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SFJAZZ Spring Season 2006 • March 17-June 17, 2006

SFJAZZ Collective

Friday-Sunday, April 14-16


April 14 show:
  • $57
  • $42
  • $32
  • $25

    • April 15 and April 16 shows:
  • $65
  • $50
  • $38
  • $25
    • “A serious jazz band rises in San Francisco.”—The New York Times

    SFJAZZ's all-star octet returns for its third annual home season in San Francisco, with an all-new repertoire including original compositions and fresh arrangements (by Grammy-winner Gil Goldstein) of classic works by modern jazz master Herbie Hancock. The 2006 line-up includes returning members Joshua Redman (saxophones, Artistic Director), the great Bobby Hutcherson (vibes/marimba), Nicholas Payton (trumpet), Miguel Zen"n (alto sax, flute), Renee Rosnes (piano), Matt Penman (bass), and Eric Harland (drums), plus newcomer Andre Hayward on trombone.

     

    Friday, April 14th's performance is open to SFJAZZ Members only, and includes a post-concert CD-signing party.

     

     

    Program Notes

    The SFJAZZ Collective is an all-star jazz ensemble comprising eight of the finest performer/composers at work in jazz today. Launched in 2004 by SFJAZZ—with invaluable start-up funding from the James Irvine Foundation, the Collective has quickly become one of the most exciting and acclaimed groups on the American and international jazz scenes. As The New York Times hailed the Collective upon its debut: “A serious jazz band rises in San Francisco.”


    In addition to its outstanding line-up, the SFJAZZ Collective has been praised for its innovative approach to repertoire. Each year, the ensemble performs an entirely new list of works, consisting of compositions by a modern jazz master (in new octet arrangements by Grammy-winner Gil Goldstein) and one new piece by each of the eight Collective members (commissioned by SFJAZZ). This year the Collective chose to focus on the work of composer and piano master Herbie Hancock. Through this pioneering approach, simultaneously honoring jazz’s recent history while championing the music’s up-to-the-minute directions, the Collective embodies SFJAZZ’s organizational commitment to jazz as a living, ever-changing, and ever-relevant art form.

    — Matthew Campbell

     


    Joshua Redman tenor and soprano saxophones; artistic director
    Bobby Hutcherson vibraphone, marimba
    Nicholas Payton trumpet
    Miguel ZenÑn alto saxophone
    Andre Hayward trombone
    Renee Rosnes piano
    Matt Penman bass
    Eric Harland drums
    Gil Goldstein arranger for the Herbie Hancock compositions