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"Monk Town Hall Revisited"
Jason Moran & Orchestra featuring T.S. Monk
Saturday, May 19 • 8pm
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“The latest in a long line of brilliant jazz pianists with idiosyncratic ideas about performance.” - Wall Street Journal
Pianist Jason Moran, whose “playing contains elements of stride, swing, bebop and free jazz” (Wall Street Journal) is the perfect musician to lead this ensemble homage to Monk’s historic Town Hall date—featuring the original charts from the 1959 Monk tentet performance!
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Jazz Pre-Concert Talk featuring Jason Moran
“Monk Town Hall Revisited ”
7PM
Jason Moran will talk about the process of reinterpreting Monk’s legendary Town Hall Concert, and also touch on “In My Mind: Monk at Town Hall 1959,” his upcoming multimedia performance, which will make its West Coast debut at this fall’s San Francisco Jazz Festival.
Personnel:
- Jason Moran, Piano
- T.S. Monk, Drums
- Walter Smith, Tenor Saxophone
- Jaleel Shaw, Alto Saxophones
- TBA, Baritone Sax
- Ambrose Akinmusire, Trumpet
- Vincent Chancey, French horn
- Isaac Smith, Trombone
- Bob Stewart, Tuba
- Tarus Mateen, Bass
Barbara and Barry Lynn
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