Saturday,
June 10
7pm* and 9:30pm
"Jazz Tap: Up Close & Personal"
Savion
Glover
Herbst Theatre
“The finest tap dancing I have ever seen.”
—Joan Acocella,
The New Yorker
Tap dancer extraordinaire Savion Glover takes a break from his
customary large venues to give back-to-back performances in
the intimate setting of Herbst Theatre—an ideal opportunity
to witness Glover's jaw-dropping talent in person. “Glover
is a perfect illustration of the relationship between technique
and art,” wrote The New Yorker. “No one
has ever achieved greater virtuosity.”
 Sunday,
June 11 • 7pm
"Latin Jazz Master Il"
Paquito
D'Rivera Quintet
Herbst Theatre
“[His] virtuosity beams forth from the first note of
any performance.”
—The New York Times
An NEA Jazz Master and a onetime member of the Latin jazz
supergroup Irakere, Cuban-born clarinet and sax master Paquito
D’Rivera is “one of the premier reed stylists
of the last 30 years” (JazzTimes) and an all-around
“formidable musician” (The New York Times). With
six Grammy Awards to his credit, he has received a new Grammy
nomination for his 2005 disc, Paquito D'Rivera & The Jazz
Chamber Trio.
Paquito D'Rivera Quintet
Sunday, June 11 • 7pm
Herbst Theater |
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| Shelly
Berg's trio perform in the luxuriant Gould Theatre. |
Shelly
Berg Trio
Sunday,
June 11 • 2pm
Florence Gould Theatre, Legion of Honor
"A
great jazz pianist who seems to have total command of his instrument."
—Dave Brubeck
Be
prepared for a racing pulse when piano daredevil and USC music
professor Shelly Berg takes the stage, for, in the Los Angeles
Times’ words: "Berg burns hard, his fingers flying over the
keyboard while his body nearly levitates off the bench. Exhilarating…filled
with breakneck parallel runs, sudden rhythmic shifts and harmonic
modulations that leave the crowd breathless."
Shelly
Berg Trio
Sunday, June 11 • 2pm
Florence Gould Theatre, Legion of Honor |
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Following injuries sustained in a recent fall, jazz and Latin
music piano master Hilton Ruiz passed away on June 6.
The
New York Times
obituary
This week's trivia question:
 In
West African culture, the lineage of traditional musicians
and bards is often referred to by the European-derived term
"griots." What is the more commonly used term for these musicians
in the territories corresponding to the former Mali Empire
(or Malinké Empire)?
[Note:
This term has numerous spellings in English, based on the
sound of the word; we'll accept any spelling that comes close
to the sound.]
And this week’s contest prize:
The 1st person to answer this question correctly will
win two tickets to see Baaba
Maal and Cheb i Sabbah
on Friday, June 16. We'll notify the
winner directly by 6:00pm tomorrow—Saturday, June 10.
Good luck!
Email
Your Answer (include "Griot" in the subject
line of your email)
The
fine print: Our contest winner will be notified directly
by e-mail, and both the winner’s name and the correct
answer to the question will be published in next week’s
e-News. The following are not eligible to enter: employees
and current contractors of SFJAZZ and its seasonal sponsors;
past e-News Jazz Trivia Contest winners.
Last
week’s question was:
Which
of the following cartoon characters was not voiced
by Bill Cosby in the 1970s Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids series:
Fat Albert, Mushmouth, or Weird Harold?
Answer:
Weird
Harold
Congratulations to Jon Harwayne of Walnut
Creek who was the fourth person to send in the correct
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24th
Annual
San Francisco Jazz Festival
October
17-November 12, 2006
Complete
Fall Festival Lineup
Tickets
go on sale to SFJAZZ Members on July 8
and to the general public on July 23!
Join in June! Become a Member
now and enjoy advance ticket sales, a free 1-year
subscription
to JazzTimes Magazine, and more great
benefits. Call 415.283.0325 or visit sfjazz.org.
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