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SFJAZZ Members-Only Concerts Each season, SFJAZZ presents a special concert just for members.
These exclusive events feature rare performances by jazz legends
in appearances that aren't available to the general public. Become
a member today!
A sold-out return to the Festival for two-time Grammy nominee Terrasson
Piano master Hersch revisited his acclaimed CD Fred Hersch Plays Monk in this sold-out Members-only program at SFMOMA. The event also featured a discussion on the intersection of Monk’s music and modern art.
“LSMB”are famed for “melding a tradition of Zulu harmony with imported gospel and soul” (The New York Times). LSMB are revered cultural and humanitarian ambassadors for their homeland, ”using their majestic voices, and nothing else [to produce] a full orchestra of sound” (San Francisco Chronicle).
Summing up her career, Akiyoshi has said, "I would hope that my work might have more substance and more quality, rather than quantity of notes. And I hope the notes I produce today are more selective than 20 years ago." — NEA Jazz Master, 2007
“Jazz concerts don't usually feel like sporting events, but Friday night's homecoming of the SFJAZZ Collective had the happy, celebratory feeling of a big game at the ballpark. One by one, the band's eight members walked onstage to a roar from the sold-out crowd at San Francisco's Herbst Theatre: "Bobby Hutcherson!" (Roar). "Nicholas Payton!" (Roar). "Joshua Redman!" (Roar). Back from a tour that included performances at Carnegie Hall in New York and the Barbican in London, the Collective was playing the first of three consecutive weekend concerts on home turf. It felt something like a Major League All-Star Game, and this is definitely an all-star band...” — Richard Scheinin, Mercury News, Monday, April 16, 2006
“Tyner extended the deep mood, again playing ‘Naima.’ It was one of those performances that seem to stop time and leave you wondering: How did Tyner ever come up with this sound, all those years ago? There wasn't much time to ponder. ‘The Greeting’ and ‘Inner Glimpse’ followed, joyful explosions. Too bad this band can't go on the road.” — Richard Scheinin, San Jose Mercury News, Monday, June 6, 2005
“a eureka moment...” “We know that they can play --- that's a given, considering the caliber of the musicians in this band, most of whom are jazz luminaries. What's special is the progressive repertoire that they have chosen to champion. Moreover, they have youth on their side, plus a resident eminence grise on board in vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, 63, and an articulate, intelligent spokesman in artistic director-saxophonist Joshua Redman.” — Richard S. Ginell, Daily Variety, March 30, 2004
A consummate pianist and composer who has been firmly ensconced in the jazz scene for over 65 years, Marian McPartland also boast one of the most far-reaching influences in the history of the music. McPartland, “can play anything with anybody. The maverick pianist is a growing, evolving artist. She has the rare ability to improve the listeners' mood with just one elegant chord.” (The Washington Post)
“At an SFJAZZ Concert Friday night in San Francisco, Hancock
led a quartet that ranged from avant-garde chamber jazz to acoustic
funk and the agitated, pulsing swing he pioneered with Miles Davis
in the mid-'60s…The music kept growing, dissolving and re-emerging
in new shapes during a nearly two-hour set -- a lesson for the
audience about the sort of extraordinary dialogue that can happen
among musicians who really listen to one another.”
“Whether Werner sticks exclusively to piano or adds the lush strings from his synthesizer as well, he provides the perfect complement to the always lyrical harmonica of the veteran Thielemans. Although Thielemans was 79…he has lost none of the daredevil spirit he has demonstrated in the past…” —All Music Guide |
SFJAZZ
Collective
McCoy
Tyner, Joshua Redman, Brian Blade, Reginald Veal
SFJAZZ
Collective
Marian McPartland
Herbie Hancock Quartet