JAN 18-21 | Resident Artistic Director: Julian Lage
Jan 20, 2024
Miner Auditorium
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Original show description below.
The guitarist presents the world premiere performance by his new band, captured on his forthcoming Blue Note album Speak to Me. Built around his core working trio of bassist Jorge Roeder and drummer Dave King, the Speak to Me band expands to a sextet with the addition of pianist Kris Davis, saxophonist Levon Henry, and keyboardist Patrick Warren.
Among the most acclaimed pianists of her generation, Davis is known widely for her exploratory work as a bandleader and as a collaborator with Terri Lyne Carrington. Son of the renowned songwriter Joe Henry, Levon Henry is a superb saxophonist and composer who has worked with Meshell Ndegeocello, Blake Mills, and Jason Moran. Warren is an accomplished keyboardist and composer whose resume includes recordings and performances with artists ranging from Tom Waits to Rosanne Cash.
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.
The guitarist presents the world premiere performance by his new band, captured on his forthcoming Blue Note album Speak to Me.
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
Levon Henry tenor saxophone
Patrick Warren keyboards
Kris Davis piano
Jorge Roeder bass
Dave King drums
A genial, springlike virtuosity suffuses the playing of Julian Lage, a guitarist whose approach to jazz accommodates all manner of the rustic and the chamberesque
The New York Times
Personnel
Julian Lage guitar
Levon Henry tenor saxophone
Patrick Warren keyboards
Kris Davis piano
Jorge Roeder bass
Dave King drums
A genial, springlike virtuosity suffuses the playing of Julian Lage, a guitarist whose approach to jazz accommodates all manner of the rustic and the chamberesque
The New York Times
Watch & Listen
Julian Lage w/ The Bad Plus
Boo's Blues
Julian Lage
Familiar Flower
Julian Lage w/ The Bad Plus
Boo's Blues
Julian Lage
Familiar Flower
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