Don't miss the chance to see performances by these exciting artists at this huge weekend festival in NYC.
More info at Greenleaf Music. Tickets on sale here. Full WJF schedule here.
Dave Douglas Quintet at Winter Jazzfest
Dave Douglas & Uri Caine to play "Present Joys" at SubCulture on 12/16
Don't miss a very special opportunity to see Dave Douglas and Uri Caine perform music from this year's release Present Joys on Tuesday, December 16. Time Out New York says, "In Present Joys, trumpeter Dave Douglas and pianist Uri Caine have made the year's most quietly arresting jazz LP. . .We've got high hopes for these duo sets in support of the release." And Nate Chinen in the New York Times writes: "Inspired by the music of the Sacred Harp tradition, it’s an album of duologue that manages to be at once intimate, soulful and irrepressibly buoyant."
Purchase tickets here.
Andy Clausen composes for #Businessweek85
Andy Clausen composed music for a video created to celebrate Bloomberg Businessweek's 85th Anniversary. The video, "The Great Disrupters" traces the most important business innovations that took place during the magazine's history.
"Present Joys" at SubCulture on December 16
Longtime friends and collaborators Dave Douglas and Uri Caine will bring their recent exploration of Sacred Harp songs to SubCulture in NYC on December 16. Don't miss the opportunity to see these two play in such an intimate setting. Tickets can be purchased here.
“4 stars “Alluring … a 2014 jazz highlight.”
Photo by Alberto Gallo
Dave Douglas and Frank Woeste to collaborate on new repertoire
Dave Douglas will collaborate with French pianist Frank Woeste to create new repertoire for a jazz quartet comprised based on the work of Man Ray, the influential American modern artist who was a significant contributor to the Dada and Surrealist movements of the 20th Century. Influenced by Ray’s works known as “readymades,” which were pieces created out of ordinary, everyday objects, the project, entitled, “The Art of Reinvention,” will include time for composition and rehearsals followed by a recording session in New York. Read more about the project's direction here.
FAJE is made possible through the generous support from the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Florence Gould Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Institut Français, Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, and Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs de Musique (“SACEM”).
Frank Woeste photo by Morgan Roudot
Dave Douglas photo by Austin Nelson
Dave Douglas Jazz Workshop Announces December 7 Class
Join renowned composer and bandleader Dave Douglas in an intimate setting for a workshop focused on drawing out the essence of working with your band.
Learn important insights into the process of composing for small ensembles and rehearsing them effectively in order to create a focused, fun and dynamic environment for improvisation
Price: $75
December 7, 2014; 1 - 4 PM
Michiko Studios - Stage Room
149 West 46th Street, New York, NY
RSVP by December 3
Sound Prints Embark On European Leg Of Fall Tour
Dave Douglas and Joe Lovano begin the final leg of their Sound Prints tour on November 12. They will be traveling through Europe with their co-led quintet, featuring Linda Oh on bass, Lawrence Fields on piano, and Joey Baron on drums. The tour is a preview of the band's forthcoming Blue Note debut which will be released in early 2015.
Sound Prints European Tour
11/12 – Barcelona, Spain – Barcelona Jazz Festival
11/13 – Pontoise, France – Theatre Des Louvrais
11/14 – Offenburg, Germany – Reithalle im KulturForum
11/15 – Bielsko Bialo, Poland – Bielskie Centrum Kultury
11/16 – Munich, Germany – Jazzclub Unterfahrt
11/17 – Zurich, Switerland – Moods
11/18 – Rome, Italy – Sala Sinopoli
11/20 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Copenhagen Jazz House
11/21 – Oslo, Norway – Nasjonal Jazzscene
11/22 – Goteborg, Sweden – Nefertiti Jazzklubb
11/23 – London, United Kingdom – EFG London Jazz Festival / Barbican Centre
Ralph Farris' composition to be featured November 11th in Aquila Theatre YouStories production
On November 11th, as part of the Aquila Theatre's YouStories series for Veteran's Day, A Female Philoctetes will be performed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in a presentation titled WarStories: Ancient and Modern Narratives of War.
Watch several scenes from the Aquila Theatre's production of "A Female Philoctetes," which took place at Brooklyn Academy or Music on April 19th, 2014.
Greanleaf Music makes DownBeat Magazine readers poll results
Dave Douglas, Linda Oh, and Ryan Keberle have made it onto DownBeat Magazine's 79th annual readers poll best instrumentalist rankings, and the label itself has found itself a spot as one of the best jazz labels.
