CartOct 27, 2017
Miner Auditorium
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Original show description below.
The band’s wildly successful first step into interpreting the work of a pop icon is on tap for night two, as they revive their fresh and innovative arrangements of Stevie Wonder’s classic songs from the 2011 season including “Superstition,” “Sir Duke,” “Do I Do,” “My Cherie Amour,” “Race Babbling,” “Visions,” “Creepin’,” and “Blame it on the Sun.” A star at age 11, Wonder released a string of classic albums that fused the soul music of Detroit with elements of R&B, jazz and reggae into a singular vision that was both wildly successful on the charts and respected by critics and musicians of all genres. These distinctive takes on Wonder’s music exposed the Collective to a wide-ranging new audience via an extensive tour and several videos that went viral on YouTube.
About the SFJAZZ Collective
An all-star ensemble comprising eight of the finest performer/composers at work in jazz today, the SFJAZZ Collective’s mission each year is to perform fresh arrangements of works by a modern master and newly commissioned pieces by each Collective member. Through this pioneering approach, simultaneously honoring music’s greatest figures while championing jazz’s up-to-the-minute directions, the Collective embodies SFJAZZ’s commitment to jazz as a living, ever-relevant art form.
The group revisits fresh arrangements of Stevie Wonder’s classic songs from the 2011 season including “Superstition,” “Sir Duke,” “Do I Do,” “My Cherie Amour,” and more.
A brilliant mix of post-bop reconstructions of the Motown icon's classics like "Visions" and "Do I Do," alongside the groups lovingly rendered originals.
DownBeat
A brilliant mix of post-bop reconstructions of the Motown icon's classics like "Visions" and "Do I Do," alongside the groups lovingly rendered originals.
DownBeat
Personnel
Miguel Zenón alto saxophone
David Sánchez tenor saxophone
Sean Jones trumpet
Robin Eubanks trombone
Warren Wolf vibraphone
Edward Simon piano
Matt Penman bass
Obed Calvaire drums
You can propose various definitions for what this band represents, but it’s a superbrain for what serious jazz sounds like now.
The New York Times
Personnel
Miguel Zenón alto saxophone
David Sánchez tenor saxophone
Sean Jones trumpet
Robin Eubanks trombone
Warren Wolf vibraphone
Edward Simon piano
Matt Penman bass
Obed Calvaire drums
You can propose various definitions for what this band represents, but it’s a superbrain for what serious jazz sounds like now.
The New York Times
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