 Jazz at the Maverick
Saturday, July 1, 2017 8 pm
Arturo O’Farrill Quintet
Feat.
Arturo O’Farrill on Piano with sons Zack on Drums and Adam on Trumpet;
Bambam Rodriquez on Bass and Livio Almeida on Saxophone
Five-time Grammy winning Afro-Cuban Jazz legend artfully blends textures and rhythms of South America and the Caribbean.
This performance is made possible with support from Sally Grossman
General Admission $30 Reserved Seating $55 Students $5
About Arturo
Five-time
Grammy winning pianist, composer, and educator Arturo O’Farrill, is the
son of the late, Afro-Cuban jazz legend Chico O’Farrill. He has played
with jazz masters Carla Bley, Dizzy Gillespie, Steve Turre, Lester Bowie
and was a long-time music director for Harry Belafonte. Arturo has
performed worldwide in high profile performances at the Lincoln Center;
Charleston’s Spoleto and Newport and Taiwan’s Taichung Jazz Festivals;
and has enjoyed a long-standing residency at New York’s Symphony Space.
He has also accompanied Ballet Hispánico and the Malpaso Dance Company,
for whom he has written three ballets.
Currently, Arturo’s Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra continues the tradition of performing every Sunday
night at Birdland, which has for decades, been one of the most popular
jazz clubs in the country. He travels regularly to Cuba as an informal
cultural ambassador, working with Cuban musicians and students, bringing
Cuban musicians to the US, and bringing American musicians to Cuba.
His newest album release (August 21, 2015) is Cuba: The Conversation Continues on the Motéma label. This album’s “Afro Latin Jazz Suite” was awarded the 2016 Grammy award for Best Instrumental Composition.
With his lightning fast fingers and the ensemble’s hot horns and pulsating rhythms, Arturo O’Farrill’s Jazz at the Maverick is certain to be a high-energy, unforgettable performance.
“Hooting
and slewing between pan-Latin fusion, American hard bop, swing and
classical – O’Farrill blazes with his father’s fire.”
Ronnie Scott’s, London.
 JAZZ AT THE MAVERICK
Saturday, July 15, 2017 8 pm
Bill Charlap Trio
Feat. Bill Charlap on piano, Peter Washington on double bass and Kenny Washington on drums.
Grammy award winning jazz great returns to the Maverick by popular demand.
General Admission $30 Reserved Seating $55 Students $5
About Bill Charlap
One
of the world’s premier jazz pianists, Grammy award winner Bill Charlap
has performed and recorded with many leading artists of our time,
ranging from jazz masters Phil Woods and Wynton Marsalis to singers Tony
Bennett and Barbra Streisand. Since 1997, he has led the Bill Charlap
Trio with bassist Peter Washington and drummer Kenny Washington, now
recognized as one of the leading groups in jazz. Charlap is the artistic
director of 92Y's Jazz in July Festival in NYC, and in 2017 will
celebrate his 13th Anniversary as director. He has also produced
concerts for Jazz at the Lincoln Center, the JVC Jazz Festival and the
Hollywood Bowl. Tony Bennett and Bill Charlap are the recipients of a
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop album, for their 2015 release - The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern.
BILL CHARLAP TRIO: NOTES FROM NEW YORK is out on Impulse!
Featuring the trio in peak performance, a 5-star Downbeat review
hails this performance as, "A master class in class." Lyricists Alan
& Marilyn Bergman said, "Bill Charlap's playing is unique, warm and
intelligent. He not only plays the melody - he also plays the lyric.
And, for lyric writers, that's as good as it gets.”
Jazz at the Maverick
 Saturday, July 29, 2017 8 pm
Eldar Djangirov Trio
Feat. Eldar Djangirov on piano, Raviv Markowitz on bass, and Eric Doob on drums.
"Eldar’s command of his instrument is beyond staggering." Downbeat Magazine
General Admission $25 Reserved Seating $45 Students $5
About Eldar Djangirov
When
Eldar Djangirov (pronounced john-’gear-ov) was signed to Sony
Masterworks at the age of seventeen, the young pianist from Kansas City
was already well known for his prodigious pyrotechnics and precocious
knowledge of the bebop tradition. Along the way, he has had the good
fortune to work with jazz masters Dr. Billy Taylor, Michael Brecker,
Marian McPartland, Dave Brubeck, Wynton Marsalis, Joshua Redman, Roy
Hargrove, and many others. Through these and other wonderful musical
experiences, Eldar continues to explore new frontiers through composing
and performing, enabling him ultimately to realize his own musical
vision.
Eldar
has appeared at the Tokyo, Lionel Hampton, Vienna, and Monterey Jazz
Festivals to name a few, and has toured extensively worldwide. High
profile performances include the Hollywood Bowl and Carnegie Hall. Eldar
has been seen on national TV including the 2000 and 2008 Grammy
Awards, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, CBS Saturday Early Show, and Jimmy Kimmel Live.
He has also played with the world renowned NHK Symphony Orchestra, the
Russian National Orchestra, and the San Diego Symphony Orchestra.
Eldar’s fifth recording, entitled Three Stories, is his first solo piano album and has garnered rave reviews:
- “This
is certainly jazz piano, but it’s the kind that belongs in a recital
hall. Djangirov gets to the heart of every song” Dan Bilawsky, All About Jazz
- “Something special goes on her In Djangirov’s hands, the piano is a dramatic personage” Karl Stark, Philadelphia Inquirer
- “Djangirov’s playing is simply flawless.” Jeff Tamarkin, All Music Guide
Performance Quote:
- “His command of his instrument is beyond staggering.” Downbeat
 Jazz at the Maverick
Saturday, September 2, 2017 8 pm
Karl Berger and the Creative Music Studio™ - IN THE SPIRIT OF DON CHERRY
General Admission $25 Reserved Seating $45 Students $5
Jazz
at the Maverick presents the CMS Improvisers Octet, exploring themes
from some of Don Cherry’s visionary recordings as well as pieces by
other composers that follow his lead into “world fusion.” The
ensemble’s “In the Spirit of Don Cherry” performance will use pieces
from these materials as launching pads for improvised interpretations
that weave together jazz, world music and contemporary music.
The
ensemble features musicians who played with Cherry including Karl
Berger (piano, vibes, leader), Bob Stewart (tuba), Steven Bernstein
(trumpet), Peter Apfelbaum (reeds, percussion), Graham Haynes
(cornet), Ingrid Sertso (vocals); along with Adam Lane (bass) and Tani
Tabbal (drums).
About Don Cherry
Noted
for his long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman, which began
in the late 1950s, Don Cherry became a pioneer of world-fusion music in
the 1960s. During this period, he incorporated various ethnic styles
into his playing and composing. Cherry, who died in 1995, was essential
to the creation and development of the Creative Music Studio™. He
inspired many of its methodologies, taught many CMS workshops and
founded his legendary group, Codona, at CMS. A suite of his is included
in CMS Archive Project Selections Vol. 2, released last year.
About The Creative Music Studio™ and Karl Berger
CMS
engages musicians and listeners from all backgrounds and traditions,
deepening and transforming their personal experience, understanding, and
expression of music as a universal language. Over its 45 year history,
hundreds of artists from all over the world representing nearly every
style or genre of music have taught and performed at CMS. CMS was
founded in 1973 by artistic director Karl Berger, composer, arranger,
conductor, pianist, and vibraphonist, along with Ornette Coleman and
Ingrid Sertso. The six-time winner of the Downbeat Critics Poll and
recipient of numerous other awards in the US and Europe, Karl holds a
PhD in music esthetics and has been a professor of composition and an
artist-in-residence at universities, schools, and festivals worldwide.
He has recorded and performed with Don Cherry, Lee Konitz, John
McLaughlin, Gunther Schuller, Dave Brubeck, Dave Holland, Ed Blackwell,
Pharoah Sanders, and many others.
About Maverick Concerts
Maverick Concerts, Inc.,
is a 501c3 not-for-profit organization. Concerts are made possible in
part with an award from the National Endowment for the Arts; funds from
the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency, with the support
of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; the Maverick
Concerts Endowment Fund; Friends of Maverick; the towns of Woodstock and
Hurley; local businesses; individual donors; and other public and
private foundations. The Yamaha Disklavier C7X grand piano, the official
piano of Maverick Concerts, appears through the generosity of Yamaha
Artist Services. The Maverick Concert Hall is listed on the New York
State and National Registers of Historic Places as a multi-starred
attraction. The hall and grounds have also received an award for
Excellence in Historic Preservation from the Preservation League of New
York State.
For further information visit www.maverickconcerts.org or contact Kitt Potter, Executive Director at kitt.potter@maverickconcerts.org or 845.679.8217.
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Celebrated tenor man Ken Fowser delivers an emphatic message of stunning melodicism on his latest release "Now Hear This!" Critical listeners may appreciate these performances as a series of engaged discussions employing the clever repartee of context and contrast between the voices of the horns and the affectionate support and retort from their favorite rhythm section of pianist Rick Germanson, bassist Paul Gill, and drummer Jason Tiemann. Bright moments are dénouement when trumpet phenomenon Josh Bruneau rejoins Fowser as his front line aide-de-cam and Fowser has noticeably shifted into another level. Together, this dynamic duo unleash a powerful combination of swinging blasts and forays into subtle conversation. If we overly focus on the interplay of elements, then we may miss the point of the dialogue and mistake the medium for the message, because Fowser's unmistakable talent as a songwriter is the real story here. From the opening salvo to the last hurrah, the melodic message of "Now Hear This!" moves effortlessly straightforward, and affirms that Fowser is a rising star to keep an eye on for many years to come.
BILLY MINTZ
