IVO NEAME & JULIAN SIEGEL

THURSDAY DECEMBER 10

9.00 PM PARIS / 8.00 PM LON / 3.00 PM NY / 12.00PM LA

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Ivo Neame, piano Julian Siegel, saxophones

Ivo Neame is an award-winning pianist and composer. In addition to leading his own bands, he is a vital cog in several of European jazz’s most forward-looking groups including Phronesis and the Marius Neset Quintet. He regularly performs at jazz festivals worldwide, collaborating with ensembles as diverse as the Frankfurt Radio Big Band and the London Sinfonietta.

Ivo discovered music at an early age by playing his parents' piano, albeit with drum sticks. Ivo went on to study at the Royal Academy of Music, and since leaving in 2003 he has performed and recorded with highly esteemed musicians at home and abroad such as Julian Argüelles, Kenny Wheeler and Hermeto Pascoal. His fifth album under his own name “Moksha” was released on Edition Records in 2018.

“[Moksha]’s flawlessly conceived and executed, endlessly intriguing, and beautiful to listen to.”
- London Jazz News

“That Neame is one of the most interesting jazz pianists of his generation may be clear. That he is getting better and better is too. The 10 years of almost constant being on the road with bands has given him a prominent role in the front line of British jazz.” - Written in Jazz

Julian Siegel ​is a saxophonist on the UK and European Jazz scene who has worked with many of the top figures in the music. He was awarded the 2007 BBC Jazz Award for Best Instrumentalist. His current bands are the ​Julian Siegel Quartet ​featuring pianist Liam Noble, bassist Oli Hayhurst and drummer Gene Calderazzo. The Quartet's first CD ‘Urban Theme Park’ was awarded the 2011 London Jazz Award and in February 2018 the Quartet released their new album 'VISTA' on Whirlwind Recordings. Since the release of VISTA,​ ​ the band has performed internationally at Jazz Festivals including ​Inntöne​ Jazz Festival in Austria, the Rochester International Jazz Festival, NY, Jazz Standard NYC.  Since 1996 Julian has co-led the influential band ​Partisans​ with the award-winning guitarist Phil Robson. The​ Julian Siegel Trio​ with US Improvising stars, drummer ​Joey Baron​ and bassist ​Greg Cohen​ was formed as a result of a major commission from Cheltenham Jazz Festival in 2006. In recent years Julian has begun writing music for ​Jazz Orchestra ​and in March 2017 Julian toured the newly formed Julian Siegel Jazz Orchestra.

"Spontaneous sparkle, Siegel's wailing, swerving lines burst with character" - John Fordham, The Guardian

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“DOIS” MARIA LAURA BIGLIAZZI & FRANCESCO PETRENI

FRIDAY DECEMBER 11

9.00 PM PARIS / 8.00 PM LON / 3.00 PM NY / 12.00PM LA

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Maria Laura Bigliazzi, voice Francesco Petreni, perc, voice & guitar

The duo “DOIS” is born from passion for Brazilian music. The beauty of Brazilian music offered with specially written arrangements for voice, guitar, percussion and much more! Colours, sounds and rhythms that convey the expression of feelings that make this great contemporary music genre truly unique.

Drummer, percussionist and composer, Francesco Petreni has played with many musicians,  among whom are Marc Johnson, Jonny Griffin, Palle Danielsson,  Mal Waldron, Eddie Henderson, Claudio Roditi, Cameron Brown, George Cables, Bill Smith, Tony Scott, Guinga,  Enrico Rava, Paolo Fresu..participating  in International Festivals around the world including  and concerts in Cuba  and Brazil.

He is on more than  sixty recordings also with Enrico Pieranunzi trio, Avishai Cohen, Eddie Henderson, Eddie Wied, David Links, Paolo Fresu, Luca Flores, Ares Tavolazzi, Furio Di Castri, Stefano Bollani, Maria Pia de Vito, Kim Prevost, Bill Solley, Gabriele Mirabassi, Fabrizio Bosso, and brasilian music with Dadi, Marisa Monte, Ivan Lins, Hamilton De Holanda, Barbara Casini, Gilson Silveira, Marivaldo Paim.

Singer, Jazz vocalist and composer Maria Laura Bigliazzi, has been active on the jazz scene, since 1994,  as leader of her own formations. She has been singing and playing Brazilian Music for years, also playing percussion. She has had many musical partnerships including with: Tony Scott, Ares Tavolazzi, Gianni Basso, Stefano De Bonis, Raffaello Pareti, Renato Chicco, Mauro Grossi, Stefano "Cocco" Cantini, Francesco Petreni, Roberto Nannetti, Simone Graziano, Marco Tamburini, Ettore Bonafè and more. She also recorded with: Fabrizio Bosso, Stefano Cantini, Alberto Borsari, Bruno Cesselli, Luciano Biondini, Ares Tavolazzi, Marivaldo Paim, Gilson Silveira, Hamilton De Holanda, Mauro Grossi, Daniele Mencarelli, Alessio Mencon.

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MATTHEW FRIES & MATT LANDON

SATURDAY DECEMBER 12 

9.00 PM PARIS / 8.00 PM LON / 3.00 PM NY / 12.00PM LA

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Matthew Fries, piano   Matt Landon, guitar

Matthew Fries is highly regarded in the jazz world as both a soloist and accompanist. The winner of the Great American Jazz Piano Competition, his debut album, Song for Today (TCB Music) was named a 2001 critics pick by Jazziz Magazine, and his continuing work with his collaborative trio, TRI-FI, “takes on the Jazz Trio challenge and delivers a ‘knock out’ punch” (Jazz Review). As a sideman his work has been described as “the best jazz accompaniment I’ve seen in a cabaret in years” (The New York Times), and “the crispest rhythm section imaginable” (The London Times).

Matthew lived in New York City for almost 25 years performing with many of the greatest jazz musicians. He maintains a busy teaching and touring schedule – touring frequently with his collaborative trio, TRI-FI, and with singer, Curtis Stigers, as a regular member of his band. He continues to perform with a diverse lineup of artists that has included Curtis Stigers, Stacey Kent, Ann Hampton Callaway, DeeDee Bridgewater, Vincent Herring, Steve Wilson, Joel Frahm, Steve LaSpina, Dave Samuels, Claudio Roditi, Terell Stafford, and many others.

Matt Landon is a passionate musician and educator. Being most accomplished as a jazz guitarist, Landon has performed alongside John Patitucci, Joey DeFrancesco, Donny McCaslin, Joe Martin, Fred Hersch, Rich Perry, Jeff Hamilton, Dave Liebman, Ingrid Jensen, Sammy Figueroa, Nestor Torres, Sheila Jordan, and many more jazz masters. He recently recorded an album with the jazz/classical crossover group, All Angles Orchestra featuring master trumpeter, Alex Sipiagin, on which he was thoroughly featured as a soloist.

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ROZ MACDONALD & POVEL WIDESTRAND

THURSDAY DECEMBER 17 

8.00 PM EUROPE / 7.00 PM UK / 3.00 PM NY / 12.00 PM LA

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Roz MacDonald, bass Povel Widestrand, piano

Roz Macdonald is a double bass player from Scotland, currently based in Berlin. She studied jazz at Leeds College of Music where upon graduating received the Yamaha Jazz Scholarship in 2016. Since then she has been actively gigging on the vibrant jazz scenes in Berlin and the UK, both as a side-woman and with her own projects.

The Swedish pianist Povel Widestrand counts among the aspiring young musicians of the European jazz scene. Following classical piano studies, he studied at the Fridhems Folkhögskola, Svalöv (Sweden) in a one-year program of study in 2011 and continued his piano studies at the Berlin Jazz Institute (UdK/HfM Hanns Eisler). In 2017, he concluded his studies with top marks. He is the laureate of various awards, among them „Jazzkatten - Newcomer of the year 2018“ awarded by the Swedish National Radio, and has performed at festivals such as the Umeå Jazz Festival. He lives at present in Berlin and takes part in many active projects with groups such as Dyki Lys, Mirna Bogdanovic Quintet and the Musina Ebobissé Quintet. In addition, he is currently working on a solo project.

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DADO MORONI- JORIS TEEPE - JEROEN DE RIJK

FRIDAY DECEMBER 18

8.00 PM EUROPE / 7.00 PM UK / 3.00 PM NY / 12.00 PM LA

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Dado Moroni is one of the world's great jazz pianists. He is from Genova, Italy, and is self taught, like so many of the greatest jazz musicians. His first influences were Art Tatum, Errol Garner, Fats Waller and Teddy Wilson. He tried to learn their solos by ear, and at age 11 met jazz pianist Flavio Crivelli who introduced him to Charlie Parker, Bud Powell and other more modern pianists - at that time - Ahmad Jamal and Bill Evans.

He started playing professionally at age 14 with the leading jazz musicians in italy such as Gianni Basso and Sandro Gibellini, and went on to be invited to play with artists like Chet Baker, Franco Ambrosetti and Johnny Griffin. He became house pianist at the famous Widder Bar in Zurich playing with Jimmy Woode and Alvin Queen, and not long afterwards he recorded under is own name with Niels Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Franco Ambrosetti and Tullio de Piscopo. Since then he has been regarded as one of the world's great jazz pianists, and has shared the stage with just about everyone including Clark Terry, Freddie Hubbard, Bud Shank, Buddy De Franco, Zoot Sims, Ron Carter, Grady Tate James Moody, Ray Brown and many more.

Joris Teepe has been (and still is) working with many Legends & Stars in Jazz such as Benny Golson, Rashied Ali, Barry Harris, Bobby Watson, Sonny Fortune, Tom Harrell, Chris Potter, Billy Hart and Randy Brecker. His longest stint was with Rashied Ali (John Coltrane’s last drummer), with whom he recorded 4 CDs and toured the world for 9 years. Joris Teepe has been leading his own groups for 25 years and has recorded 16 CD’s as a leader. Teepe has composed over 100 originals, including pieces for Symphony Orchestra & Small Jazz Group and for Symphony Orchestra, Big Band & Choir. He leads his own Big Band in New York, performing exclusively his own music. He also performs his own repertoire as a guest soloist with local Big Bands. One of his latest projects is the “Trio of Liberty” co-led by Don Braden. This trio marks their 25th year of musical cooperation . Down Beat selected their CD “conversations” as CD of the year 2017. Another new project is “In the Spirit of Rashied Ali” and a new CD was recorded and will be released in the Spring of 2018.

Jeroen de Rijk is an Amsterdam based percussionist and music producer who played live and/or recorded with Louis van dijk, Toots Thielemans, Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw, George Duke, Yellowjackets, Mezzoforte, Gino Vannelli, Candy Dulfer, Madelinen Bell, Monty Alexander, Jimmy Haslip & Scott Kinsey and many others.

For his company Baileo Music Productions ± 60 albums were recorded and released. 25 years ago the first album under his own name - Speak Low - was released, recorded in NYC with Dado Moroni and Joris Teepe.

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A True Living Legend of Music

CHARLES MCPHERSON with RANDY PORTER

SATURDAY DECEMBER 19

9.00 PM PAR | 8.00 PM LON | 3.00 PM NY | 12.00PM LA

Charles McPherson - alto saxophone Randy Porter - piano

A LIVE PERFORMANCE ONLINE BY ONE OF THE GREATEST ALTO PLAYERS IN THE HISTORY OF THE MUSIC. AT 81 YEARS OF AGE CHARLES MCPHERSON IS A FORCE OF NATURE. HE PLAYS WITH THE FIRE AND VITALITY OF A 20 YEAR OLD, THE VIRTUOSITY OF A GREAT MASTER, AND THE WISDOM AND SOUL OF A GREAT SAGE ALL COMBINED.

After growing up in Detroit, Charles studied with the renowned pianist Barry Harris and started playing jazz professionally at age 19. He moved from Detroit to New York in 1959 and performed with Charles Mingus from 1960 to 1972. While performing with Mingus, he collaborated frequently with Harris, Lonnie Hillyer (trumpet), and George Coleman (tenor sax).

Charles has toured the U.S., Europe, Japan, Africa and South America with his own group, as well as with jazz greats Barry Harris, Billy Eckstine, Lionel Hampton, Nat Adderly, Jay McShann, Phil Woods, Wynton Marsalis, Tom Harrell, Randy Brecker, James Moody, Dizzy Gillespie, and others.

Charles was the featured alto saxophonist in the Clint Eastwood film “Bird,” a biopic about Charlie Parker. Charles has received numerous awards, including the prestigious Don Redman Lifetime Achievement Award and an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from California State University San Marcos. Charles performed this past April at the NEA Jazz Master’s 2019 performance during Stanley Crouch’s tribute.  Widely recognized as a prolific composer, Charles is now Resident Composer for the San Diego Ballet, where he has written three original suites for chamber music and jazz combos.

Charles is joined for this this concert by the great pianist Randy Porter who has a refined understanding of improvisation and the spontaneous communication between musicians. As a Steinway Artist, Randy Porter draws from a rich palette of sonorities found within his imagination and the depths of the piano. Lynn Darroch of The Oregonian states, “Porter has built a reputation as a musician’s musician, a knowledgeable, inventive, and sophisticated player with a remarkable sense of time and gorgeous keyboard facility…”

Randy Porter has performed with many jazz greats, including Freddy Hubbard, Art Farmer, Benny Golson and Charles McPherson.  With the Charles McPherson Quartet, he has traveled throughout the US and in Denmark, Spain, France, Italy, Greece, and China. The Charles McPherson Quartet has re-created the music from the classic recording Charlie Parker with Strings, performing with many orchestras nationwide. Porter has also performed McPherson’s Sweet Synergy Suite with the San Diego Ballet (see below)

Porter Plays Frishberg Unsung, a tribute album to songs by Dave Frishberg, will be released in 2020.  Randy Porter is on piano, John Wiitala is on bass, and Todd Strait is on drums. Porter arranged, performed, engineered, mixed, and mastered this project at HeavyWood Studio. Nominated for the 60th Grammy Awards, Porter Plays Porter features vocalist Nancy King, interspersed with instrumental tracks by the Randy Porter Trio.  John Wiitala, bass and Todd Strait, drums bring their swing skill set and intuition to Randy’s arrangements of Cole Porter tunes.  Randy’s original song, Inside Your Mind, adds to the album’s poignancy.

RECENT ALBUM RELEASE:

Charles McPherson’s Jazz Dance Suites captures his groundbreaking collaboration with the San Diego Ballet, an association that began in 2015. A family affair, Jazz Dance Suites is inspired by McPherson’s daughter Camille McPherson, a soloist in her 8th season with the prestigious dance company. Joining McPherson on Jazz Dance Suites are some of the most exciting names in modern jazz; Terrell Stafford on trumpet, Lorraine Castellanos on vocals, Jeb Patton, and Randy Porter on piano, Billy Drummond on drums, David Wong on bass and Yotam Silberstein on guitar.

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A SPECIAL MUSICAL COMMUNIQUÉ FROM AN AUTHENTIC JAZZ MESSENGER

BOBBY WATSON

SATURDAY DECEMBER 20

8.00 PM EUROPE / 7.00 PM UK / 3.00 PM NY / 12.00 PM LA

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Bobby Watson, saxophones Roger Wilder, piano

A saxophonist, composer, arranger and educator, Bobby Watson grew up in Kansas City, Kan. He trained formally at the University of Miami. After graduating, he proceeded to earn his “doctorate” – on the bandstand – as musical director of legendary drummer Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers – frequently referred to as the “University of Blakey” because it served as the ultimate “postgraduate school” for ambitious young players.

After completing a four-year-plus Jazz Messengers tenure (1977-1981) that incorporated more than a dozen recordings – the most of any of the great Jazz Messengers, the gifted Watson became a much-sought after musician, working along the way with a potpourri of notable artists including, but not limited to: drummers Max Roach and Louis Hayes, fellow saxophonists George Coleman and a younger Branford Marsalis, celebrated multi-instrumentalist Sam Rivers and trumpeter Wynton Marsalis (who joined the Jazz Messengers at least in part at the suggestion of Watson). In addition to working with a variety of instrumentalists, Watson served in a supporting role for a number of distinguished and stylistically varied vocalists including: Joe Williams, Dianne Reeves, Lou Rawls, Betty Carter and Carmen Lundy.

Later, in association with bassist Curtis Lundy and drummer Victor Lewis, Watson launched the first edition of Horizon, an acoustic quintet modeled in many ways after the Jazz Messengers but one with its own distinct slightly more modern twist. Watson also led a nine-piece group known as the High court of Swing – a tribute to the music of Johnny Hodges – as well as the GRAMMY-nominated 16-piece, large ensemble Tailor Made Big Band. The lyrical stylist is also a founding member of the well-respected 29th Street Saxophone Quartet, an all-horn, four-piece ensemble.

For more than three decades now Watson has contributed consistently intelligent, sensitive and well-thought out music to the modern-day jazz lexicon. All told, Watson, the immensely talented and now-seasoned veteran, has issued some 30 recordings as a leader and appeared on 100-plus other recordings, performing as either co-leader or in support of other like-minded musicians. His classic 1986 release, Love Remains (Red) has long been recognized by the Penguin Guide to Jazz (Penguin). Having received the publication's highest rating it was then identified in the ready reference book's seventh edition as a part of its "core collection" [i.e. a "must-have"], joining other entries by a number of aforementioned jazz masters as a recording that any jazz aficionado should own. Not simply a performer, the saxophonist has recorded more than 100 original compositions including the music for the soundtrack of A Bronx Tale, which marked Robert DeNiro's 1993 directorial debut.

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