SEP 22-25 | TRADITIONS IN TRANSITION
Sep 24, 2022
Miner Auditorium
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Original show description below.
“One of jazz’s breezier virtuosos, possessed of an unflappable technical facility and a seemingly boundless curiosity” (The New York Times), guitarist Julian Lage returns with music from his newest Blue Note album, View With A Room, the third with his working trio including bassist Jorge Roeder and drummer Dave King of The Bad Plus.
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 and savvy bandleader. Making his recording debut in duet with bluegrass luminary David Grisman, Lage demonstrated deep maturity and intellectual acuity from the start, impressing jazz vibraphone innovator and discerning talent scout Gary Burton, who recruited the then 16-year-old for his quartet in 2004.
Lage’s trajectory has been linear since then, embracing jazz, pop, country, bluegrass, and acoustic folk with equal élan. Several increasingly assured albums and sideman work with drummer Eric Harland’s Voyager band as well as duet projects with guitarists Chris Eldridge and Nels Cline (Wilco) have led to Lage’s stimulating trio with Roeder and King, his most telepathic unit to date.
Several increasingly assured albums and sideman work have led to Lage’s stimulating trio with Roeder and King, his most telepathic unit to date.
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
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
Jorge Roeder bass
Dave King drums
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
Jorge Roeder bass
Dave King drums
One of jazz’s breezier virtuosos, possessed of an unflappable technical facility and a seemingly boundless curiosity.
The New York Times
Watch & Listen
Julian Lage Trio
Boo's Blues
Julian Lage Trio
Familiar Flower
Julian Lage Trio
Boo's Blues
Julian Lage Trio
Familiar Flower