Program Notes - Lincoln Center`s American Songbook

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Sponsored by Prudential Investment Management
Friday Evening, February 21, 2014, at 8:30
Aoife O’Donovan
(Lincoln Center debut)
Ryan Scott, Electric Guitar
Charlie Rose, Pedal Steel Guitar
Jacob Silver, Bass
Robin MacMillan, Drums
Colin Jacobsen, Violin
Jeremy Kittel, Violin
Christina Courtin, Viola
Eric Jacobsen, Cello
This evening’s program is approximately 75 minutes long and will be performed
without intermission.
Major support for Lincoln Center’s American Songbook is provided by Fisher Brothers, In Memory of
Richard L. Fisher; and Amy & Joseph Perella.
Wine generously donated by William Hill Estate Winery, Official Wine of Lincoln Center.
This performance is made possible in part by the Josie Robertson Fund for Lincoln Center.
The Allen Room
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall
Please make certain your cellular phone,
pager, or watch alarm is switched off.
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Additional support for Lincoln Center’s American
Songbook is provided by The Brown Foundation, Inc.,
of Houston, The DuBose and Dorothy Heyward
Memorial Fund, The Shubert Foundation, Jill and
Irwin Cohen, The G & A Foundation, Inc., Great
Performers Circle, Chairman’s Council, and Friends
of Lincoln Center.
Upcoming American Songbook Events
in The Allen Room:
Saturday Evening, February 22, at 8:30
Ann Harada
Endowment support is provided by Bank of America.
Wednesday Evening, March 5, at 8:30
Taylor Mac’s 24-Decade History of Popular
Music: The 1920s
Public support is provided by the New York State
Council on the Arts.
Thursday Evening, March 6, at 8:30
Deer Tick (limited availability)
Artist catering is provided by Zabar’s and
Zabars.com.
Friday Evening, March 7, at 7:30 and 9:30
Jim Caruso’s Cast Party Goes to the Movies
with Billy Stritch, featuring Marilyn Maye,
Jane Monheit, Christina Bianco, &
Jeffry Denman
MetLife is the National Sponsor of Lincoln Center.
Movado is an Official Sponsor of Lincoln Center.
United Airlines is the Official Airline of Lincoln
Center.
WABC-TV is the Official Broadcast Partner of
Lincoln Center.
William Hill Estate Winery is the Official Wine of
Lincoln Center.
Saturday Evening, March 8, at 8:30
Norm Lewis (limited availability)
The Allen Room is located in Jazz at Lincoln
Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall.
Upcoming American Songbook Events
in the Penthouse:
Wednesday Evening, March 19, at 8:00
Mark Mulcahy
Thursday Evening, March 20, at 8:00
Mellissa Hughes
Friday Evening, March 21, at 8:00
Matt Alber (limited availability)
Thursday Evening, April 3, at 8:00
Hurray for the Riff Raff
The Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse is located
at 165 West 65th Street, Tenth Floor.
For tickets, call (212) 721-6500 or visit
AmericanSongbook.org. Call the Lincoln Center
Info Request Line at (212) 875-5766 or visit
AmericanSongbook.org for complete program
information.
Join the conversation: #LCSongbook
We would like to remind you that the sound of coughing and rustling paper might distract the
performers and your fellow audience members.
In consideration of the performing artists and members of the audience, those who must leave
before the end of the performance are asked to do so between pieces. The taking of photographs
and the use of recording equipment are not allowed in the building.
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SHAWN BRACKBILL
Meet the Artists
partnership. Both joyously open and profoundly private, the album is at all times an
opportunity to enjoy Ms. O’Donovan’s thoroughly modern and deeply rooted vocals.
Learn more at aoifeodonovan.com.
Aoife O’Donovan
The thing about fossils is that they are a
very long time in the making, and it’s not an
entirely intentional process. The making of
Aoife (pronounced “EE-fuh”) O’Donovan’s
debut album, Fossils, has hardly been a
glacial affair, but it has spent rather more
than a decade forming about in her creative
subconscious, resulting in a beautiful, timeless record, the natural evolution of an
accomplished singer and songwriter.
The album’s roots stretch back to Ms.
O’Donovan’s time at the New England
Conservatory, where she dreamed of one
day recording an album with celebrated
producer Tucker Martine (My Morning
Jacket, Tift Merritt). Upon graduation, Ms.
O’Donovan hit the road as the lead singer
and principal songwriter/song-finder of
Crooked Still, which grew into one of the
world’s most acclaimed progressive string
groups over the ensuing decade. The stunning versatility and appeal of her voice
brought her to the attention of some of the
most eminent names in music and led to
collaborations across a wide variety of genres with everyone from Alison Krauss to
Dave Douglas, along with a role as vocalist
on the Grammy-winning Goat Rodeo
Sessions alongside Chris Thile, Yo-Yo Ma,
Edgar Meyer, and Stuart Duncan.
Ms. O’Donovan never forgot the call of that
solo record, though, and last year she
headed to Portland, Oregon, to fulfill her
dream and record with Martine. Rich in
songs and unexpected textures, the album
bears the remarkable fruits of their creative
Ryan Scott
Raised around the Bay Area and California’s
Central Coast, Ryan Scott (electric guitar)
delved into the likes of Leo Kottke, Eric
Clapton, and Doc Watson as a youth. His
early teens brought him an electric guitar
and the joys of Van Halen, Metallica,
Nirvana, and the blues. He played from the
songbooks of Freddie King, Stevie Ray
Vaughan, and other greats, exploring jamband giant the Allman Brothers Band and
guitarists John Scofield and Bill Frisell. By
1999, Mr. Scott’s prodigious guitar skills
had taken him to the Monterey Jazz
Festival and to numerous festivals in
Europe and Japan. In 2001, the then-18year-old moved to New York. While
entrenching himself in the jazz world, he
began to sing again. Blending his vocal
influences, which range from Elliott Smith
to Randy Newman, to Marvin Gaye, Mr.
Scott began writing his own songs. His
debut disc, Smoke and Licorice, is an
album about a young man trying to figure
things out, looking for answers, creating
his own voice while honing his ample skills,
trying to find peace within himself and a
path to live his life.
Charlie Rose
Charlie Rose (pedal steel guitar) is a Kansasbred, Boston-based multi-intrumentalist,
singer-songwriter, sideman, and scientist
specializing in banjo, pedal steel guitar, guitar, and bass. He has recorded with Aoife
O’Donovan, Rose Cousins, Lori McKenna,
Barnstar!, and Sarah Lee Guthrie and
Johnny Irion. He will release his debut solo
album this May.
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Jacob Silver
Colin Jacobsen
Jacob Silver (bass) is primarily a bassist
(upright and electric), but he also works as
a recording engineer, producer, composer,
and booking agent. He owns Media Blitz
Record Co., a record label that specializes in
vinyl. He has performed or collaborated
with many prominent and awardwinning musicians, including Pete Seeger,
Arlo Guthrie, the Mammals, Andrew Bird,
Lauryn Hill, Lee Fields and the Expressions,
Emmylou Harris, Gary Karr, Rushad Eggleston, Christina Courtin, Aoife O’Donovan,
and Tao Seeger, among others. Mr. Silver
attended Berklee College of Music, San
Francisco Conservatory of Music, and the
University of Victoria. After completing his
studies in 2002, Mr. Silver moved to New
York. In 2008 he recorded, performed, and
co-produced the album Let There Be Peace
on Earth, and Let It Begin with Me, a collection of children’s songs written by Jill
Jackson and Sy Miller. In 2009 he played in
Pete Seeger’s 90th birthday celebration at
Madison Square Garden. Mr. Silver also
appears on the album Preservation: An
Album Benefitting Preservation Hall and
the Preservation Hall Music Outreach
Program with the legendary Preservation
Hall Jazz Band. Recently he appeared in
the film 20 Feet from Stardom, where he
plays with some of the most recorded
singers in history.
Violinist and composer Colin Jacobsen (violin) was named one of the Top 100
Composers Under 40 by NPR listeners. He
is also active as an Avery Fisher Career
Grant–winning soloist and a touring member of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble. For
his work as a founding member of the
string quartet Brooklyn Rider and orchestra
the Knights, Mr. Jacobsen was selected to
receive a United States Artists Fellowship.
As a member of Brooklyn Rider, he enjoys
educational residencies at Dartmouth
College, UNC Chapel Hill, and the University of Texas at Austin. The Knights have
appeared at venues ranging from Carnegie
Hall, Lincoln Center, and the 92nd Street Y
to Central Park and (Le) Poisson Rouge. As
a member of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project,
Mr. Jacobsen has participated in residencies and performances at the Art Institute
of Chicago, the Hollywood Bowl, and
across the U.S., as well as in Azerbaijan,
China, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, and
Switzerland. As a violin soloist, Mr.
Jacobsen has collaborated with orchestras
including the New York Philharmonic and
the San Francisco Symphony. He has performed with such prominent artists as
Emanuel Ax, Joshua Bell, Steven Isserlis,
Christian Tetzlaff, Mitsuko Uchida, and composer Tan Dun. Mr. Jacobsen plays a
Joseph Guarneri filius Andreae violin dating
from 1696 and a Samuel Zygmuntowicz violin made in 2008.
Robin MacMillan
Carmel, California native Robin MacMillan
(drums) has been playing drums for as long
as he can remember. Since moving to
Brooklyn in 2002, he has made a name for
himself playing with such artists as Tao
Seeger, Christina Courtin, the Shalants,
Aoife O’Donovan, Jefferson Hamer, and
many more. Mr. MacMillan can often be
found playing alongside bassist Jacob
Silver; collectively, the duo is known and
lauded as Treasure.
Jeremy Kittel
Jeremy Kittel (violin) is at the forefront of a
new breed of fiddlers and violinists who
easily navigate between a multitude of musical styles and traditions. He has a master’s
degree in jazz violin from the Manhattan
School of Music. Currently touring internationally with the Jeremy Kittel Band, he
leads audiences into exciting, new-acoustic
music territory. Mr. Kittel also maintains an
active collaborative schedule with artists
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from diverse genres. He spent five years
as a full-time member of the Grammywinning Turtle Island Quartet. He has
worked with such musical giants as Mark
O’Connor, Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer,
Paquito D’Rivera, My Morning Jacket, and
Chris Thile.
Christina Courtin
A native of Buffalo, New York, Christina
Courtin (viola) honed her violin skills at The
Juilliard School. She formed a band, and
her self-titled debut record was released on
Nonesuch in 2009. Her sophomore
release, Varsity, was recorded in Brooklyn,
New York, and Austin, Texas, with the help
of Mike McCarthy (Spoon, Trail of Dead,
White Rabbits) and Ryan Scott, and was
released by Hundred Pockets Records in
March 2013. Ms. Courtin performs regularly as a sideman and session musician in
and around New York. She has contributed
violin/viola work to Fun., Dirty Projectors,
Sara Watkins, the Knights, yMusic,
Marianne Faithfull, Yo-Yo Ma, Sufjan
Stevens, Antony and the Johnsons, Marc
Ribot’s Film Noir Project, Iron and Wine,
and Teddy Thompson.
Eric Jacobsen
Eric Jacobsen (cello) is a cellist and conductor residing in Brooklyn, New York. He
has performed with Renée Fleming on the
Late Show with David Letterman and with
the Silk Road Ensemble at the opening ceremonies of the Special Olympics in
Shanghai. With his brother Colin Jacobsen
he is a founding member of the string quartet Brooklyn Rider. He and Colin are the
artistic directors of the orchestra the
Knights as well as the artistic directors of
Musicians for Harmony. Mr. Jacobsen has
appeared as soloist with the Riverside
Orchestra, New Hampshire Music Festival
Orchestra, Greenwich Village Orchestra,
Lake George Chamber Orchestra, and the
Woodstock Mozart Festival Orchestra. He
regularly performs at Bargemusic, often
with pianist Steven Beck. He has toured
numerous summer festivals, including
Lucerne and Lincoln Center Out of Doors.
Mr. Jacobsen is a member of Yo-Yo Ma’s
Silk Road Project. Mr. Jacobsen is the cellist of the Mark O’Connor String Quartet,
and he can be heard on recordings with YoYo Ma, Bono, and Mark O’Connor. He was
recently appointed to the cello and chamber music faculty of NYU. Mr. Jacobsen
plays a Giovanni Battista Genova cello,
crafted in Turin in 1745.
American Songbook
In 1998, Lincoln Center launched American
Songbook, dedicated to the celebration of
popular American song. Designed to highlight
and affirm the creative mastery of
America’s songwriters from their emergence at the turn of the 19th century up
through the present, American Songbook
spans all styles and genres, from the
form’s early roots in Tin Pan Alley and
Broadway to the eclecticism of today’s
singer-songwriters. American Songbook
also showcases the outstanding interpreters of popular song, including established and emerging concert, cabaret, theater, and songwriter performers.
Lincoln Center for the
Performing Arts, Inc.
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
(LCPA) serves three primary roles: presenter of artistic programming, national leader
in arts and education and community relations, and manager of the Lincoln Center
campus. A presenter of more than 3,000
free and ticketed events, performances,
tours, and educational activities annually,
LCPA offers 15 programs, series, and festivals including American Songbook, Great
Performers, Lincoln Center Festival,
Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Midsummer
Night Swing, the Mostly Mozart Festival,
and the White Light Festival, as well as the
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Emmy Award–winning Live From Lincoln
Center, which airs nationally on PBS. As
manager of the Lincoln Center campus,
LCPA provides support and services for the
Lincoln Center complex and the 11 resident organizations. In addition, LCPA led a
$1.2 billion campus renovation, completed
in October 2012.
Lincoln Center Programming Department
Jane Moss, Ehrenkranz Artistic Director
Hanako Yamaguchi, Director, Music Programming
Jon Nakagawa, Director, Contemporary Programming
Lisa Takemoto, Production Manager
Bill Bragin, Director, Public Programming
Charles Cermele, Producer, Contemporary Programming
Kate Monaghan, Associate Director, Programming
Jill Sternheimer, Producer, Public Programming
Mauricio Lomelin, Associate Producer, Contemporary Programming
Nicole Cotton, Production Coordinator
Regina Grande, Assistant to the Artistic Director
Julia Lin, Programming Associate
Ann Crews Melton, Programming Publications Editor
Kristin Renee Young, House Seat Coordinator
For American Songbook
Matt Berman, Lighting Design
Scott Stauffer, Sound Design
Sara Sessions, Production Assistant
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