Lazaro Vega Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 (edited) From: http://www.bluelake.org/radio Under "The Jazz Datebook" Timely Hits: Thursday, September 25th at 8 p.m. “The Paganini of the double bass” travels from Paris to Kalamazoo and opens the new season jazz series presented by Fontana Chamber Arts. Renaud Garcia-Fons Trio features the five string bass virtuoso in a pan-global music, blending sounds from the Mediterranean, North Africa and India through the gypsy and Andalusian music traditions of Spain and presenting that blend through carefully composed or spontaneously improvised performances. “Arcoluz” is the newest recording/DVD by his trio featuring Kiko Ruiz, Flamenco guitar and percussionist Pascal Rollando. http://www.renaudgarciafons.com/ . All concerts take place in the Dalton Center Recital Hall, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo. The Tord Gustavsen Trio performs Thursday, January 15th at 8 p.m. and Stefon Harris and Blackout on Thursday May 14th. Information from (269) 382-7774. The Fontana Chamber Arts is located at the Epic Center, 359 S. Kalamazoo Mall, Suite. 200, Kalamazoo, MI 49007. www.fontanachamberarts.org . Saturday, September 27th at 8 p.m. the legendary jazz composer and saxophonist Wayne Shorter leads his quartet augmented by the African-American wind quintet, The Imani Winds, in his 75th birthday celebration at Ann Arbor’s Hill Auditorium, 825 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor. Please see www.ums.org/news for information or call (800) 221 – 1229. Saturday, September 27th at 8:30 p.m. nine-time Grammy Award-winning jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis leads The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in the premiere of Marsalis’s new piece “Two In 3” at Orchestra Hall, Detroit. . Tickets are available through the Max M. Fischer Music Center box office (3711 Woodward Avenue, Detroit), by calling (313) 576 – 5111, or logging on to www.detroitsymphony.com . Sunday, September 28th at 7 p.m. in Milwaukee, Alternating Currents live presents The Charlotte Hug and Fred Lonberg-Holm Duo in the Woodland Patterns Book Center, 720 East Locust Street, Milwaukee (414) 263 – 5001. Please see: http://www.woodlandpattern.org/gallery/acl.shtml . Friday, October 3rd at 8:15 p.m. bassist Tom Knific and Friends celebrate the release of Tom’s third CD, “Lines of Influence,” made possible through the Bullock Performance Institute, Western Michigan University School of Music, Kalamazoo. The Dalton Center Recital Hall Concert features Tom’s son John at the piano, with saxophonist Chris Beckstrom; percussionist Ryan Andrews, drummer Keith Hall and members of the Western Jazz Quartet sitting in. Tickets through the Miller Auditorium Box Office, (800) 228 – 9858. Sundays October 5th and 19th from 6 to 8 p.m. The Grand Rapids Jazz Orchestra performs at Founder’s Brewing Company, 235 Grandville Avenue S.W., Grand Rapids. They’ll be conducted by the Grammy Award Winning composer/bandleader Maria Schneider at Aquinas College in October. See below. Information from www.grjo.com. Sunday, October 5th Rag Time Rick and The Chefs of Dixieland; and play early jazz presented by The West Shore Jazz Society at The Oakridge Country Club Ballroom, 513 West Pontaluna Road, Muskegon. Tickets are $20 for members of the WSJS or $25 for non-members. The season includes these performances: November 2nd, The Chicago Salty Dogs. For season tickets or membership in The West Shore Jazz Society please call WSJS President Bill Blakeman at (231) 759 – 0071 or write West Shore Jazz Society, P.O. Box 175, Muskegon, MI 49443. Tuesday, October 7th at 7:30 p.m. guitar greats Jim Hall and Bill Frisell open the Jazz Series at the St. Cecilia Music Center’s Royce Auditorium, 24 Ransom Avenue N.E. The duo is performing at a select few venues to promote their recent collaborative album (released October 15th from www.artistshare.com ). Hall is coming off 9 weeks hospitalization following back surgery. Frisell is a former student of Halls and one of contemporary American music’s most prolific guitarists. The Jazz Series features vocalist Karrin Allyson on November 19th , and vocalist/pianist Freddy Cole, Nat King Cole’s younger brother, on January 22nd, 2009. Special season tickets are available from (616) 459 – 2224 or see www.scms-online.org . Wednesday and Thursday, October 8th and 9th the Grammy Award winning composer/bandleader Maria Schneider appears at Aquinas College, Grand Rapids. See www.mariaschneider.com for her incredible music. October 8th from noon to 1 p.m. in the Wege Center Loutit Room at Aquinas College Schneider discusses “how Does a Woman Make Her Place in the Jazz World?” Then, October 9th from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Maria Schneider and The Grand Rapids Jazz Orchestra in the Wege Center Ballroom present what’s been described by the Los Angeles Times as “the first truly novel approach to big jazz band composition of the new century.” Free tickets to the October 9th performance are available from the Circle Theater Box Office, 1703 Robinson Road SE, Grand Rapids, from Monday, October 6th through Thursday, October 9th. Any remaining tickets will be given away at the door from 5:30 to 7:15 p.m. the day of the show. Thursday, October 16th at 8 p.m. The Dave Brubeck Quartet appears in the Bank of America Paradise Jazz Series in Detroit’s Orchestra Hall. The piano legend is heard with Bobby Millitello, saxophone and flute; Michael Moore, bass and Randy Jones, drums. Tickets are available through the Max M. Fischer Music Center box office (3711 Woodward Avenue, Detroit), by calling (313) 576 – 5111, or logging on to www.detroitsymphony.com . Edited September 24, 2008 by Lazaro Vega Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe G Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 Thanks Laz! Looks like I'll be making some roadtrips, despite the cost of gas. BTW, I just saw Wynton's workshop with the Interlochen and MSU jazz bands on Monday, and in spite of the fact that, going in, I was slightly biased against him, I thought he did a great job with the whole thing. Sundays October 5th and 19th from 6 to 8 p.m. The Grand Rapids Jazz Orchestra performs at Founder’s Brewing Company, 235 Grandville Avenue S.W., Grand Rapids. They’ll be conducted by the Grammy Award Winning composer/bandleader Maria Schneider at Aquinas College in October. Jesus - I've never seen Founder's and Maria Schneider mentioned in the same paragraph before. For a split second I thought I might have a chance to raise a Dirty Bastard with Maria! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free For All Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 I might have a chance to raise a Dirty Bastard with Maria! Is that code? I'm never sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 Hehehe. Raise a dirty bastard. Heehehehehee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Skid Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 Thanks for posting, Lazaro. And thanks VERY MUCH for the "Jazz Datebook". Just came back from TIJO at the Westside Inn -- I believe they are playing every other week through Sept/Oct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 I might have a chance to raise a Dirty Bastard with Maria! Is that code? I'm never sure. Its a really tasty scottish ale from Founders Brewery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheldonm Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 I might have a chance to raise a Dirty Bastard with Maria! Is that code? I'm never sure. Its a really tasty scottish ale from Founders Brewery. Hey Sal....didn't know you drank beer??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazaro Vega Posted September 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 There's a lot going on. We're broadcasting interviews these days with Jim Hall, Wayne Shorter, members of the Imani Winds and, hopefully soon, Maria Schneider. In talking with Monica Ellis, bassoonist in the Imani Winds, we focused on Shorter's compositions “Pegasus,” “Prometheus Unbound” and “The Three Marias” which the winds play with him in concert Saturday in Ann Arbor. She mentioned Shorter recently played “Prometheus Unbound” with the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam; that he took a section from the large orchestra work and scored it for the wind quintet. In any case, about 5 minutes of the conversation will air Saturday morning between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. via www.bluelake.org/radio during “Jazz a la Carte.” Most of that hour will feature a few recorded quotes by Shorter, too, and guitarist Jim Hall talking about recording with Sonny Rollins (Hall’s in Grand Rapids October 7th with guitarist Bill Frisell). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazaro Vega Posted September 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 It's just been announced that Jim Hall is having emergency back surgery and will not be appearing in Grand Rapids on October 7th as planned. Russell Malone will appear to play duets with Bill Frisell. Hall had been laid up for 9 weeks in the hospital already this year following back surgery -- fractured disc. He'd been up and about using a cane but was on the mend more than fully functioning. Hope he gets better soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe G Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 Sorry for Jim. Malone and Frisell seems an extremely odd combination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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