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61. dubrovačke ljetne igre
61st Dubrovnik Summer Festival
2010
Hrvatska Croatia
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Jacky Terrasson Trio
Jacky Terrasson
glasovir piano
Ben Williams
bas bass
Terreon Gully
bubnjevi drums
Taraca tvrđave Revelin
Revelin Fort Terrace
27. srpnja 27 July
21.30 09:30 pm
Jazz-pijanist Jacky (pravim imenom
Jacques-Laurent) Terrasson rođen je
u Berlinu godine 1966., od majke
Amerikanke i oca Francuza. Od rane
mladosti zanosio se je slušajući svirku
Buda Powella, Billa Evansa, Theloniusa
Monka i Milesa Davisa, a osobito je
obožavao glas Billie Holiday. Studirao je
na Glazbenom koledžu Berklee u
Bostonu (među ostalima i kod Danila
Pereza), a zatim stjecao dragocjena
iskustva svirajući po chicaškim i
newyorškim klubovima te surađujući sa
sastavima Arthura Taylora i Betty
Carter. Godine 1993. pobijedio je na
pijanističkom natjecanju Thelonius
Monk, i otada traje njegova sve
intenzivnija međunarodna karijera.
Surađivao je s nekima od najpoznatijih
jazz-vokala. Na albumu Rendez-vous
pratio je Casandru Wilson, radio kao
aranžer i glazbenik za Diannu Reeves,
Dee Dee Bridgewater, Jimmyja Scotta i
Betty Carter, surađivao s Rayom
Brownom i Artom Taylorom te snimio
dva albuma s Ryom Cooderom. O
njegovoj velikoj samokritičnosti dovoljno
govori i činjenica da je svoj prvi
solistički album objavio tek nakon osam
onih na kojima je samo surađivao. Na
njemu se, pored standarda, koje izvodi
na jedinstven način, nalazilo i nekoliko
skladba koje svjedoče o njegovu
francusko-američkom podrijetlu.
Podjednako uspješan i u Francuskoj i u
SAD-u, Terrasson osvaja značajna
priznanja u obje zemlje, pa je tako
proglašen najboljim jazz-glazbenikom
godine (Prix Django Reinhardt koju mu
je dodijelila L'Academie du Jazz), dobio
nagradu za najbolji album godine za
album Smile, a 2003. bio ovjenčan
Nagradom Django d’Or za najbolji
album i najboljeg izvođača godine. The
New York Times Magazine pisao je o
Jackyju Terrassonu kao „jednom od
trideset najboljih umjetnika mlađih od
trideset godina, koji će ostaviti
neizbrisiv trag na američkoj kulturi u
narednim godinama“. Da nije bio daleko
od istine svjedoči i podatak da je
Terrasson dosad bio dvaput nominiran
za Nagradu Grammy. International
Herald Tribune piše o njemu kao o
„briljantnom umjetniku“ te posebno
ističe „specifičnu ritmičnost njegova
muziciranja i sposobnost brzih i vještih
prelazaka iz najglasnijih u najtiše zone“.
Časopis Time uvrstio je njegov prvi
album među najbolje albume godine
1994., a Los Angeles Times nazvao ga
je pijanistom koji ima „briljantnu maštu
za improvizaciju, ali i vlastiti, lako
prepoznatljivi zvuk“. Pored samostalnih
nastupa, Jacky Terrasson je nastupao u
duu sa slavnim flautistom Emmanuelom
Pahudom te u triju s basistom
Ugonnom Okegwom i bubnjarom
Leonom Parkerom. U novije je doba
osobito zapažena njegova suradnja s
gitaristom Philipom Catherineom.
Svojim mnogobrojnim nastupima na
najpoznatijim svjetskim festivalima i u
najvećim koncertnim dvoranama
Terrasson je stekao ugled jednoga od
najznačajnijih pijanista svojega
naraštaja. U diskografskom mu se
opusu nalaze albumi Jacky Terrasson
(Blue Note, 1994.), Lover Man (1994.),
Reach (Blue Note, 1996.), Rendez vous
(Mino Cinelu, Kenny Davis, Lonnie
Plaxico, Cassandra Wilson, Blue Note,
1997.), Alive (Blue Note, 1998.), What It
Is (Michael Brecker, Jay Collins,
Xiomara Laugart, Gregoire Maret, Blue
Note, 1999.), Where It’s At (EMI, 1999.),
A Paris... (Blue Note, 2001.), Moon &
Sand (Jazz aux remparts, 2001.), Lover
Man (Venus, 2002.), Smile (Blue Note,
2002.), Into the Blue (Emmanuel Pahor,
Blue Note, 2003.), Mirror (EMI, 2007.) i
Push (Concord Jazz, 2010.).
Basist Ben (Benjamin James)
Williams, rođen u Washingtonu DC,
podjednako je veliki majstor na
električnom basu i glasoviru, a zanima
se različitim glazbenim žanrovima, od
klasike do jazza, hip-hopa, R & B-a i
gospela. Diplomirao je u Glazbenoj školi
Državnog sveučilišta Michigan, gdje je
jazz svirku studirao kod Rodneya
Whitakera i Jacka Budrowa, a planira
magistrirati u newyorškoj Glazbenoj
školi Juilliard. Pobjednik je mnogih
natjecanja i dobitnik značajnih nagradnih
stipendija. Još godine 2002. bio je
dobitnikom Nagrade za godišnju
stipendiju Društva Duke Elington.
Godine 2005. pobijedio je (u kategoriji
jazz) na Natjecanju Međunarodnog
društva basista (ISB) i Međunarodnom
jazz-natjecanju Thelonious Monk, a
dvostruki je dobitnik Natjecanja za
jazz-stipendiju Fish Middleton, u sklopu
Jazz-Festivala Istočne obale i
Glasovirskog natjecanja DC Public
School. Surađivao je s priznatim
američkim i vanameričkim umjetnicima
kao što su Wynton Marsalis, Terence
Blanchard, Roy Hargrove, Mulgrew
Miller, Cyrus Chestnut, Ron Blake,
Stefon Harris, Karreim Riggins, Hamiett
Bluiette, James Williams, Bobby
Watson, Winard Harper, Buster Williams,
John Hicks, Anthony Wonsey, Me’Shelle
N’degeocello, Gene Lake, Wycliffe
Gordon i Delfeayo Marsalis. Publika i
kritika uvijek s lakoćom zapažaju njegov
sjajan ritmički puls, svježe harmonijske
zamisli, kao i nenaučiv osjećaj za
briljantnu koordinaciju s vokalnim
solistima i susviračima.
Bubnjar, skladatelj, aranžer i producent
Terreon Gully, rođen u St. Louisu,
Illinois, među prijateljima poznat i kao
Tank, najprije se školovao u jazzansamblu pri Lincoln Senior High
School pod vodstvom Ronalda Cartera,
a zatim na Sveučilištu u Houstonu gdje
mu je mentor bio Marvin Sparks,
tamošnji pročelnik Odjela za udaraljke, i
gdje je diplomirao godine 1996. Sada
boravi i umjetnički djeluje u New York
Cityju. Taj autentični i profinjeno
inovativni majstor udaraljkaške tehnike
osobito se zanima za pronalaženje
novih boja pri rafiniranoj izmjeni
zvukovnih izvora, a aktivan je i
podjednako vješt u mnogim stilovima,
među kojima su afrokubanski zvuk,
funk, fusion, big band, rhythm and
blues, hip hop, pop i gospel. Intenzivno
svirajući i snimajući, često surađuje s
osobnostima i sastavima kakvi su Jacky
Terrason, The Christian McBride Band,
Stefon Harris, David Sanborn, Marc
Cary, Geoffrey Keezer, Yerba Buena,
Burning Spear, Lauryn Hill, Roy Ayers,
Benny Green Trio, Charlie Hunter, Real
Live Band, Diane Reeves, Abbey
Lincoln, Russell Gunn, Lizz Wright i
drugi. Posebno je tražen kao studijski
glazbenik pa mnogo snima za
diskografske potrebe, film i
komercijalne projekte. Od godine 2008
Terreon Gully je profesor bubnjeva i
povijesti jazza na kanadskom
Sveučilištu Manitoba, Winnipeg.
D. Detoni
The jazz-pianist Jacky (JacquesLaurent) Terrasson was born in Berlin
in 1966, to an American mother and a
French father. In his youth he listened to
music by Bud Powell, Bill Evans,
Thelonious Monk and Miles Davis, and
was particularly fond of Billie Holiday.
He studied at the Berklee College of
Music in Boston, and later jammed at
clubs in Chicago and New York before
he began to work with the ensembles of
Arthur Taylor and Betty Carter. In 1993
Jacky Terrasson won the Thelonious
Monk Competition and launched a
brilliant international career. He has
worked with some of the most
renowned jazz vocalists, such as
Cassandra Wilson on the album
Rendezvous. As a pianist and arranger
he has worked with Dianna Reeves,
Dee Dee Bridgewater, Jimmy Scott and
Betty Carter. He has also worked with
Ray Brown and Art Taylor and recorded
two albums with Ry Cooder. Jacky
Terrasson undertook the challenge of
his first solo studio album Mirror after
working on other artists’ recordings for
eight years. In addition to jazz
standards performed in his unique way,
the album includes his own pieces
which reveal his French-American
origins. Equally successful in France
and the USA, Terrasson has been
awarded many times in both countries:
he won Best Jazz Artist of the Year (Prix
Django Reinhardt, L'Academie du Jazz),
Best Jazz Album of the Year for Smile,
and two Django d’Or awards for Best
Jazz Album and Best Artist in 2003.
The New York Times Magazine
acclaimed him as “one of 30 artists
under the age of 30 most likely to make
an impact on American culture in the
future”. In support of this statement is
the fact that Terrasson has been a
Grammy nominee two times. The New
York Times has hailed him as “reliably
brilliant” and the International Herald
Tribune has praised him for his “purely
personal concept of metre, not to
mention his uncanny ability to go from
pianissimo to fortissimo without
stopping anywhere in between”. Jacky
Terrasson’s Blue Note debut was
ranked among Time Magazine’s Top
Albums of 1995, and the Los Angeles
Times has heralded him as “a pianist
with a shining improvisational
imagination, who seems clearly
determined to follow his own path”. In
addition to his solo performances,
Jacky Terrasson has performed in a
duo with the renowned flutist Emmanuel
Pahud and in a trio with the bass player
Ugonna Okegwo and the drummer
Leon Parker. He has recently worked
with the guitarist Philip Catherine.
Performing at some of the world’s most
prestigious festivals and halls, Jacky
Terrasson has established himself as
one of the finest pianists of his
generation. His discography includes
Jacky Terrasson (Blue Note, 1994),
Lover Man (1994), Reach (Blue Note,
1996, Rendez vous (Mino Cinelu, Kenny
Davis, Lonnie Plaxico, Cassandra
Wilson, Blue Note, 1997), Alive (Blue
Note, 1998), What It Is (Michael Brecker,
Jay Collins, Xiomara Laugart, Gregoire
Maret, Blue Note, 1999), Where It’s At
(EMI, 1999), A Paris... (Blue Note, 2001),
Moon & Sand (Jazz aux remparts, 2001),
Lover Man (Venus, 2002), Smile (Blue
Note, 2002), Into the Blue (Emmanuel
Pahor, Blue Note, 2003), Mirror (EMI,
2007) and Push (Concord Jazz, 2010).
Ben (Benjamin James) Williams, a
native of Washington DC, performs on
electric bass and piano as well. His
musical influence is rooted in various
genres of music including classical,
jazz, hip-hop, R&B and gospel. He
graduated from the Michigan State
University School of Music where he
studied jazz with Rodney Whitaker and
Jack Budrow, and plans to pursue a
master’s degree at the Juilliard School
of Music. Ben Williams has won several
competitions and scholarship awards.
He is a 2002 recipient of the Duke
Ellington Society Annual Scholarship
Award. In 2005 he won first place in the
International Society of Bassists
Competition (ISB) and the Thelonious
Monk International Jazz Competition.
He is a two-time winner of the Fish
Middleton Jazz Scholarship
Competition at the East Coast Jazz
Festival and a two-time winner of the
DC Public School Piano Competition.
Ben Williams has performed both
nationally and internationally with such
artists as Wynton Marsalis, Terence
Blanchard, Roy Hargrove, Mulgrew
Miller, Cyrus Chestnut, Ron Blake,
Stefon Harris, Karreim Riggins, Hamiett
Bluiette, James Williams, Bobby
Watson, Winard Harper, Buster
Williams, John Hicks, Anthony Wonsey,
Me’Shelle N’degeocello, Gene Lake,
Wycliffe Gordon and Delfeayo Marsalis.
His brilliant sense of rhythm, fresh
harmonic ideas and outstanding
togetherness with vocal soloists and
fellow musicians have enthralled
audiences and critics alike.
A native of St Louis, Illinois, the
drummer Terreon Gully, or «Tank», also
writes, produces and arranges music.
He started his musical career
performing in the Lincoln Senior High
School Jazz Ensemble under the
leadership of Ronald Carter. Later he
attended the University of Houston,
where his mentor Marvin Sparks,
Director of Percussion Studies,
introduced him to the world of
percussion, and where he graduated
from in 1996. He now lives and works in
New York City. Terreon’s artistic
uniqueness lies in his distinctive sound,
authenticity and creativity, and he has
mastered a variety of styles including
Afro-Cuban, funk, fusion, big band,
rhythm and blues, hip hop, pop and
gospel. He performs and records
extensively, often working with such
artists as Jacky Terrasson, The
Christian McBride Band, Stefon Harris,
David Sanborn, Marc Cary, Geoffrey
Keezer, Yerba Buena, Burning Spear,
Lauryn Hill, Roy Ayers, Benny Green
Trio, Charlie Hunter, Real Live Band,
Diane Reeves, Abbey Lincoln, Russell
Gunn, Lizz Wright and many others.
Terreon Gully is known for his
exceptional work in the studio,
recording for albums, films and
commercials. Since 2008 He has been
Professor of Drumset and Jazz History
at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg,
Canada.
D. Detoni