JAN 18-21 | Resident Artistic Director: Julian Lage
Jan 19, 2024
Miner Auditorium
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Original show description below.
Night two brings a special night with Lage’s working trio featuring bassist Jorge Roeder and Dave King on drums, joined by the acclaimed singer and songwriter Margaret Glaspy for her collaborative project with Lage, Rude Ruth. Formed a decade ago by the now husband-and-wife team of Lage and Glaspy and originally performing as a duo, Rude Ruth re-imagines Glaspy’s folk-rock compositions concerning romantic conflict with the improvisational depth of Lage’s band, adding unexpected new dimensions to the singer’s work with an unusually empathetic backing.
ABOUT JULIAN LAGE:
Transcending his prodigious beginnings — which include being the subject of the Oscar-nominated documentary film Jules at Eight, a GRAMMY Awards performance at 13, and faculty status at the Stanford Jazz Workshop at 15 – Santa Rosa-born guitarist Julian Lage has emerged as a stunningly accomplished creative force in modern music. He demonstrated deep maturity and intellectual acuity from the start, joining vibraphone innovator Gary Burton’s star-making quartet in 2004 at age 16. Lage’s trajectory has been linear since then, embracing jazz, pop, country, bluegrass, and acoustic folk with equal élan. At just 35, he’s recorded 15 albums as a leader and lent his singular virtuosity to work with Charles Lloyd, Eric Harland, John Zorn, Terri Lyne Carrington, Fred Hersch, and Nels Cline.
Formed a decade ago by Lage and Glaspy, Rude Ruth re-imagines Glaspy’s folk-rock compositions concerning romantic conflict with the improvisational depth of Lage’s working trio with bassist Roeder and drummer King.
One of jazz’s breezier virtuosos, possessed of an unflappable technical facility and a seemingly boundless curiosity
The New York Times
One of jazz’s breezier virtuosos, possessed of an unflappable technical facility and a seemingly boundless curiosity
The New York Times
Personnel
Julian Lage guitar
Margaret Glaspy vocals
Jorge Roeder bass
Dave King drums
Lage’s knowledge of harmony and his familiarity with the fretboard is so extravagant and capacious that he brings flourishes to this music that it simply hasn’t enjoyed before.
New Yorker
Personnel
Julian Lage guitar
Margaret Glaspy vocals
Jorge Roeder bass
Dave King drums
Lage’s knowledge of harmony and his familiarity with the fretboard is so extravagant and capacious that he brings flourishes to this music that it simply hasn’t enjoyed before.
New Yorker
Watch & Listen
Margaret Glaspy
Love is Real
Margaret Glaspy
My Body My Choice
Margaret Glaspy
Love is Real
Margaret Glaspy
My Body My Choice
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