Concerts with the finest Jazz artists brought to your home
GMF ONLINE CONCERT SERIES
Solo Concerts with some of the finest artists in Jazz today
Each concert will be 30 minutes long and will be followed by a Q&A session with the performing artist.
The concerts will be live on Zoom. We have done all we can to achieve the best possible audio experience but we can only work within the bounds of the technology available at present. We advise using headphones.
ADVANCE BOOKING ESSENTIAL
Booking closes 90 minutes before the start of concert to allow time to process payments and send out the meeting ID and password. With the increased amount of traffic in cyberspace at this time some replies are being delayed. To ensure that you receive your meeting ID and password in time please book as far in advance as possible.
RANDY PORTER
WEDNESDAY MAY 6
9.00 PM EUROPE / 8.00 PM UK / 3.00 PM NEW YORK / 12.00PM LA
BOOKING CLOSED
Jazz pianist Randy Porter 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…”
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.
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. Porter played, produced, mixed and mastered the recording of Charles’ original ballets Sweet Synergy Suite and Song of Solomon, to be released in 2020.
Musical highlights include performing at Kimball’s with Art Farmer and Clifford Jordan, Lincoln Center and Kennedy Center with Diane Schuur, Seattle’s Jazz Alley with New York Voices, concerts at Yoshi’s in San Francisco with Madeline Eastman, Karrin Allyson and Rebecca Kilgore, The House of Blues in Chicago and BB King’s Blues Club in NYC with Gino Vannelli, the Monterey Jazz Festival with Madeline Eastman, the Chicago and Detroit Jazz Festivals with Charles McPherson, and the Portland and Montavilla Jazz Festivals with Nancy King.
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Last minute booking will close 90 minutes before the start of concert to allow time to process payments.
“Porter delivers the goods...dazzlingly accomplished.” – Allen Morrison, Downbeat
BRUCE BARTH
THURSDAY MAY 7
9.00 PM EUROPE / 8.00 PM UK / 3.00 PM NEW YORK / 12.00PM LA
BOOKING CLOSED
Bruce Barth is without doubt one of the great jazz pianists of our time. Deeply rooted in the jazz tradition, his music reflects the depth and breadth of his life and musical experiences.
He has had extended collaborations with Tony Bennett, Terell Stafford, Luciana Souza, Stanely Turrentine, Steve Wilson and David Sánchez and was a long standing member of the Terence Blanchard Quintet, and played piano on-screen in Spike Lee’s Malcolm X.
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Last minute booking will close 90 minutes before the start of concert to allow time to process payments.
MICHAEL KANAN
FRIDAY MAY 8
9.00 PM EUROPE / 8.00 PM UK / 3.00 PM NEW YORK / 12.00PM LA
BOOKING CLOSED
Michael Kanan hails from Boston, Massachusetts where he first began to play the piano at age 7. He started improvising at the keyboard early on, and by age 10 he was listening to jazz. His first instructor was pianist Harvey Diamond, a student of jazz innovator Lennie Tristano. During his years at Boston College, Michael had the opportunity to perform with several jazz greats including Tal Farlow, Lee Konitz, Al Cohn, and Alan Dawson. After graduating college and doing some freelance work around Boston, he moved to New York in 1991 to study with another Tristano student, the pianist Sal Mosca. He established himself in New York, playing and recording with Kurt Rosenwinkel, Mark Turner, and Jorge Rossy, among others. He also developed a growing reputation as a vocal accompanist. In 1996, he joined the band of legendary singer Jimmy Scott, touring the US, Europe, and Japan and recording 4 CDs. In 2001, Michael became the accompanist and arranger for one of today's most celebrated vocalists, Jane Monheit. With Ms. Monheit's group, he has toured all over the world, recorded several CDs and DVDs, and made many TV appearances, including The David Letterman Show and The Conan O'Brien Show.
When not on the road with the Monheit band, Michael performs and records with his own groups. He has made two trio recordings for Barcelona's Fresh Sound New Talent label: "Convergence" and "The Gentleman Is A Dope", both featuring bassist Ben Street and drummer Tim Pleasant. He has also recorded a duet with his longtime collaborator, alto saxophonist Nat Su, entitled "Dreams And Reflections". He can be heard around New York with his trio featuring guitarist Greg Ruggiero and bassist Neal Miner.
Today, Michael lives in Brooklyn, and is a student of classical piano teacher Sophia Rosoff.
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Last minute booking will close 90 minutes before the start of concert to allow time to process payments.
‘ Simple lines and melodic musings are the hallmark of this fine player. His original tunes are methodically beautiful’…. 'Swing For The People' and this is done with clarity and overall excellence."
Review by John Gilbert, JazzReview.com
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NICK FITCH
REPLACES EDWARD SIMON WHO HAS HAD TO CANCEL AT THE LAST MINUTE FOR PERSONAL REASONS
BOOKING CLOSED
SATURDAY MAY 9
9.00 PM EUROPE / 8.00 PM UK / 3.00 PM NY / 12.00 PM LA
TICKET PRICE €10.00 / £10.00 / $13.00
Nick Fitch is a highly gifted guitarist. At just 24 years old he is in demand as a performer, recording artist, musical director and arranger in London and the UK.
His main projects currently are with a jazz & blues organ trio with Jamie Safir (Will Young, Ian Shaw and Claire Martin) and Luke Tomlinson; a duo project celebrating the music of Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass with Tina May; a tango duo with virtuoso flautist Jaymee Coonjobeeharry (the music of Astor Piazzolla); and a jazz vocal-guitar duo with fellow NYJO chair James Hudson (the music of Sinatra & Jobim).
He was awarded the "Recital Diploma" prize. Nick also held the guitar chair in the National Youth Jazz Orchestra (UK) between 2014-2018.
Since graduating Nick has become an in-demand guitarist, musical director and arranger across multiple areas of the music scene.
Aside from playing Electric, Acoustic and Nylon guitars, Nick also plays Dobro, Banjo, Mandolin, Ukulele, Lapsteel and more.
Nick has vast experience as a session guitarist, both in commercial recording studios and from his fully-equipped home studio in Battersea, London.
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Last minute booking will close 90 minutes before the start of concert to allow time to process payments.
