Tri-C JazzFest

Tri-C JazzFest
Presented by
Chick Corea
Friday, June 24
6 p.m. | Ohio Theatre
June 23-25, 2016
Jazz icon Chick Corea is a DownBeat Hall of Famer and NEA Jazz Master,
as well as the fourth most nominated artist in Grammy Awards history with 63
nods and 22 wins. His expansive musical collaborations, which started in the late
‘60s with Miles Davis, continues with the likes of Bobby McFerrin, Bela Fleck,
Gary Burton and Herbie Hancock.
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His trio with Christian McBride and Brian Blade has been captured in a 3-CD
set Trilogy, recorded live from their performances around the globe. “The three
have an uncanny connection, filling space with gorgeous and subtle phrasings,
gliding through all manner of styles with a seemingly effortless elegance, grace,
and freshness.” - Steve Leggett, Allmusic. They will take you on an unparalleled
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As critic Jack Goodstein says, “Sanborn puts out the
kind of music that does perhaps the one thing needful
for fine music: It sounds good.” We agree.
David Sanborn/
Maceo Parker
Friday, June 24
8 p.m.
Connor Palace
Six-time Grammy winner David Sanborn has been
sweeping audiences away from the release of his first
solo album, Taking Off in 1975 through his 2015 Time and
the River. His versatility and collaborations consistently
attract lovers of pop, R&B and traditional jazz alike.
Saxophonist Maceo Parker embodies the legacy of
soul and funk music like no other musician can. Always
at the forefront, Maceo has been a common thread
in the history of funk – helping to pioneer the sound
of the genre in collaborations alongside seminal icons
like James Brown, George Clinton, and Prince, all the
while honing his own signature brand of showmanship.
Leading his flawlessly tight band with a cool confidence,
Maceo transports audiences to the slickest of eras
in performances that are positively timeless.
Big Sam’s
Funky Nation
Friday, June 24
10:15 p.m. | Outcalt Theatre
“Noladelic” best describes Big Sam’s driving force of urban funk. The band is led
by trombone powerhouse Big Sam Williams, who refuses to let the audience sit still.
That’s why this show is in the Outcalt Theatre, where dancing is not only allowed,
it’s encouraged. Between the band’s solos, Big Sam’s signature dance moves and his
distinctive trombone riffs, the energy level is high voltage when this band takes the stage.
At age 24, Melissa
Aldana became the first
female instrumentalist
to win the Thelonious
Monk International Jazz
Competition, which
included Jane Ira Bloom,
Branford Marsalis, Jimmy
Heath, Wayne Shorter
and Bobby Watson as
jurors. In commenting on
Melissa’s 2013 win, Bloom
said “The thing that was
apparent to us was that
Saturday, June 25
Melissa was a young artist,
1 p.m. | Hanna Theatre
who, in addition to having
embraced a great deal
of tradition, has made
important steps in developing her own personal sonic vocabulary. We
all sensed that from her original music and in her interpretations of
traditional material.” Aldana also won the National Arts Award “Altazor”
in Chile for “Best Album,” and recently received the Lincoln Center
Martin E. Segal Award.
Melissa Aldana /
Rosa Passos
Bahia-born Rosa Passos is one of the few singers dedicated to the genuine
evolution of Brazilian music, devoid of trend and commercialism. At age
11, she was captivated by João Gilberto’s record Amoroso (produced by
Tommy LiPuma). She was so influenced by that record that years later,
she dedicated her first recording to it. Her softly powerful voice and subtly
expressive guitar-playing has established her in Brazil’s artistic pantheon,
and she is esteemed by the likes of João Gilberto, Maria Schneider, Clare
Fisher, Ron Carter and Paquito d’Rivera.
3 p.m. | Ohio Theatre
Since multiple Grammy-winning trumpeter and composer
Terence Blanchard embarked on his solo recording career in 1991,
the New Orleans native has traveled many paths. Known for delivering
adventurous and provocative takes on acoustic jazz originals, he has
composed more than 50 soundtracks, recorded more than 30 albums,
and in 2013 debuted Champion: An Opera in Jazz. In the spirit of his one
time membership in Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, he has mentored
several musicians in his bands who have gone on to become notable
leaders, including Lionel Loueke, Aaron Parks and Kendrick Scott. The
E-Collective is Blanchard’s first foray into straight up groove-land and he’s
thrilled with the dance-steeped party he and his band have cooked up.
10:30 p.m.
Outcalt Theatre
Saturday, June 25
4:45 p.m. | Hanna Theatre
Trumpeter Dominick Farinacci was attending music classes at
Tri-C when he was discovered by Wynton Marsalis at Tri-C JazzFest.
He graduated from the Juilliard School on full scholarship, launched
his career in Japan and spent time in the Middle East as a global
jazz ambassador for Jazz at Lincoln Center. Short Stories, his new
recording on the Mack Avenue label, was produced by Tommy
LiPuma and recorded right here in Cleveland at the Tommy LiPuma
Center for Creative Arts. The music is a culmination of his life
experiences, a telling of time and place with an eclectic and colorful
palette. The timing of the release on Mack Avenue couldn’t be better
for JazzFest and its fans.
Contemporary Jazz
Extravaganza with
Lalah Hathaway,
BWB and
Brian Culbertson
Saturday, June 25
Vocalist Lalah Hathaway is the daughter of soul singer
Donny Hathaway and an alumna of Berklee College of Music. In 2014,
she won a Grammy for Best R&B Performance with Snarky Puppy,
and in 2015 for Best Traditional R&B Performance with Robert
Glasper and Malcolm-Jamal Warner.
Saturday, June 25
Saturday, June 25
CD Release Concert
and Party
7:15 p.m. | Connor Place
Terence Blanchard
& the E-Collective
Cubanismo!
Dominick Farinacci
Brian Culbertson began his musical journey at the age of 8. At 20,
Brian self-produced his debut album, Long Night Out. Since then,
he has released 15 more albums, toured the world, and received
numerous awards. In 2012, he founded the Napa Valley Jazz Getaway,
a five-day festival of wine, food, art and music set in California’s
famous wine region.
Rick Braun, Kirk Whalum and Norman Brown are BWB, a
group whose musical passion and groove defines the heart and soul of
today’s contemporary jazz. Each artist infuses his solo projects with a
mix of classic R&B and soul-jazz influences, none greater than those
classic late 1960s and early ‘70s CTI recordings featuring legends like
George Benson, Freddie Hubbard, Bob James and Ron Carter.
As writer Enrique Fernandez put it: “Dictators, imperialists, revolutions,
embargos, capitalism, socialism, death, no one, NO ONE can stop the music.”
Dancing is encouraged at this performance of the Afro-Cuban jazz band
¡Cubanismo! Led by Jesús Alemañy, a Cuban expatriate from London, the
band’s powerful percussion section is uniquely Cuban and totally authentic.
The band punches out an irresistible blend of freewheeling dance tunes,
traditional rumba, cha-cha, son, danzón and pa’ca rhythms. This is
danceable music from beginning to end.
37 th Annual
Tri-C JazzFest
Presented by
June 23-25, 2016
Tommy LiPuma’s
BIG
BIRTHDAY
BASH!
Thursday, June 23 | 7:30 p.m. | Connor Palace
What do Diana Krall, Leon Russell, Dr. John and Al Jarreau
have in common?
Grammys, gold and platinum records, and a love for Tommy LiPuma. Along with
the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, these artists will celebrate his 80th birthday in
a unique concert you won’t want to miss.
Steppin’ Out, Diana Krall’s first record
(with John and Jeff Clayton) captured
LiPuma’s attention and led to a string of
Grammy-winning collaborations including
When I Look in Your Eyes, The Look of Love,
Live in Paris and Quiet Nights.
When Al Jarreau was discovered by
Warner Bros, Glow, his second album,
produced by LiPuma, won a German
grammy. From there, other records such as
Look to the Rainbow, led to more.
Tommy LiPuma and Dr. John first worked on the
45 single “Zu Zu Man” in 1965. He introduced “Mac”
to Rickie Lee Jones and produced their hit single
“Makin’ Whoopee.” From City Lights in 1978 to Tango
Palace, In a Sentimental Mood, and Afterglow in 1995,
Dr. John and Tommy have made great music together.
Leon Russell was a first-call studio musician when
Tommy LiPuma first met him in Los Angeles. Russell’s tune
“This Masquerade” showed up on George Benson’s first
recording, Breezin’, produced by LiPuma, and won Best
Record of the Year in 1977. Tommy produced Leon’s Life
Journey at the behest of Elton John.
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