MAY 15-18 | Bassists & Beyond
Jan 01, 0001
Joe Henderson Lab
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Original show description below.
Led by Oakland bassist, composer and creative catalyst Caroline Chung, Citizens Jazz brings together some of the most versatile and imaginative players on the Bay Area scene for this night honoring the great bassists in jazz history.
An accomplished songwriter and composer, she earned widespread notice with her 2021 debut album Sounds of Haejin, a stylistically encompassing program featuring SF Poet Laureate Tongo Eisen-Martin, vocalist Lilan Kane, and guitarist Khalil Doak-Anthony (a key Chung collaborator who provides Citizens Jazz with a prodigious dose of funk).
Chung made her SFJAZZ debut in 2022 with a Hotplate series concert exploring Nina Simone’s classic 1967 RCA Victor album Silk & Soul — a project she recorded for an EP released in advance of the performance — and returned with a program celebrating the music of women composers who have made immense and often underappreciated contributions to the music.
With this appearance, Chung celebrates the rich legacy of her chosen instrument, paying respects to the many great bass masters, past and present, who made monumental contributions to the artform and inspired her artistic journey.
Oakland-based bassist and composer Caroline Chung and her Citizens Jazz project pay tribute to the legacy of great jazz bassists.
A force on the Bay Area music scene for two decades
Oaklandside
A force on the Bay Area music scene for two decades
Oaklandside
Personnel
James Mahone tenor sax
Chris Aschman trumpet
Khalil Doak-Anthony guitar
Caroline Chung bass
Malachi Whitson drums
SPECIAL GUESTS
Jay Stone poet/rapper
Adar vocalist
A nimble player with varied tastes, Chung is just as likely to perform a tribute to bebop great Dizzy Gillespie or swing composer Billy Strayhorn as she is to lead her band in a bossa nova and Latin jazz set
KQED
Personnel
James Mahone tenor sax
Chris Aschman trumpet
Khalil Doak-Anthony guitar
Caroline Chung bass
Malachi Whitson drums
SPECIAL GUESTS
Jay Stone poet/rapper
Adar vocalist
A nimble player with varied tastes, Chung is just as likely to perform a tribute to bebop great Dizzy Gillespie or swing composer Billy Strayhorn as she is to lead her band in a bossa nova and Latin jazz set
KQED
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