Cynthia Sayer’s Hot Jazz Banjo Show

Cynthia Sayer’s Hot Jazz Banjo Show
Thursday 3/15
Award-winning instrumentalist/vocalist/bandleader Cynthia Sayer is acclaimed by musicians, critics, and fans alike as one of the top 4-string jazz banjoists in the world today. Her eclectic, swing-based shows embody the rarely heard range and versatility of the 4-string banjo in the hands of a master, celebrating historic jazz banjo stars, Vaudeville, American Songbook favorites, virtuoso classics, fun anecdotes, and more.

Sayer first rose to international prominence as a founding member of Woody Allen's New Orleans Jazz Band, all the while exploring her wider musical interests and playing with jazz, popular & roots artists such as Bucky Pizzarelli, Dick Hyman, Wynton Marsalis, Andy Statman, Wycliffe Gordon, Scott Robinson, Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox, Marvin Hamlisch, John McEuen (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) ), Charlie Giordano (with Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band), and many others.

Featuring Cynthia Sayer’s Joyride Quartet

“Cynthia Sayer is a rarity; a woman who plays banjo with drive and virtuosity.” — THE NEW YORK TIMES

“The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Fest 2017’s best moments [include] Cynthia Sayer and her Joyride Quartet.” — OFFBEAT MAGAZINE

"Notable women in jazz have stood out as singers and sometimes as pianists. Cynthia Sayer has made her mark in the jazz world in an almost unheard of way, on banjo." — INTERNATIONAL MUSICIAN JOURNAL

"Cynthia Sayer is a talented jazz musician who sings and plays banjo with equal expertise. Her voice carries warmth and color ... and her rapid-fire style is phenomenal." — JAZZ TIMES

Photo credit: Gary Spector
https://www.birdlandjazz.com/attraction/cynthia+sayer/

Herbie Hancock 'still learning,' ...

Herbie Hancock 'still learning,' as eclectic music icon works on new album with Kendrick Lamar, Wayne Shorter and more

by George Varga - Contact Reporter
march 2, 2018

If anyone is surprised that such hip-hop stars as Common, Kendrick Lamar and Snoop Dogg have been recording with Herbie Hancock for the 77-year-old jazz keyboard legend’s next album, they haven’t paid attention to this genre-leaping maverick’s career.

The as-yet-untitled album also teams 14-time Grammy Award-winner Hancock with saxophone giant Wayne Shorter, who was his band mate in the fabled Miles Davis Quintet in the 1960s. And it features West African guitar ace Lionel Loueke, Indian tabla master Zakir Hussein and such young hip-hop and jazz-funk dynamos as shape-shifting producer Flying Lotus, bassist-singer Thundercat, tenor saxophonist Kamasi Washington and alto saxophonist and keyboardist Terrace Martin.

Loueke and Martin will perform in San Diego as members of Hancock’s latest band on Wednesday at the Balboa Theater in a concert presented by the La Jolla Music Society. The lineup is completed by bassist James Genus and drummer Vinnie Colaiuta, who also performed with Hancock at the keyboardist’s 2011 Balboa Theater concert.

Martin, 39, is producing Hancock’s still-in-progress album, after having previously done production work for Lamar, Snoop, Stevie Wonder and others. Hancock, in turn, has inspired at least two generations of hip-hop performers, thanks to his futuristic 1983 instrumental hit, “Rockit.” It has been sampled on more than 70 recordings by such diverse artists as Eric B. & Rakim, Grandmixer DST, Janet Jackson and C&C Music Factory.

read more at: http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/music/sd-et-music-herbie-hancock-20180302-story.html

the Jazzinstitut

7 March 2018

... what else ...

Ted Loos reports about a calliope project the artist Kara Walker designed for the art show Prospect New Orleans ( New York Times). --- Jessica Gelt talks to the trumpeter Herb Alpert about his "improv jazz poles" sculptures ( Los Angeles Times). --- Ami Yensi meets Cab Calloway's daughter Camay Calloway Murphy ( CBS Baltimore). --- Farina Witte talks to the German double bass player Lisa Hoppe ( Kreiszeitung). --- Howard Reich hears the trio of drummer Dana Hall at Winter's Jazz Club in Chicago ( Chicago Tribune). --- Adam Perlmutter talks to the guitarist Julian Lage ( Acoustic Guitar). --- Brandon Weber picks up a story which has circulated for a while of how Billie Holiday died because the Federal Bureau of Narcotics prevented hospital staff to administer methadone for her heroin addiction ( Progressive). --- Marc Montgomery reports about the record archive of Radio Canada in Montréal which decided to digitize its collection after which the physical records will be destroyed ( RCI). --- Howard Reich reports about the new executive director of the Jazz Institute of Chicago, Heather Ireland Robinson ( Chicago Tribune). --- Karen Ducey reports about (and shows pictures of) a 1920s jazz mural discovered in the former Louisa Hotel in Seattle, Washington ( Crosscut). --- The Japanese-German pianist Aki Takase will receive the Berlin Jazz Award ( Presseportal). --- Peter W. Ragge reports about the plans for the new jazz club "Ella and Louis" in Mannheim, Germany ( Mannheimer Morgen). --- Larry Blumenfeld remembers the impact of the late pianist Muhal Richard Abrams ( The Village Voice). --- Matthew Guerrieri reflects about the jazz content of George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" ( San Francisco Chronicle ). --- Jacqueline Quynh reports about the tuba of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band having been stolen ( WWLTV). --- Peter Hum talks to the saxophonist Branford Marsalis ( Ottawa Citizen). --- The German saxophonist Peter Brötzmann celebrates his 75th birthday these days, and Roland Spiegel sends his regards ( Bayerischer Rundfunk). --- Gene Lees' Jazzletter, a pre-Blog printed Blog of the late journalist, lyricist and vocalist, has been put online in its entirety ( Gene Lees Jazzletter). --- Aidin Vaziri hears the band Snarky Puppy at SFJazz Center ( San Francisco Chronicle ). --- Matt Sledge reports that trumpeter Irvin Mayfield asks a judge's permission to perform in South Africa ( The New Orleans Advocate). --- Toronto's Market Gallery shows an exhibition about the city's jazz scene since 1946 ( NewsWire). --- Tom Henry talks to the trumpeter Randy Brecker ( Toledo Blade). --- Yvette Feliciano talks to drummer Terri Lyne Carrington, bassist Esperanza Spalding, and vibraphonist Sasha Berliner about sexism in jazz ( PBS).

Obituaries

We learned of the passing of saxophonist Albert 'Sax' Berry at the age of 87 ( Philadelphia Tribune), the German-American composer and producer Heiner Stadler at the age of 75 ( Legacy), the Australian saxophonist and bassoonist Errol Buddle at the age of 89 ( Sydney Morning Herald), the pianist George Spaulding at the age of 95 ( Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ), the producer Rob Sunenblick at the age of 75 ( Legacy), the pianist Stephen M. Goodman at the age of 77 ( Philadelphia Inquirer), the Austrian composer Thomas Pernes at the age of 62 ( Der Standard), the German producer Achim Bergmann at the age of 74 ( Passauer Neue Presse), the trombonist Andre Stephani at the age of 83 ( Minneapolis Star-Tribune ), the founder of a record store imperium Russ Solomon at the age of 92 ( New York Times), as well as the German promoter Henry Storch at the age of 49 ( Rheinische Post).

Global Cuba Fest 2018

Global Cuba Fest 2018 - A Celebration of the Culture and Rhythms of Cuba in Miami in March

Global Cuba Fest 2018

Piano Marathon Cubano by Tony Perez

Yusa in Concert with Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez

March 10th at 8:30 p.m. at the Miami-Dade County Auditorium

Dafnis Prieto Sextet and Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita Transparent Water

March 16th and 17th at The Light Box at Goldman Warehouse

FUNDarte and Miami Light Project in collaboration with Miami Dade County Auditorium present Global Cuba Fest 2018 featuring the Piano Marathon Cubano by acclaimed pianist Tony Perez and world-renowned artist Yusa in Concert with Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez on Saturday March 10th  at Miami Dade County Auditorium, followed by Dafnis Prieto Sextet and Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita Transparent Water on March 16th and 17th at The Light Box at Goldman Warehouse.

Every year, FUNDarte and Miami Light Project, in collaboration with Miami Dade County Auditorium, team up to present Global Cuba Fest, a celebration of the culture and rhythms of Cuba, with concerts by an exciting array of artists from Cuba and the Cuban Diaspora.  This year’s lineup opens with a concert featuring Piano Marathon Cubano by celebrated pianist Tony Perez and multi-instrumentalist Yusa in Concert with Horacio El Negro Hernandez, both appearing on Saturday March 10 at 8:30 p.m. at On.Stage Black.Box Theater at the Miami Dade County Auditorium (2901 W Flagler St., Miami, FL 33135).

This program will be followed by Dafnis Prieto Sextet on March 16th and Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita Transparent Water on March 17th at The Light Box at Goldman Warehouse (404 NW 26 Street Miami, FL 33127).  These world-renowned Cuban artists will grace the Miami stage with concerts of virtuosic and soulfully rooted music that reinvents contemporary Cuban music!

Expand your musical horizons through the music of acclaimed Cuban pianist Tony Perez, considered one of Cuba’s top musical geniuses, in an unforgettable Piano Marathon Cubano that spans a range of diverse musical genres and styles, including jazz, salsa, timba, and even rock and funk. Bask in the soulful passion and sensuality of Yusa, a talented composer, multi-instrumentalist, and powerful vocalist gracing the Miami stage after successful engagements in cities around the globe. Yusa’s work defies any genre or category and incorporates world influences with introspective and transformative lyrics, often penned by the artist herself.

Shake your body to the rhythms of Dafnis Prieto, one of the leading drummers and composers of his generation, known for his inventive, sensitive playing and propulsive rhythms. His compositions, like his playing style, bristle with confidence, emotion, and energy, weaving musical narratives that are inviting and reflect the expansive musical influences that permeate his life. Omar Sosa’s latest project, Transparent Water presents a perfect example of Sosa’s transcendent determination to seek new musical ground through combinations that bring together diverse influences and forces. Sosa will be joined by Ovalles and Keita, who recently won the 2016 Songlines Best Album Award for Africa & the Middle East for his latest solo album 22 Strings.

Improvisational Time Capsules - Meditations

David Cain is a composer, performer and member of the award-winning improv trio, Wertico Cain & Gray. His latest album, MEDITATIONS, is the story of improvisational time capsules, moments of musical meditation. The spontaneous recordings were inspired by the memory of Cain’s composer-mentor, Dr. Roque Cordero. Cain says: “Roque taught me the importance of connecting to musical flow through daily improvisational practice, leading to idea development, orchestration... resulting in possibilities that might exist outside the usual boxes of melody, harmony, structure, and norms.”

Describing his piano improvisations as ‘meditations with the muse,’ David Cain brings together a lifetime of musical influences that ‘honor the past and welcome the future’. Before recording each improvisation, Cain would “ask the muse for inspiration and guidance.” The results: each improvisation creates its own atmosphere: elegiac and ecstatic, soulful and blithe…

Here are 19 Meditations along with their date/time of birth.

1. Sea Is Salt (6:09) 11-9-17 @ 11:49 a.m.  
2. East of the Sun (1:59) 11-10-17 @ 10:18 p.m.
3. West of the Moon (1:10) 11-10-17 @ 10:34 p.m. 
4. Seven Sails (5:18) 11-9-17 @ 1:10 p.m.
5. True and Untrue (1:32) 11-11-17 @ 10:26 p.m.
6. The Hemp Tree (2:25) 11-11-17 @ 10:39 p.m.
7. Tales of Cats (1:20) 11-20-17 @ 9:13 p.m. 
8. Big Glass Shoes (1:23) 11-20-17 @ 9:29 p.m.  
9. The Mermaid's Tale (1:34) 11-21-17 @ 10:22 p.m. 
10. What the Moon Saw (1:35) 11-24-17 @ 10:09 p.m. 
11. The Magician's Daughter (2:01) 11-26-17 @ 12:06 a.m.
12. In a Thousand Years (1:49) 11-26-17 @ 9:52 p.m.
13. The Snow Queen (1:44) 11-26-17 @ 10:01 p.m. 
14. The Red Shoes (2:12) 11-26-17 @ 10:10 p.m.
15. The Races (0:46) 11-27-17 @ 10:34 p.m. 
16. From the Sky (1:58) 11-27-17 @ 11:01 p.m. 
17. Monk's Tale (1:54) 11-27-17 @ 11:11 p.m. 
18. The Best Wish (1:55) 11-28-17 @ 7:44 p.m. 

19. Love Song (1:28) 11-29-17 @ 9:17 p.m.  Here are 19 Meditations along with their date/time of birth.

from: http://wcg.storyamp.com/dispatch/23912/9NBloqWFV_ud81-exbeu2A?storyamp_track=8739

jazz trumpeter #HughMasekela

At JazzWax, a look at the extraordinary life of jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela... https://t.co/9cItrDtrSU pic.twitter.com/WzyiKhTs83

— Marc Myers (@JazzWax) March 2, 2018

paying tribute to #CharlieParker ....

At JazzWax, 10 luscious videos of alto saxophonists paying tribute to Charlie Parker with Strings... https://t.co/3YjDq2oQu2 pic.twitter.com/jQEtEwESwr

— Marc Myers (@JazzWax) March 1, 2018

Nanette Fabray ...

At JazzWax, insight into why so few people today knew or remembered Nanette Fabray when she died a couple of weeks ago at 97. A ferociously talented dancer, singer, actress and comedian revisited... https://t.co/OwS1FVVevh pic.twitter.com/gcUv4JWU3q

— Marc Myers (@JazzWax) March 5, 2018

" #JackieMcLean on Mars"

At JazzWax, a 1979 Jackie McLean documentary, "Jackie McLean on Mars"... https://t.co/mQv5Im73YP pic.twitter.com/o6MQN2FLcz

— Marc Myers (@JazzWax) February 28, 2018