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Eric Clapton: Clapton

August 19th, 2010 | No Comments

STEVE WINWOOD, WYNTON MARSALIS, DEREK TRUCKS, ALLEN TOUSSAINT GUEST


Eric Clapton

Guitar icon and three time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Eric Clapton announced today that
he will release his 19th solo studio album on September 28, 2010 simply titled Clapton.

Co-produced by guitarist and long-time collaborator Doyle Bramhall II, the album features an all star cast of musical collaborations starting with
the legendary JJ Cale, drummer
Jim Keltner, bassist Willie Weeks, and keyboardist Walt Richmond—and the sessions
later added guests including Steve
Winwood, Wynton Marsalis, Sheryl Crow, Allen Toussaint, and Derek Trucks.

“This album wasn’t what it was intended to be at all,” says Eric Clapton. “It’s actually better than it was meant to be
because, in a way, I just let it happen. It’s an eclectic collection of songs that weren’t really on the map—and I like it
so much because if it’s a surprise to the fans, that’s only because it’s a surprise to me, as well.”

TRACK LISTING:

1 Travelin’ Alone
2 Rocking Chair
3 River Runs Deep
4 Judgement Day

5 How Deep Is The Ocean
6 My Very Good Friend The Milkman
7 Can’t Hold Out Much Longer

8 That’s No Way To Get Along
9 Everything Will Be Alright
10 Diamonds Made From Rain*
11 When Somebody Thinks You’re Wonderful
12 Hard Times Blues
13 Run Back To Your Side
14 Autumn Leaves

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Joshua Redman Trio | 03.06 | L.A.

March 26th, 2010 | No Comments

Words by: Jamie Dewaele | Images by: Paul R. Giunta

Joshua Redman Trio :: 03.06.10 :: Luckman Theater :: Los Angeles, CA

Joshua Redman Trio :: 03.06 :: Los Angeles

When the conversation ensues about who is carrying on the great tradition of jazz musicianship today, names like Charlie Hunter, Christian McBride, and the entire Marsalis family will undoubtedly be mentioned. If Joshua Redman‘s name does not come up, the conversation is not worth having.

Tucked into a back corner of California State University’s Los Angeles campus is one of the most beautiful and acoustically perfect rooms in Southern California. It is called the Luckman Fine Arts Complex and it is probably unknown to most concertgoers in the Los Angeles area. But this is the kind of venue one has to visit in order to see bands like the Joshua Redman Trio.

Joshua Redman was born and raised in Berkley, CA. He attended Harvard University and graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.A. in Social Studies. He was then accepted into Yale Law School, but decided instead to take a year off and he moved to New York City where he began playing with a plethora of jazz musicians. His career and skill blossomed over the next few years and by 1994 he was touring as a bandleader. The outstanding list of musicians he has played with since then includes, but is not limited to Herbie Hancock, Dave Brubeck, Dave Matthews, Pat Metheny, John Scofield, and even The Rolling Stones. The trio for his current tour includes the amazing Reuben Rogers on stand-up bass and the melodic drumming of Bill Stewart.

Reuben Rogers is a Berklee School of Music graduate and has an impressive list of collaborators that includes Wynton Marsalis, Nicholas Payton and Dianne Reeves. Bill Stewart has been on the jazz scene for a long time. While Redman and Rogers were still in college, Stewart was playing with legendary musicians such as John Scofield, James Brown, Michael Brecker and Maceo Parker. To make a long story short, there was no shortage of talent onstage at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex on that stormy Saturday night.

Ticket time for the show was 8:00, and by 8:15 the venue started to fill up. The seated crowd was a mixture of middle-aged jazz fans and students that evidently attend Cal State. Without a word, the Trio took the stage and jumped right into the first song of the night: Redman’s interpretation of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic composition from Oklahoma! entitled “The Surrey With a Fringe on Top.” They would play two more tunes before Redman thanked the crowd for braving the elements and introduced his band. The most impressive song in the first portion was “Ghost,” which appears on his latest album, Compass. The composition began with a lengthy and driving bass intro by Rogers, with Redman playing a slow melodic sax and Stewart playing a shuffle beat with brushes. As the song began to gain momentum, Redman’s playing became more complex and around the middle of the tune the Trio had built an explosive jam that featured some of the most ambitious and risk-taking musicianship of the evening.

Joshua Redman Trio :: 03.06 :: Los Angeles

All three musicians onstage were fun to watch, each losing themselves in a moment of creative perfection. Redman plays his saxophone with his entire body, swinging it back and forth, raising his knee to his chest with screams of “Hey!” or “Woah!” in between notes, much to the delight of the 750 or so in attendance. The key to any successful band is a good rhythm section and Stewart and Rogers did not disappoint. While Redman was exploding through his saxophone, Stewart and Rogers were trading licks, laughing, and all the while providing a solid base for Redman to use as his jumping off point. Almost every song of the night began with a slow, melodic sax or bass solo, built up into the composition, then to the jam, and finally fading away to close the song.

Other notable tunes of the night included “Souldancing,” “Identity Thief” and the short but absolutely smoking interpretation of Joe Lovano’s “Blackwell’s Message.” However, the musical highlight of the evening was the final song before the encore. The title of this tune is a mystery and even the soundman did not know the name. It began with a lengthy sax solo that showcased the amount of talent Redman possesses. No one in the theater took a breath during the solo. When he concluded, the crowd burst forth with their loudest applause of the evening, and the song had not even started yet. That final unnamed composition was easily the high point of the night featuring outstanding musicianship from all three men. When the song ended, the crowd leapt to their feet for a much-deserved standing ovation. This version of the Joshua Redman Trio is not to be missed.

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Savannah Music Fest 2010 Season

December 8th, 2009 | No Comments

SAVANNAH MUSIC FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2010 SEASON

FEATURING UNIQUE PAIRINGS, ORIGINAL PRODUCTIONS AND INSTRUMENTAL VIRTUOSITY
Highlights include Wilco, Wynton Marsalis, Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi

Wilco

Tickets are now on sale for the 2010 Savannah Music Festival (SMF), which runs from March 18 through April 3. Opening with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chinese superstar pianist Lang Lang. The 21st edition of Georgia’s largest music festival features its most diverse array of acts ever. Called “one of the best events around the world” by The Times of London, SMF’s 2010 season is comprised of original productions, unique pairings, and a focus on instrumental virtuosity, including world-class artists in jazz, classical, bluegrass, blues, gospel, and a wide variety of other American and international musical traditions. Set in the idyllic atmosphere of Savannah in the early spring, these unique programs combine to create a musical arts event with worldwide resonance. Tickets are available here.

SMF Executive & Artistic Director Rob Gibson remarks, “With the ever widening gap between commercial music and the performing arts, we want to serve as a bridge that connects audiences with a wide range of first-class artistry, while also illuminating musical traditions from all over the world.”

Savannah Music Festival Original Productions
For the sixth year, SMF Associate Artistic Director and acclaimed violinist Daniel Hope has curated an original chamber music series called Sensations. Daniel Hope and friends welcome first-time guests and musical collaborators Gabriela Montero, Gautier Capuçon, Mark O’Connor, and Jeffrey Kahane.

Highlights of the series include performances of both sextets written by Brahms, a program entitled Forbidden Music, featuring works by composers incarcerated in the Thereseinstadt concentration camp including Schulhoff, Schull, Klein and Haas performed at Temple Mickve Israel (the third oldest Jewish temple in America), and an American music program featuring an O’Connor String Quartet, Heifetz‘ Gershwin arrangements, and works by Williams, Copland, and Bernstein. Pianists Sebastian Knauer and Jeffrey Kahane will perform a one-time only duo recital.

The New Orleans Blues Party features the Henry Butler Trio joined by several special guests and jazz greats throughout the evening. Additional jazz and blues productions include the annual Piano Showdown, which this year pits Butler, Marcus Roberts, Gerald Clayton, and Dick Hyman at opposite ends of the stage, on different Steinways, performing solos and duets. Ben Tucker at 80, celebrates the birthday of Savannah’s beloved jazz bassist/composer in a program featuring such jazz stalwarts as Marcus Printup, Wycliffe Gordon, and Kevin Bales. The prolific jazz pianist Dick Hyman plays an all-Fats Waller concert. All Star Swing Summit, the culmination of SMF’s Swing Central High School Jazz Band Competition & Workshop, features the Clayton Brothers, the Marcus Roberts Trio, the Ted Nash Ensemble, and the Georgia Horns featuring Chris Crenshaw, Wycliffe Gordon and Marcus Printup.

A multi-generational gathering of great mandolinists featuring Mike Marshall, Chris Thile, and Caterina Lichtenberg reaches back to the origins of the instrument in Italian music from the 1600s, also spotlighting the mandolin’s history up to the present day. The most formidable husband/wife team in the history of southern rock/blues, Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi, perform a set of ’60s and ’70s soul music.

Unique Pairings and Double Bills
· The Big World of Music series pairs innovative American instrumentalists with international virtuosos in Wizards and Gypsies: The Assad Brothers and the Roby Lakatos Ensemble; Mark O’Connor’s Hot Swing! and the Renaud Garcia-Fons Trio; and the Bill Frisell Trio with Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba.
· Divas of Country Music features two of neo-traditional country music’s biggest talents: Patty Loveless and Kathy Mattea.
· The passionate and gritty blues, rhythm & soul of Ruthie Foster intersects with the intimate and rich sound of Savannah native Kristina Train, whose debut recording is being released this month on Blue Note Records.

· Major Minors: Teenage acoustic music sensations Sarah Jarosz and Sierra Noble share a bill showcasing their youthful virtuosity and their respective trios.
· Jazz elder statesmen Dick Hyman, Ken Peplowski and Howard Alden are paired with the youthful and hard-swinging Gerald Clayton Trio.
· Mike Marshall’s innovative Big Trio and western swing/alt-country rockers The Belleville Outfit perform on the opening night of the festival.
· The “first family of bluegrass,” Cherryholmes, shares the stage with North Carolina singer/multi-instrumentalist Shannon Whitworth.

About the Savannah Music Festival
The Savannah Music Festival presents a world-class celebration of the musical arts by creating timeless and adventurous productions that stimulate arts education, foster economic growth, and unite artists and audiences in Savannah, Georgia. The 2010 festival runs from March 18 through April 3, including more than 100 performances of world-class jazz, classical, blues, bluegrass, gospel and other genres of American and international roots music in intimate venues throughout the historic district of Savannah.

The entire festival line up can be viewed here.


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