presents
Jeff Berlin Trio
w/ Special Guest
Othello Molineaux
Saturday, February 8, 2014 ~
8pm
South
Florida JAZZ announces that steel
drum legend, OTHELLO MOLINEAUX,
will join electric bass guitar virtuoso JEFF BERLIN and his trio. An
internationally acclaimed performer, Othello is world-renowned on his
instrument. He has had a storied career alongside Jaco Pastorius and also Monty
Alexander, but also has played extensively with Jeff Berlin. The band features
pianist-acoustic bassist Richard Drexler and drummer Mike Clark, formerly a
member of Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters band. And now, Mr. Molineaux will add
his special dimension to the band.
Pre-concert
musical entertainment will be provided in the courtyard in front of the Miniaci
Performing Arts Center from 7:00 – 7:45 PM by the WDNA Jazz Bootcamp Ensemble,
ages 11-17 under the direction of performer-educator Nicole Yarling.
JEFF
BERLIN TRIO
Jeff
Berlin is a virtuoso of the electric bass. Simply put, he is considered by many
to be the finest bass guitar player in the world. Noted for his fluid, lyrical
playing, he was also a pioneer of “slap bass” when he brought this percussive
style of bass playing in 1979 to an entirely new audience on the tune
cryptically named “5G!” Jeff also pioneered the two-handed tapping technique.
In a sense, he is the Stanley Jordan of the bass guitar. While known as a major
innovator through his incisive playing through recordings and performances for
more than three decades, legendary electric bassist Jaco Pastorius actually
regarded Jeff as a better soloist; and Marcus Miller told people that he wanted
to be “the black Jeff Berlin.”
A
special guest on this date is steel drum (pan) master, Othello Molineaux, a long-time
associate of these players and also a close friend and mainstay in the bands of
bass legend Jaco Pastorius and pianist Monty Alexander. Othello is
world-renown. While the steel drum might evoke Calypso music, with Othello, it
is pure jazz.
Many
have said that they have never heard anyone play with Jeff’s melodic fluidity.
He is making new fans all the time, while his playing continues to influence a
new generation of bass players. His teaching continues to inspire and advance
players wishing to know about the language of their art. Jeff Berlin is a
master.
ARTISTIC PERSONNEL:
Jeff Berlin
– electric bass guitar
Richard
Drexler – piano and acoustic bass
Mike Clark –
drums
Othello Molineaux – steel drums
South Florida JAZZ, in its 22nd
year, as the principal purveyors of modern jazz in the region since 1992,
formally announces its new season schedule. All eight performances will be held
at the Rose & Alfred Miniaci Performing Arts Center, 3100 Ray Ferrero, Jr Blvd Nova Southeastern
University campus in Davie
Tickets
to all concerts can be purchased from the Broward Center box office at
954-462-0222; toll-free at 877-311-SHOW, online at southfloridajazz.org
or browardcenter.org.
Tickets: $40; students $15; $300
eight-concert subscriptionAll seating is reserved
Free parking courtesy of South Florida JAZZ
2014 Concerts
March 8, 2014 - WILL CALHOUN ENSEMBLE
Will Calhoun won two Grammy Awards and
became famous as a drummer of the rock group Living Colour. Will returns to his
jazz roots with his core trio that features the virtuosic bassist Charnett
Moffett and keyboard star, Marc Cary, augmented by tenor saxophone rising star
Marcus Strickland and trumpeter Brian Lynch – all big dawgs in the jazz scene
and it shows in this energetic band.
April 12, 2014 – BRAD MEHLDAU TRIO
One of the most lyrical and intimate voices
of contemporary jazz piano, Brad Mehldau has forged a unique path, which
embodies the essence of jazz exploration, classical romanticism, and pop
allure. With his trio featuring bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jeff
Ballard, he is now amongst the most famous and regarded fixtures in modern
music with supreme confidence in his deconstruction of varied source material.
May 10, 2014 – DIANE SCHUUR
Vocalist Diane Schuur has built a stellar
career by embracing not only traditional modern jazz repertoire and the
American Songbook, but also contemporary pop and even some country music with
her distinctively jazz flavoring. Her various collaborations have resulted in
numerous #1 Billboard chart ratings and two Grammys in five nominations.
Deedles’ multi-octave voice, to say the very least, is unique.
June 14, 2014 – CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE TRIO
Grammy Award winner Christian McBride, who
comes from the Ray Brown tradition, is a chameleonic virtuoso both of the
acoustic and electric bass, stands tall among his peers, doing things that
never have been done on the instrument before. His trio that features emerging
stars, pianist Christian Sands, and drummer Ulysses Owens, Jr, is dazzling!
Funding
for this organization is provided in part by the Broward County Board of
Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council
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