Montgomery\, Jim Hall\, and Kenny Burrell.” \nThe Los Angeles Daily News states\, “The jazz guitarist [Peter Bernstein]\, among the most sought after in the New York area\, has a feather-light touch\, an encyclopedic knowledge of chords and the ability to play standards like he’s inventing them on the spot.” \nHis latest recording on the Smoke Sessions label is “Better Angels”\, and features Brad Mehldau\, Vicente Archer\, and Al Foster. \nPerforming with Bernstein at The Drake on March 7 will be Aaron Goldberg on piano\, Vicente Archer on bass\, and Joe Farnsworth on drums. Farnsworth\, a South Hadley native\, headlined the 2023 Northampton Jazz Festival with his “Max Roach Centennial Celebration\,” a sold-out performance at The Academy of Music. \n“We’re thrilled to bring the great Peter Bernstein to the Valley with his equally talented band mates\,” says Griggs. “We especially love having Joe Farnsworth back in town; he brings a love and enthusiasm for Western Mass like no other jazz musician I’ve ever seen.” \nTickets are $30 in advance and $35 at the door. For more information and tickets visit thedrakeamherst.org \nAmherst Oyster Bar is the sponsor of the Peter Bernstein Quartet. The restaurant will donate 20% of dinner-service profits on March 7th to the Northampton Jazz Festival. In addition\, guests who present their tickets to the Peter Bernstein Quartet while dining at the Amherst Oyster Bar on March 7 will receive six complimentary oysters per ticket (selection determined by Amherst Oyster Bar).
URL:https://hartfordjazzsociety.com/event/peter-bernstein-quartet/
LOCATION:The Drake\, 44 N. Pleasant Street\, Amherst\, MA
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