CartJun 14, 2018
Miner Auditorium
PLEASE NOTE:
This page is an archive of a past production
Please visit our calendar for all upcoming SFJAZZ shows.
Original show description below.
Starting his career as a preternaturally talented youth, which included 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’s trajectory has been linear, embracing jazz, pop, country, bluegrass, and acoustic folk. Star-making work with Gary Burton, Bèla Fleck, and Chris Thile, as well as duet projects with guitarists Chris Eldridge and Nels Cline (Wilco) have led to Lage’s current trio. Following up Lage’s 2016 debut release Arclight, which embraced originals and pre-bebop jazz, the group performs music from their new Mack Avenue recording, Modern Lore.
“Fun, smart, and technically impressive” (PopMatters), New York-based collective Thumbscrew is a power-trio composer’s project made up of in-demand bandleaders, featuring maverick guitarist Mary Halvorson, who All About Jazz described as “the most impressive guitarist of her generation.” Bassist Michael Formanek is a veteran of work with Tony Williams, Joe Henderson, and Stan Getz, while Tomas Fujiwara leads numerous ensembles and boasts a résumé including work with Red Baraat, Anthony Braxton, Taylor Ho Bynum, and others. The band has released a pair of exploratory releases on Cuneiform including their latest, 2016’s Convallaria.
One of jazz’s breezier virtuosos, possessed of an unflappable technical facility and a seemingly boundless curiosity.
The New York Times on Julian Lage
One of jazz’s breezier virtuosos, possessed of an unflappable technical facility and a seemingly boundless curiosity.
The New York Times on Julian Lage
Personnel
JULIAN LAGE TRIO
Julian Lage guitar
Jorge Roeder bass
Eric Doob drums
THUMBSCREW
Mary Halvorson guitar
Michael Formanek bass
Tomas Fujiwara drums
If Cream and Nirvana had played instrumental jazz...they might have sounded something like Thumbscrew.
The Absolute Sound
Personnel
JULIAN LAGE TRIO
Julian Lage guitar
Jorge Roeder bass
Eric Doob drums
THUMBSCREW
Mary Halvorson guitar
Michael Formanek bass
Tomas Fujiwara drums
If Cream and Nirvana had played instrumental jazz...they might have sounded something like Thumbscrew.
The Absolute Sound
Watch & Listen
Julian Lage Trio
The Ramble
Thumbscrew
Barn Fire Slum Brew
Julian Lage Trio
The Ramble
Thumbscrew
Barn Fire Slum Brew