presents the world-traveling
on February 9, 2013.
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(Featured in the February online edition of
Jazz & Blues
www.JazzBluesFlorida.com - to be posted 2/1/13) |
This poll-winning band features Tel
Aviv natives and siblings reedists Anat and Yuval, and trumpet star Avishai.
Another prominent Israeli, bassist Omer Avital is part of an all-star rhythm
section featuring pianist Aaron Goldberg and drummer Johnathan Blake. This is
the first trip to South Florida for these
acclaimed young instrumentalists, all of whose stars are rapidly ascending.
South Florida JAZZ, in its 21st year, as the
principal purveyors of modern jazz in the region since 1991, formally announces
its new season schedule. All performances will be held at the Rose & Alfred
Miniaci Performing Arts Center, 3100
Ray Ferrero, Jr Blvd Nova Southeastern University campus
in Davie , Florida
Subscriptions
and individual tickets to all concerts can be purchased from the Broward Center
2013 Concerts
Tickets: $40 and $15 for students with I.D.
Tickets: $40 and $15 for students with I.D.
All seating is reserved
"To the ranks of the Heaths of Philadelphia ,
the Joneses of Detroit and the Marsalises of New Orleans
— All About Jazz
The
best jazz groups are made up of kindred spirits, but the rare family band has
something more – an intuitive feel for each other that goes beyond words and
gestures into a kind of telepathy. The 3 Cohens are that sort of uncommon
collective, a trio of siblings from Tel Aviv, Israel – saxophonist/clarinetist
Anat, trumpeter Avishai, and soprano saxophonist Yuval – whose sense of
improvisational interplay is both uncannily fluent and wonderfully,
infectiously warm. Along with performing on stages the world over, the 3 Cohens
record together on Anzic Records, the most recent being the acclaimed Family
that features the three Israeli horn players in league with swinging New
Yorkers who are their touring rhyt hm section: pianist Aaron Goldberg, bassist
Matt Penman, and drummer Gregory Hutchinson. Family underscores the fact that
even with the individual careers each of the Cohens pursues to increasing
international success, there is something special about the music the three
make together. "We can talk without talking," says Anat, the middle
child. "Often, we don't even have to look at each other onstage. We have
such history together that we feel each other through the music."
Yuval,
Anat and Avishai Cohen grew up in Tel Aviv under the same roof and attended the
same schools, with the common environment helping to shape close musical
tastes, approaches and ideas. The three studied classical music at the esteemed
Thelma Yellin High School Boston
Acclaim
for 3 Cohens Sextet was immediate. According to All About Jazz, "What
gives 3 Cohens a certain edge is the simpatico they share, extending beyond merely
being siblings; it involves all three sharing the common bond of music from an
early age, and the kind of comfort level and intuition that can only come from
playing together for many years. The result is a front line that finds pleasure
in the subtlest nuances. While there are hints of their ethnic heritage, this
music is clearly rooted in contemporary post-bop… Throughout, a joyfulness
pervades these performances." The New York Times enthused over the group's
"family sound" and "intuitive counterpoint" before pointing
out the players' individual qualities: "Anat has emerged as one of the
best clarinet players in jazz, with a warm and singing tone; Avishai can play
bebop and ballad lines and outer-limit trumpet sounds with tireless fluency;
and Yuval has a full and relaxed sound on soprano."
ARTISTIC PERSONNEL
Anat
Cohen – tenor and soprano saxophones and clarinet
Avishai
Cohen – trumpet
Yuval
Cohen – soprano saxophone
Aaron
Goldberg – piano
Omer
Avital – double bass
Johnathan
Blake - drums
A
superior soloist, accompanist and interpreter of ballads, Fred Hersch began to
play the piano at age four and composed and improvised by seven. Following
graduation from the New England Conservatory in 1977, the Cincinnati
April 13, 2013 – 8:00 PM
It
is helpful to understand that “hollow body” refers to a guitar construction!
The band features two guitarists - the other being the redoubtable Mike Stern -
who were Gary Burton protégés and also played in 1980s iterations of the Miles
Davis band, giving both bona fide fusion credentials. Scofield, or “Sco,” as he
is universally known, has influenced jazz since the late 70’s and is still
going strong. Sco is a masterful jazz improviser whose music generally falls
somewhere between post- bop jazz, funk-edged electronica, and even R & B.
He is comfortable in several idioms and blurs the lines at will creating a
distinctive musical style and personality.
May 11, 2013 – 8:00 PM
A
supreme trumpeter and flugelhornist, Tom Harrell creates a seemingly endless
flow of bubbling, intricate ideas conveyed with an almost serene delivery.
Neither aggressively avant-garde, nor riveted in the past, Tom Harrell’s music
simply celebrates sonic beauty for its own sake. Praised for his pure melodic
brilliance, he is widely recognized as one of the most creative and
uncompromising jazz instrumentalists and composers of our time. For over four
decades, close to 300 recordings, and numerous accolades, Tom manages to stay
fresh. His quintet has shown remarkable continuity and cohesion. It is a great
band.
June 8, 2013 – 8:00 PM
There
are no obvious parallels in the music industry. Chicago native Kurt Elling
is the greatest male jazz singer – or just jazz singer – of our time. In a
career spanning 16 years, Elling has risen to international prominence as a
jazz artist and creative singer. An intellectual superman, he is a master of
“vocalese” and scatting. Remarkably, each of his nine albums was nominated for
a Grammy® Award and Dedicated to You won in 2010. He is a
perennial critics poll-winner and his quartet tours the world, performing to
critical acclaim in Europe, Asia, Canada , Israel , and Australia
Funding for this organization is
provided in part by the Broward
County
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