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BlackRock Center for the Arts Announces the 2008-2009 Jazz Series!
Subscribe now and save 15% off the regular ticket price for five performances by some of the hottest names in jazz!
SERIES PRICE: $121 (Orchestra); $99 (Balcony)
Yellowjackets
Saturday, September 20, 2008, 8
p.m.
TICKETS:
Orchestra: $35 (advance); $40 (at-the-door)
Balcony:
$30 (advance); $35 (at-the-door)
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In the natural world, yellow jackets sting. One synonym for sting (according to Roget) is electrify. That follows, because in the jazz world, Yellowjackets electrify … audiences, critics, other artists or anyone else who has had the privilege of hearing them. Since bursting onto the jazz scene in 1981 with its self-titled debut album, the Yellowjackets have created a sensational buzz, carving a niche among the premier artists on the jazz fusion scene. From its foundation of jazz, funk, rock and R&B, through the multitude of Grammy nominations and awards, the Yellowjackets continue unabashedly to break new ground in the fusion arena, never fearing to take a groove to unseen heights. Or, as more aptly noted by All About Jazz, "these guys are tight"!
Chiara Civello
Thursday, October 23, 2008, 7:30
p.m.
TICKETS:
Orchestra: $27 (advance); $32 (at-the-door)
Balcony:
$22 (advance); $27 (at-the-door)
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The legendary Tony Bennett calls Chiara Civello "the best jazz singer of her generation." Billboard praises her "beauty, charm and allure." The International Herald Tribune declared that "her combination of personality, soulfulness and sophistication [is] striking." Quite a journey, figuratively, from her childhood days in Rome playing her grandma's piano. The journey continues, literally-from her jazz studies at the prestigious Berklee College of Music through the years honing her craft on the Boston jazz scene to her current status among the elite artists of Latin and Brazilian jazz. With her sultry voice and poetic lyrics, she suggests the sensuous stylings of Sade or Astrud Gilberto of Girl From Ipanema fame. Suggestion, however, is not sufficient. Seeing and hearing is believing, and Chiara Civello is in a class all by herself.
Christian McBride
Saturday, December 13, 2008, 8
p.m.
TICKETS:
Orchestra: $29 (advance); $34 (at-the-door)
Balcony:
$24 (advance); $29 (at-the-door)
Made possible in part by a grant from
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation in partnership with the National Endowment for the
Arts Regional Touring Program.
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There's the Grammy Awards. And Rolling Stone's Hot Jazz Artist Award. And Jazz Time's Reader's Poll Award for best acoustic and electric bass. And commissions for compositions from the National Endowment for the Arts and Lincoln Center, among others. Plus kudos from a multitude of critics. Add in the respect of fellow jazz artists like McCoy Tyner and Diane Krall and Pat Metheny with whom he's been sideman (over 230 albums at last count) and, well … how many accolades can one artist accumulate, for Pete's sake?! If you're the fabulously talented Christian McBride, there's no limit. Since 1989, Christian has taken the jazz world by storm with his stunning versatility, dabbling in hip-hop, funk and pop, as well as more traditional jazz. He is simply, as one critic notes, "the standout bassist of our time."
Triplicity
featuring Rick Whitehead, John
Previti and Timm Biery
Saturday, January 31, 2009, 8
p.m.
TICKETS:
Orchestra: $24 (advance); $29 (at-the-door)
Balcony:
$19 (advance); $24 (at-the-door)
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After guitar legend Danny Gatton's death in 1994, the surviving members of his trio, bassist John Previti and drummer Timm Biery, asked guitarist Rick Whitehead to join them in a tribute to Gatton at the Smithsonian. Appearing as the Rick Whitehead Trio, the group's never-recorded performance has taken on near-mythic proportions for the D.C. contemporary jazz crowd. In 2005, several years and numerous individual Wammie Awards later, the group began talks about reuniting, this time as Triplicity. Three amazing musicians in their own right, with a name that celebrates the versatility of the three-their varied backgrounds in jazz and rock; their diverse stylistic approaches; their numerous past and present band mates, including Doc Severinson, Roy Clark, Nils Lofgren, Dianne Schuur, Sarah Vaughn, Root Boy Slim, Martha and the Vandellas and the list goes on and on. We'd suggest you not miss it this time around …
Omar
Sosa Afreecanos Quartet
Saturday, March 28, 2009, 8
p.m.
TICKETS:
Orchestra: $27 (advance); $32 (at-the-door)
Balcony:
$22 (advance); $27 (at-the-door)
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While growing up in Camaguey, Cuba, Omar Sosa listened to many styles of music at home-Nat King Cole, Chucho Valdes, Orquesta Aragon, Pacho Alonso, Benny More, and a lot of classical music. Such a mélange of influences are evident in his work today, pushing Omar to the forefront of the Afro-Caribbean and Latin jazz scene, as evidenced by his numerous Grammy nominations and a lifetime achievement award from the Smithsonian-all by the age of 38! The New York Time effuses praise when it says "Sosa's music is the unifying sort, yoking together Africa and jazz and Latin America and hip-hop. He makes it work, being one of those rare birds whose keyboard skills are near those of Chick Corea or Chucho Valdés." The Village Voice echoes the acclaim, noting "Sosa's pianisms evoke distant echoes of McCoy Tyner's power, Keith Jarrett's improvisational flights of fancy, and Thelonious Monk's angular harmonies, transforming the piano into 88 well-tuned drums."
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