Live at SFJAZZ Center
Jul 15, 2021
Joe Henderson Lab
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This page is an archive of a past production
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Original show description below.
Masks are required for unvaccinated patrons, and optional for fully vaccinated patrons.
Our third Alone Together live streaming event with an in-person audience will be a homecoming of sorts, as we welcome master pianist, composer, and Menlo Park native Taylor Eigsti for an intimate solo performance in the Joe Henderson Lab.
Starting on piano at four and teaching at the Stanford Jazz Workshop by 15, Eigsti rose through the Bay Area scene to become a major name as a bandleader and soloist, sharing the stage with Dave Brubeck, Chris Botti, Esperanza Spalding, Chick Corea, and McCoy Tyner, among others.
He’s led eight albums, including his new GSI Records release Tree Falls, and appeared on over 50 recordings as a long-term collaborator with Eric Harland, Kendrick Scott, Gretchen Parlato, Ben Wendel, Juilian Lage, Dana Stephens, Sachal Vasandani, and Anton Schwartz.
The New York-based Eigsti has composed for and performed with symphony orchestras all over the country, and also been involved in film work, contributing a composition to the GRAMMY-winning soundtrack for director and star Don Cheadle’s 2017 Miles Davis biopic, Miles Ahead.
Digital online access is also now available for the livestream broadcast on THU, JUL 15 and the encore broadcast on SUN, JUL 18:
$5 for Members / $10 for Public
Eigsti exudes fearlessness and joy, secure in the belief that he can make music with anyone.
Variety
Eigsti exudes fearlessness and joy, secure in the belief that he can make music with anyone.
Variety
Taylor Eigsti piano
There is no false academic flash in Eigsti’s playing. It’s all heart.
All Music Guide
Taylor Eigsti piano
There is no false academic flash in Eigsti’s playing. It’s all heart.
All Music Guide
Watch & Listen
Taylor Eigsti
Tree Falls
Taylor Eigsti
Plane Over Kansas
Taylor Eigsti
Tree Falls
Taylor Eigsti
Plane Over Kansas