For this Fridays at Five stream, the masterful drummer and SFJAZZ Resident Artistic Director Terri Lyne Carrington replaces Blade, bringing her singular approach to Shorter’s music that she’s cultivated over a three-decade association with him including appearances on his 1988 album Joy Ryder, 1995’s High Life, and 2003’s Alegria. He brought his telepathic quartet for this special night. Santos is truly a part of the SFJAZZ family, having performed at the very first Jazz in the City festival in 1983 and helping open the SFJAZZ Center in 2013 as part of the first crop of SFJAZZ Resident Artistic Directors.
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It’s a Big Apple crew that “looks to South Asia,” says the , “pumping out Bollywood tunes and Sufi songs with a crackling beat and the muscle of horns blasting in unison, putting some New York bluster atop faraway roots.” They performed at SFJAZZ in support of their then-recent release, , and have returned numerous times, most recently in special performances called “Festival of Colors” in observance of the Hindu holiday Holi. Schedule. w/ Wayne Shorter, Danilo Pérez, John Patitucci, & Terri Lyne Carringtonw/ Ravi Coltrane, Joe Lovano, Geri Allen, Drew Gress, & Ralph Peterson Jr.With this exclusive concert from the opening week of our 2017-18 Season, one NEA Jazz Master honors the legacy of another.
With guidance from her vocalist mother and inspiration from Mexican singing greats Chavela Vargas and Lucha Villa balanced by the gamut of American music she heard in the States, Downs made her major label debut with 1999’s jazz-informed , and her contributions to the 2002 Frida Kahlo biopic elevated her status to that of a major international star. Courtesy.
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For nearly four decades – and especially since the opening of the SFJAZZ Center in 2013 – this organization has worked to honor the ever-changing jazz tradition and to build a community around this unparalleled American art form. This concert, the first night of the series, boasted a stellar quintet led by tenor giant and former SFJAZZ Resident Artistic Director Joe Lovano that included Ravi Coltrane, pianist Geri Allen, bassist Drew Gress, and drummer Ralph Peterson Jr.Recorded on December 9, 1964, Coltrane’s devotional masterpiece is among the most influential and enduring recordings in jazz history, and has earned its place as one of the definitive artistic statements of the 20This once-in-a-lifetime performance from December 2014 was culled from one the most memorable weeks in SFJAZZ’s history, in which we celebrated the 50 Anniversary of jazz legend John Coltrane’s magnum opus Each night of this special week was curated by saxophonist and composer Ravi Coltrane, John Coltrane’s son, and featured a different spectacular lineup of master musicians performing Coltrane’s timeless music.