OCT 5-10 | THELONIOUS MONK FESTIVAL
Oct 09, 2022
Joe Henderson Lab
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Original show description below.
“One of the strongest pianists of his generation” (DownBeat), SFJAZZ Collective pianist Edward Simon brings our Thelonious Monk birthday tribute week to a close with an intimate night of Monk’s music, joined joined by a spectacular quartet of his Collective bandmates including tenor saxophonist David Sánchez, bassist Matt Brewer, and drummer Kendrick Scott.
A native of Punta Cardón, Venezuela, Simon moved to New York in 1989 and worked extensively as part of Bobby Watson’s Horizon and the Terence Blanchard Group while doing sideman work with artists including Greg Osby, Bobby Hutcherson, Paquito D’Rivera and Herbie Mann. He co-founded the band Afinidad with saxophonist David Binney that navigated the intersection of modern jazz with Brazilian forms and contemporary classical music, and his desire to explore traditional folk music of his homeland resulted in the formation of Ensemble Venezuela in 2003 and his 2017 Sunnyside trio session Latin American Songbook — a release that won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Album. Simon became a member of the SFJAZZ Collective in 2010, and was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship the same year.
Simon’s newest release, 2019’s Solo Live, was recorded at Oakland’s Piedmont Piano Company and highlights the inspiration of Thelonious Monk on his musical path with stimulating versions of “Monk’s Dream” and “Monk’s Mood.”
Four members of the SFJAZZ Collective, led by pianist Edward Simon, celebrate the music of Thelonious Monk.
This concert is made possible by The Rex Cardinale Thelonious Monk Fund.
One of the strongest pianists of his generation, with intuitive empathy and drum-like ingenuity, and solos compositionally with passionate elegance.
DownBeat
One of the strongest pianists of his generation, with intuitive empathy and drum-like ingenuity, and solos compositionally with passionate elegance.
DownBeat
Personnel
Edward Simon piano
David Sánchez tenor saxophone
Matt Brewer bass
Kendrick Scott drums
Simon is less talked about than many other important jazz pianists from the Caribbean and South America, but he may be the most complete creative artist among them.
JazzTimes
Personnel
Edward Simon piano
David Sánchez tenor saxophone
Matt Brewer bass
Kendrick Scott drums
Simon is less talked about than many other important jazz pianists from the Caribbean and South America, but he may be the most complete creative artist among them.
JazzTimes
Watch & Listen
Edward Simon
Monk's Mood
Edward Simon
Monk's Dream
Edward Simon
Monk's Mood
Edward Simon
Monk's Dream