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Saturday, January 18, 2020 ~ 8pm
Monty Alexander
featuring JJ Shakur and Jason Brown
Born in Kingston, Jamaica on D-Day, Monty Alexander was blessed with prodigious pianistic skills that were evident from age four, a fairly typical age for wunderkinds. He began classical piano training at six and with a notable change of emphasis, was becoming an accomplished jazz interpreter by 14. He was gigging in Kingston clubs in his teens when his family moved briefly to Miami and then settled to New York. In this jazz-rich atmosphere, Monty caught on with major players and formed friendships with bassist Ray Brown and another giant, vibist Milt Jackson. He recorded his first album as a leader at just 20 and flourished as a bandleader ever since.
Monty’s playing has always retained a strong Caribbean influence, but with a significant bebop flavor and a bright swinging feeling. Influenced predominantly by Nat Cole, Oscar Peterson, and Wynton Kelly, Alexander became known for his surprise musical twists and the ability to build dramatic suspense. His roots are evident in all of his playing, both on piano and the related melodica, a keyboarded wind instrument. His latest recording in an impressive oeuvre of 95 albums(!) is WAREIKA HILL - RastaMonk Vibrations, Monty Alexander's delightfully imaginative, unique and compelling interpretation of the music of Thelonious Monk, released August 2019 on MACD Records.
ARTISTIC PERSONNEL
Monty Alexander – piano and melodica
J.J. Shakur – double bass
Jason Brown – drums
2020 CONCERT PROFILES
Saturday, February 15, 2020 ~ 8pm
Nestor Torres
Saturday, March 21, 2020 ~ 8pm
Jazzmeia Horn
Saturday, April 25, 2020 ~ 8pm
Celebrating Charlie Parker
The Javon Jackson Quintet featuring Donald Harrison
Saturday, May 16, 2020 ~ 8pm
Christian Sands Trio
Saturday, June 13, 2020 ~ 8pm
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Monty Alexander
featuring JJ Shakur and Jason Brown
Born in Kingston, Jamaica on D-Day, Monty Alexander was blessed with prodigious pianistic skills that were evident from age four, a fairly typical age for wunderkinds. He began classical piano training at six and with a notable change of emphasis, was becoming an accomplished jazz interpreter by 14. He was gigging in Kingston clubs in his teens when his family moved briefly to Miami and then settled to New York. In this jazz-rich atmosphere, Monty caught on with major players and formed friendships with bassist Ray Brown and another giant, vibist Milt Jackson. He recorded his first album as a leader at just 20 and flourished as a bandleader ever since.
Monty’s playing has always retained a strong Caribbean influence, but with a significant bebop flavor and a bright swinging feeling. Influenced predominantly by Nat Cole, Oscar Peterson, and Wynton Kelly, Alexander became known for his surprise musical twists and the ability to build dramatic suspense. His roots are evident in all of his playing, both on piano and the related melodica, a keyboarded wind instrument. His latest recording in an impressive oeuvre of 95 albums(!) is WAREIKA HILL - RastaMonk Vibrations, Monty Alexander's delightfully imaginative, unique and compelling interpretation of the music of Thelonious Monk, released August 2019 on MACD Records.
ARTISTIC PERSONNEL
Monty Alexander – piano and melodica
J.J. Shakur – double bass
Jason Brown – drums
Bailey Hall at Broward College
3501 Davie Road, Building 4
Davie, FL 33314
(954)201-6884
South Florida JAZZ, South Florida’s premier jazz organization, in partnership with Bailey Hall, announces another world-class lineup for its third season at the elegant Broward College venue with state-of-the-art sound.
Bailey Hall is located on the A. Hugh Adams Central Campus at 3501 SW Davie Rd. in Davie and offers free parking. SUBSCRIPTION TICKETS and INDIVIDUAL TICKTETS are available online by visiting www.BaileyHall.org or contacting the Bailey Hall box office at (954) 201-6884. The box office and phone lines are open Monday through Friday from noon to 5 p.m.; Saturday from 7:00 p.m. until curtain time. All performances commence at 8:00 p.m.
Bailey Hall is located on the A. Hugh Adams Central Campus at 3501 SW Davie Rd. in Davie and offers free parking. SUBSCRIPTION TICKETS and INDIVIDUAL TICKTETS are available online by visiting www.BaileyHall.org or contacting the Bailey Hall box office at (954) 201-6884. The box office and phone lines are open Monday through Friday from noon to 5 p.m.; Saturday from 7:00 p.m. until curtain time. All performances commence at 8:00 p.m.
2020 CONCERT PROFILES
Saturday, February 15, 2020 ~ 8pm
Nestor Torres
Born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, dynamic flautist Néstor Torres resided in Miami for many years and currently lives in California. Néstor has retained his Caribbean roots, while exploring jazz in its many forms with intriguing fusions with other genres. While his early inspirations were Dave Brubeck, Tito Puente and Cal Tjader, his early heroes were the classical flute icons Jean Pierre Rampal and his "man with the golden flute" (literally) successor, James Galway. Beyond them, his influences include Cuban legend Richard Egües, and jazz greats Herbie Mann and Hubert Laws.
Saturday, March 21, 2020 ~ 8pm
Jazzmeia Horn
Originally from Dallas, Texas, Jazzmeia Horn became a New Yorker while attending the New School. Possessing a luminous gift that the late great Jon Hendricks called "... one of the best voices I've heard in over 40 years," the 2015 Thelonious Monk Competition winner is a rising jazz superstar. Her 2017 debut, A Social Call, was nominated for a Grammy® Award and voted the best jazz vocal debut in the 2017 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll.
Saturday, April 25, 2020 ~ 8pm
Celebrating Charlie Parker
The Javon Jackson Quintet featuring Donald Harrison
There is only one individual who unquestionably revolutionized jazz, taking it from the bouncy, danceable Swing Era to searing Bebop. That was Kansas City-born alto saxophonist Charlie "Bird" Parker. His impact on the emerging art form was astounding and breathtaking, creating an extraordinary improvisational style and even an iconoclastic lifestyle that changed music and individual expression forever. The band paying tribute to Bird includes saxophonists Javon Jackson and Donald Harrison, pianist George Cables, bassist Gerald Cannon, and drummer McClenty Hunter.
Christian Sands Trio
Christian Sands was born in New Haven, Connecticut. Like many accomplished performers, he began piano lessons at the age of four. He comments that "I grew up with [the piano] in the house, in the classroom and on stage, so it has always been a huge part of my life." As a teenager he was mentored by the legendary Billy Taylor. He then went on to study at the Manhattan School of Music. Upon graduation, he joined acclaimed bassist Christian McBride's Inside Straight band and also McBride's trio. Christian now leads his own band full-time.
Saturday, June 13, 2020 ~ 8pm
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Over the course of a multifaceted career, Grammy and Tony Award-winning jazz giant Dee Dee Bridgewater reached the upper echelon of vocalists, putting her unique spin on standards, as well as taking intrepid leaps of faith in re-structuring jazz classics. A fearless explorer and keeper of tradition, the three-time Grammy-winner won the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album for Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee. In addition, in 2017, Ms Bridgewater was the recipient of the NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship, the highest award our nation bestows upon jazz artists.
Funding for South Florida JAZZ is provided in part by grant from
the Broward County Board of County Commissioners as
recommended by the Broward Cultural Division.
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