Jazz Backstage V 01 & V 02

Retrospective 2008-10

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“Larry Rosen’s JAZZ ROOTS is the most important new concert and educational jazz series in America... It’s so important that Americans learn about their culture...and this series is simply imperative!”

Quincy Jones

JAZZ ROOTS

A Larry Rosen Jazz Series

“The Drums That Came From Africa” The drum: the heartbeat, the pulse in the womb, the throb of love, the metronome of rhythm, the language of expression, the

vibrant vessel of deep riches and sacred truths. Africa, the habitat of the drum, may have been depicted by late 19th century British author Joseph Conrad as the “heart of darkness” in his novel of the same name, but the embattled and widely misunderstood continent has proved to be the beacon that illuminated the path to the development of a multitude of modern popular music styles in the western hemisphere, all infused with the animated beat of the drum. From South America to the Caribbean to North America, the drum served not only as the backdrop but also as the instigator of what makes music vital and free.

Beginning early in the 16th century, the foreign intrusion into Africa in the name of European colonialism triggered a diaspora.

Millions of people were forced to leave their homelands, exported to the New World as slaves. Yet, ironically, this diaspora laid the foundation for vital new styles of music as the two newly wedded cultures blended together, with elements of European classical music colliding with wonderful buoyancy with Africa’s drum rhythms.

The spawning grounds of the Africa-rooted, drum-infused music were widespread in the Americas, propagating, long after slavery was abolished, the development of samba and bossa nova in Brazil; son, mambo, rumba, and cha-cha-cha in Cuba; plena and salsa in Puerto Rico; calypso and soca in Trinidad; merengue in the Dominican Republic; compas in Haiti; mento, ska, and reggae in Jamaica; and, originating in the melting pot of New Orleans, blues, gospel, jazz, rhythm & blues, rock, soul, funk, and hip-hop in the United States.

BRAZIL African rhythms took hold of the mainland of South America, most significantly in Brazil, best known for samba and its new-wave,

cooled-down bossa nova, which turned 50 on the occasion of the anniversary of Joao Gilberto’s recording of the Antonio Carlos Jobim tune “Desafinado” (Out of Tune). The biggest bossa nova surge came in 1963, when saxophonist Stan Getz collaborated with Gilberto for the jazz classic “Getz/Gilberto,” featuring the lush tune “The Girl From Ipanema,” sung by Astrud Gilberto. Predating bossa, samba grew out of the late 19th century choro tradition in Rio, where ex-slaves helped to generate a percussive style of music to buoy the Carnaval celebrations with drum soundscapes and syncopated dance beats. In the 1930s, the style became Brazil’s official music. Today’s stars include Gilberto Gil, Ivan Lins, Eliane Elias, Oscar Castro-Neves, Caetano Veloso, and others.

CUBA The styles of music that have emanated from the island are remarkable, all directly tied to African rhythmic roots. African slaves

were imported to work on the sugar plantations and formed social groups called cabildos, out of which grew the Afro-Cuban religion of Santería. Bata drums, congas, and shekere percussion provided the musical accompaniment to the religious rituals.

This led to intoxicating mixes of Cuban dance rhythms, including rumba, danzón, and later son, Cuba’s most important style of song and dance music, where the clave rhythm was central.

The mambo, (created by bassist/bandleader Israel "Cachao" López,) led to Afro-Cuban jazz (credited to trumpeter/arranger Mario Bauza) and later Latin jazz (when Bauza and bebop creator Dizzy Gillespie founded cubop). Much of today’s Afro-Cuban rhythms have become fully incorporated into jazz thanks to such pioneering movers-and-shakers as Chano Pozo, Candido, Machito, Perez Prado, and Chico OíFarrill. Today’s keepers of the flame are Grammy-winning trumpet virtuoso Arturo Sandoval, National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Paquito D’Rivera, and piano virtuoso Alfredo Rodriguez.

PUERTO RICO While Cuba stands as the capital of salsa, (a musical style of modernized Cuban dance that originated in 1961,) the music also

took root in Puerto Rico. Salsa became widespread worldwide not just as spicy dance floor tunes but also as jazz-infused performance works, due in large part to such Puerto-Rican American pioneers as timbales titan Tito Puente “El Rey” (the King of Latin Music) and conguero Ray Barretto (recognized as an NEA Jazz Master). Many have followed in these two giants’ footsteps, including flautists Nestor Torres and Dave Valentin, Nuyrican drummer/bandleader Bobby Sanabria, pianist Eddie Palmieri, and pop stars such as Carlos Santana and Mark Anthony.

THE CARIBBEAN Trinidad is best known for calypso, one of the most popular and widespread styles of African-derived music. It developed rhythmically

and melodically out of the work songs of African slaves on the plantations and intermingled with the European-style music of French masquerade balls that marked Lent. The African slaves developed their own celebrations, teeming with rhythm. The two camps of music combined forces to form calypso upon emancipation in 1834. On the island of Hispaniola, both the Dominican Republic and Haiti developed different hybrids.

The Dominican Republic is best known for merengue, a lively, syncopated dance music originating in the 1920s and tradition-

ally played with a two-sided lap drum (called a tambora), a guira (a percussion instrument), and a diatonic accordion. Haiti adopted a slower style of merengue called meringue, with traditional rhythms and guitar instead of accordion. Haiti is also the home of compas, which traces its origins to colonial dance rhythms imported from Africa.

Reggae is Jamaica’s gift to the world, a musical force that has deep roots dating to the late 17th century, when African slaves, primarily from Ghana, escaped into the hills and developed a percussive music for religious rituals. Even after slavery was abolished in 1838, blacks strove to preserve their African culture, and from that developed a drum-driven folk music that was a composite of African, British, Irish, and Spanish vocal traditions.

Mento led to fast-paced ska, which led to reggae, popularized in the early 1970s by Jimmy Cliff, Toots and the Maytals, and the king of them all, Bob Marley, and his band, the Wailers.

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North American slave owners, who feared the beats would incite their workers to rebellion, banned African drums. Despite this, Africans maintained their tradition of drum-based music as work songs morphed into the blues decades later, gospel music grew out of sobering Negro spirituals, and European music melded with elements of African music to create jazz.

So, what is the birthplace of jazz? New Orleans, where musical influences from the U.S., the Caribbean, and Europe com-

mingled freely. The first distinctively American music art form has been perfected throughout its hundred-years-plus history by a roll call of jazz giants, from Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Benny Goodman to Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Thelonious Monk. The torch continues to be passed by such stars as Dave Brubeck, Ramsey Lewis, Sonny Rollins, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis, Pat Metheny, and many more.

The dance element of African-American music found life in swing and rhythm & blues, which then evolved into rock, soul,

funk, rap, and hip-hop. Marquee names include blues guitar great B.B. King, Buddy Guy, jazz/blues legend Ray Charles, soul star Smokey Robinson, rap star/entrepreneur Diddy, and hip-hop giants Grandmaster Flash, Public Enemy, Kanye West, and 50 Cent. The music keeps on evolving.

So it is that the strains of the ancient African drums still resonate, whether they’re embedded in bossa nova or thrust to the

foreground in the manifold stripes of jazz. They reign supreme as one of the most valuable contributions that the continent of Africa has bestowed on the western world. In his book, Drumming at the Edge of Magic: A Journey Into the Spirit of Percussion, Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart writes, “musically Africa represents an alternative evolution to that of the West, a musical culture whose emotional strategies may be different from but no less successful than European art music.”

At the heart of this malleable music is the drumbeats’ throb being the life-giver, as expressed in this African proverb: A village without music is a dead place. Long live the drum and its accents, its staccato, its songs, its ability to create new music to dance and listen to.

Written By Dan Ovellette

LARRY ROSEN, PRODUCER Larry Rosen is a musician, producer, executive producer, and music industry entrepreneur. He is the creator and producer of

JAZZ ROOTS: A Larry Rosen Jazz Series, at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County.

Mr. Rosen, along with Miami arts patron Carl Randolph, worked for seven years to bring a major world-class jazz and educational program to Miami. It was in the fall of 2007 that the Adrienne Arsht Center asked Mr. Rosen to present this vision as a series at the center. Mr. Rosen created a committee of Miami musicians, business and community leaders, educators, and arts patrons to plan a unique jazz series to address the Miami community. The JAZZ ROOTS series is based on the concept of the drums that came from West Africa at the time of slavery, which became the musical DNA for all the music of the Americas. Thus, the music we celebrate from South America, the Caribbean, and the U.S. all came from the same musical root. The JAZZ ROOTS series launched in the fall of 2008 and has created a groundbreaking, sold-out concert series with a unique educational program that has brought more than 900 Miami-Dade students to the Arsht Center to meet the artists, learn about the music, and see the concerts. The 2009-2010 season was launched on November 4, 2009. Mr. Rosen hosts a radio series on WLRN-FM and radio segments on WDNA-FM, where he interviews jazz artists who appear in the JAZZ ROOTS series.

“Larry Rosen’s JAZZ ROOTS is the most important new concert and educational jazz series in America. It is so important that Americans learn about their culture, and this series is simply imperative!” Quincy Jones

Mr. Rosen is the producer/executive producer of over 350 albums, 80 of which have been nominated for Grammy Awards, as well as numerous award-winning film/video productions and television specials. Mr. Rosen and multi-Grammy-and-AcademyAward-winning pianist/composer Dave Grusin co-founded GRP Records, the award-winning contemporary jazz label featuring major artists Chick Corea, Diana Krall, Patti Austin, B.B. King, Dave Grusin, Ramsey Lewis, Arturo Sandoval, Diane Schuur, Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Kevin Eubanks, Spyro Gyra, Lee Ritenour, Gary Burton, Dave Valentin, Larry Carlton, David Benoit, Tom Scott, Gerry Mulligan, Yellow Jackets, and the Rippingtons, among others.

Mr. Rosen is currently the chairman of Larry Rosen Productions, and co-chairman of LRS media. He is the creator and producer

of the PBS HD television series Legends Of Jazz, and is currently producing a seven-part television series titled Recording: The History of Recorded Music, with hosts Quincy Jones and Phil Ramone, scheduled to air in 2010.

Mr. Rosen co-founded N2K Inc. (NASDAQ), one of the Internet’s premier e-commerce and content companies, launching the web sites for The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Miles Davis, Leonard Bernstein, and the music superstore Music Boulevard. N2K was also the first company to offer music downloads to consumers. For these efforts, he was featured in the Forbes magazine cover story "Masters of the Universe" as an Internet Icon in 1998.

Mr. Rosen began his musical career as a drummer with the Newport Youth Band and met future partner Dave Grusin while working as the drummer for singing star Andy Williams and attending the Manhattan School of Music. In 1972, the duo produced vocalist Jon Lucien for RCA Records and went on to form Grusin/Rosen productions, which discovered and produced new recording artists including Earl Klugh, Noel Pointer, Patti Austin, Lee Ritenour, and more. In 1978, Grusin/Rosen Productions signed a long-term contract with Arista Records’ president Clive Davis to develop new talent for the Arista/GRP label, including Dave Valentin, Angela Bofill, Bernard Wright, and Tom Browne. In 1979, Rosen engineered and co-produced the Dave Grusin album Mountain Dance, the first digitally recorded non-classical album.

Mr. Rosen has received the Ernst & Young prestigious “Entrepreneur of the Year” award in New Media & Entertainment. He serves on the boards of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA), Music For Youth Foundation (MFY), Music Education National Council (MENC), the Brubeck Institute at the University of the Pacific, and the Manhattan School of Music Presidents Board, as well as on the Dean’s committee at the University of Miami Frost School of Music.

DANIEL AZOULAY, PHOTOGRAPHER Daniel Azoulay was raised in Israel and began playing rhythm guitar in a rock band at the age of 14. He continued playing music in Denmark, where he began his pursuit of photography. He started working as a fashion photographer throughout Europe, and, in the 1970s, as a young professional, he moved to the United States and worked in New York City in fashion and commercial photography, contributing to magazines such as Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and others. In conjunction with his busy advertising and editorial campaigns, he has traveled extensively for the past 23 years to photograph and build his Americana series, capturing life in the American heartland. He moved to Miami in the early 1980s and continued to work in the fashion and editorial worlds until 1998. From then on his focus shifted from his commercial to his personal work.

Jazz Backstage, Daniel’s most recent body of work, is based on a series of jazz concerts produced by his friend, the re-

nowned musician, producer, and music industry entrepreneur Larry Rosen. With his profound understanding of jazz and unique conceptual approach to music production, Mr. Rosen needed a keen photographer who would help capture the making of the most ephemeral and conceptual of all art forms: jazz.

Having a background in music prior to making the camera his main instrument of artistic expression has enabled Daniel to possess

a deeper understanding of Larry’s concepts. He decided to capture imagery that would reveal the process of concert-making by photographing everything chronologically: from backstage details and artists rehearsing during the sound checks to the peak of the performance. Choosing a cinematic approach as his method, Daniel energetically and obsessively recorded multiple frames close in action, revealing in his photographs amazing details of the stage, audience, and the artists in the process of sound-making.

While capturing the musicians’ emotions, body movement, and synchronization with their instruments and the surrounding acoustic environment, he successfully reveals the invigorating process of sound being transformed by the artist into a powerful tool of communication that deeply affects the audience members, leaving them with an unforgettable experience.

Jazz Backstage Volume 01, by Daniel Azoulay, is an exceptional photography book that will take you on a unique visual journey,

commemorating a series of six groundbreaking jazz concerts performed in Miami at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts and featuring some of the most acclaimed living jazz artists.

Daniel continues to work on the Jazz Backstage project 2010-2011 in Miami, Dallas and Indianapolis.

JAZZ ROOTS A Larry Rosen Jazz Series 2008-2009 Season One LEGENDS OF JAZZ “JAZZ MUSICIAN AND COMPOSER DAVE BRUBECK IS CREDDave Brubeck, Paquito D’Rivera, and Fourplay: Bob ITED WITH HELPING TAKE JAZZ INTO THE MAINSTREAM” LEGENDS JAZZ Nathan East, Harvey Mason “JAZZ MUSICIAN AND COMPOSER DAVE BRUBECK IS HELPING TAKE James, Larry OF Carlton, Dave Brubeck, Paquito D’Rivera, and Fourplay: Bob James, JAZZ INTO THE MAINSTREAM.” New York Times Larry Carlton, Nathan East, Harvey Mason The New York Times BOSSA NOVA the first 50 years NOVA Ivan Lins and Eliane Elias OscarBOSSA Castro-Neves, The first 50 years Oscar Castro-Neves, Ivan Lins and Eliane Elias

“ ELIANE ELLIAS DELIVERS A SPELLBINDING MELD OF POP , BRAZILIAN AND LATIN MUSIC WITH A JAZZ SENSIB“ELIANE ELLIAS DELIVERS A SPELLBINDING MELD OF POP , BRAZILIAN LITY” AND LATIN MUSIC WITH A JAZZ SENSIBLITY.” Billboard Billboard

A TRIBUTE TO MACHITO AND TITO PUENTE “ ORESTES VILATO IS UNDOUBTEDLY ONE OF THE GREATTeodulo “Chocolate” Armenteros, Arturo Sandoval, EST FIGURES IN THE HISTORY OF THE TIMBALES” A TRIBUTE MACHITO AND TITOValentin, PUENTE Sammy “ORESTES VILATO IS UNDOUBTEDLY ONE OF THE GREATEST FIGURES Orestes Vilato,TO Nestor Torres, Dave Teodulo “Chocolate” Armenteros, Arturo Sandoval, Orestes IN THE HISTORY OF THE TIMBALES.” Figueroa,Albita and Machito Orchestra WorldMusicCentral.com Vilato, Nestor Torres, Dave Valentin, Sammy Figueroa, Albita and Machito Orchestra WorldMusicCentral.com A TRIBUTE TO ELLA AND BASIE Patti Austin and the Count Basie Orchestra with a A TRIBUTE ELLA Fitzgerald.

AND BASIE special tribute TO to Ella Patti Austin and the Count Basie Orchestra with a special tribute to Ella Fitzgerald

“ PATTI AUSTIN USES HER OWN REMARKABLE VOICE TO INTERPRET A TERRIFIC ASSORTMENT OF STANDARDS.” “PATTI AUSTIN USES HER OWN REMARKABLE VOICE TO INTERPRET A TERRIFIC ASSORTMENT OF STANDARDS.” JazzTimes.com JazzTimes.com

ROOTS OF FUSION Chick Corea and John McLaughlin, joined by their OF FUSION Five ROOTS Peace Band, featuring Kenny Garrett, Christian Chick Corea andColaiuta.

John McLaughlin, joined by their McBride and Vinnie Five Peace Band, featuring Kenny Garrett, Christian McBride and Vinnie Colaiuta

“CHICK COREA IS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL JAZZ FUSION KEYBOARDIST OF THE MODERN ERA.” “CHICK COREA IS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL JAZZ FUSION KEYBOARDISTS OF THE MODERN ERA.”World Cafe, NPR

STRAIGHT AHEAD Featuring Sonny Rollins STRAIGHT AHEAD Featuring Sonny Rollins

“ SONNY ROLLINS IS THE GREATEST LIVING TENOR SAXO PHONE PLAYER” “ SONNY ROLLINS IS THE GREATEST LIVING TENOR SAXOPHONE PLAYER.” The New York Times

World Cafe, NPR

The New York Times

LEGENDS OF JAZZ

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or half a century, Dave Brubeck has been a major figure as a pianist, composer, and leader of one of the most widely known and well-traveled quartets in the history of jazz.

The album Time Out, released in 1959, was the first million-selling jazz record in modern jazz history and included the singles “Take Five” and “Blue Rondo a la Turk.” In 1954, Brubeck became the first jazz musician to be featured on the cover of Time magazine, which heralded him as the leader of “the birth of a new kind of jazz age in the U.S.” Between the years of 1959 and 1965, the quartet, with saxophonist Paul Desmond, drummer Joe Morello, and bassist Gene Wright, won Down Beat magazine’s reader’s poll five times and garnered the top spot in the Billboard reader’s poll in 1965 and 1966. Throughout a career that spans more than six decades, Brubeck has received the highest honors in the industry, including a GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award, a Presidential Medal of the Arts, and designation as an NEA Jazz Master .

Brubeck was joined by Cuban-born, New York-based Grammy Award-winning jazz great Paquito D’Rivera, whose music is best described as joie de vivre. Since he made his recording debut in the U.S. in the early 1980s, the NEA Jazz Master has made dozens of highly acclaimed albums. The program also featured Fourplay, the world’s premier contemporary jazz group, which has recorded numerous gold-selling albums and has been on the top of the Billboard jazz charts for years.

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LEGENDS OF JAZZ

BOBBY MILITELLO, MILITELLO, RANDY JONES, MICHAEL MOORE BOBBY MICHAEL MICHAEL MOORE,RANDY BOBBY JONES, MILITELLO, RANDYMOORE JONES, DAVE BRUBECK

“My dad said to me, ‘Why do you wanna be in a smoky old nightclub playing that music?”

BRUBECK DAVE DAVE BRUBECK

PAQUITO D’RIVERA

BACKSTAGE

BOB JAMES

DAVE LARRYBRUBECK, CARLTONBOB JAMES

LARRY CARLTON NATHAN EAST

NATHAN EAST

HARVEY MASON

NATHAN EAST, LARRY CARLTON

HARVEY MASON BOB JAMES

BOB LARRY JAMES ROSEN, NATHAN EAST

LARRYGRIFFIN, ROSEN, NATHAN EAST CARL LARRY CARLTON

BOSSA NOVA THE FIRST 50 YEARS

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hen the musical movement that became known as bossa nova emerged on the international scene in the late 1950s and early 1960s, the legendary Brazilian-born guitarist Oscar Castro-Neves, a contemporary of bossa nova pioneers Antonio Carlos Jobim, Luis Bonfa, and Joao Gilberto, was a pivotal player. In the five decades since, this musician and Grammy-winning producer has continued to be an ambassador of Brazilian sounds worldwide through numerous collaborations with artists like Stan Getz, Paul Winter, and Yo-Yo Ma. Joining Castro-Neves at this concert were two fellow Brazilians. One of them is Grammywinner Ivan Lins, the renowned innovative songwriter, vocalist, and pianist whose songs were recorded by legendary artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Nancy Wilson, Sarah Vaughn, Patti Austin, Dave Grusin, and Quincy Jones. He recently appeared on the hit album Call Me Irresponsible with singer Michael Buble.

Sao Paulo-born multi-award-winning pianist, singer, and songwriter Eliane Elias also joined Castro-Neves on stage. She is heralded as one of the great interpreters of Jobim’s music, and she is currently a Blue Note Records recording artist whose recent album, Something For You, has received significant critical praise.

Her album Dreamer, released in 2002 on RCA, has become a worldwide classic, paying homage to the great bossa nova and American songbook composers.

BOSSA NOVA The first 50 years

“Isn’t that funny? My first concert in the United States at twenty-two years old was

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Carnegie Hall. Not bad.

OSCAR CASTRO-NEVES

ELIANE ELIAS, OSCAR CASTRO-NEVES, IVAN LINS IVAN LINS

IVAN LINS OSCAR CASTRO-NEVES VAN LINS,

ELIANE ELIAS

“You know, the music just.... it almost chose me.”

ELIANE ELIAS

OSCAR CASTRO-NEVES, ELIANE ELIAS, IVAN LINS

A TRIBUTE TO MACHITO & TITO PUENTE In the 1940s, two styles of music -Afro-Cuban jazz and bebop, commingled to create a cross-cultural feast of intoxicating rhythms and virtuoso performances. The fusion of Latin rhythms with jazz improvisation broke new musical ground as such Afro-Cuban stars as Machito, Mario Bauza, and Chano Pozo collaborated with the jazz stars of the day, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and Stan Kenton.

This show celebrated those exciting historic meetings as

well as their aftermath, highlighted by Afro-Cuban pioneer Machito’s Orchestra and salsa maestro Tito Puente’s music.

The lineup featured a cast of Latin jazz all-stars, includ-

ing two of the original pioneers of the music, trumpet legend “Chocolate” and timbalero Orestes Vilato. Also featured on the program were Grammy-winning trumpet virtuoso Arturo Sandoval, jazz flutists,(added comma) Latin Grammy-winner Nestor Torres and Grammy-winner Dave Valentin, Grammy-nominated percussionist Sammy Figueroa, Latin Grammy-winning vocalist Albita, and the Machito Orchestra.

This concert was dedicated to the memory of Cuban-born

bassist and mambo innovator Israel “Cachao” Lopez, who passed away several months earlier in Miami at age 89.

CHOCOLATE

A TRIBUTE TO MACHITO & TITO PUENTE In the 1940s, two styles of music -Afro-Cuban jazz and bebop, commingled to create a cross-cultural feast of intoxicating rhythms and virtuoso performances. The fusion of Latin rhythms with jazz improvisation broke new musical ground as such Afro-Cuban stars as Machito, Mario Bauza, and Chano Pozo collaborated with the jazz stars of the day, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and Stan Kenton.

This show celebrated those exciting historic meetings as

well as their aftermath, highlighted by Afro-Cuban pioneer Machito’s Orchestra and salsa maestro Tito Puente’s music.

The lineup featured a cast of Latin jazz all-stars, includ-

ing two of the original pioneers of the music, trumpet legend “Chocolate” and timbalero Orestes Vilato. Also featured on the program were Grammy-winning trumpet virtuoso Arturo Sandoval, jazz flutists,(added comma) Latin Grammy-winner Nestor Torres and Grammy-winner Dave Valentin, Grammy-nominated percussionist Sammy Figueroa, Latin Grammy-winning vocalist Albita, and the Machito Orchestra.

This concert was dedicated to the memory of Cuban-born

bassist and mambo innovator Israel “Cachao” Lopez, who passed away several months earlier in Miami at age 89.

A TRIBUTE TO MACHITO & TITO PUENTE

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n the 1940s, two styles of music: Afro-Cuban jazz and bebop, commingled to create a cross-cultural feast of intoxicating rhythms and virtuoso performances. The fusion of Latin rhythms with jazz improvisation broke new musical ground as such Afro-Cuban stars as Machito, Mario Bauza, and Chano Pozo collaborated with the jazz stars of the day, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and Stan Kenton.

This show celebrated those exciting historic meetings as well as their aftermath, highlighted

by Afro-Cuban pioneer Machito’s Orchestra and salsa maestro Tito Puente’s music.

The lineup featured a cast of Latin jazz all-stars, including two of the original pioneers of the music, trumpet legend “Chocolate” and timbalero Orestes Vilato. Also featured on the program were Grammy-winning trumpet virtuoso Arturo Sandoval, jazz f lutists, Latin Grammy-winner Nestor Torres and Grammy-winner Dave Valentin, Grammy-nominated percussionist Sammy Figueroa, Latin Grammy-winning vocalist Albita, and the Machito Orchestra.

This concert was dedicated to the memory of Cuban-born bassist and mambo innovator Israel “Cachao” Lopez, who passed away several months earlier in Miami at age 89.

A TRIBUTE TO MACHITO & TITO PUENTE ORESTES VILATO

ARTURO SANDOVAL, DAVE VALENTIN, CHOCOLATE

CHOCOLATE

ARTURO SANDOVAL

DAVE VALENTIN

NESTOR ORESTES TORRES VILATO

NESTOR TORRES

NESTOR TORRES

“Latin jazz is a combination of Afro-Cuban rhythms and jazz. The Puerto Ricans adopted Cuban music in many ways. And at one time in Cuba, Fidel didn’t want people to listen to Afro-Cuban rhythms. But we kept that tradition going.

This was a pot of soup. And eventually it just came together.”

DAVE VALENTINE

ORESTES VILATO, SAMMY FIGUEROA & SILVANO MONASTERIOS ORESTES VILATO, SAMMY FIGUEROA & SILVANO MONASTERIOS

SAMMY FIGUEROA

MARIO GRILLO ALBITA

PATTI AUSTIN

“As you can imagine, our house was filled with incredible musicians. It’s a pretty cool thing when you wake up in the morning and Dizzy Gillespie

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is having coffee and toast and scrambled eggs in your kitchen.

MARIO GRILLO

MARIO GRILLO

ROOTS OF FUSION

A TRIBUTE TO ELLA & BASIE

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wenty-five years after bandleader Count Basie’s death, his majestic orchestra lives on, keeping his legacy alive while also infusing the golden charts with fresh, vital arrangements under the direction of alumni trombonist Bill Hughes.

Basie’s music, characterized by a blues-steeped jumping beat and contrapuntal piano accents, was a showcase for top-drawer singers, from Jimmy Rushing, Billie Holiday, and Joe Williams to Frank Sinatra. But it was Ella Fitzgerald’s collaborations with the Count on record and on tour that, as one of their album titles suggests, were A Perfect Match. Joining the Count Basie Orchestra for this special evening was vocalist Patti Austin, who recorded the 2002 Grammy-nominated album F or E lla, which featured songs associated with the legendary diva as well as one of Austin’s own compositions in tribute, “Hearing Ella Sing.” (Austin won a Grammy for best Jazz Vocal Album in 2008 for Avant Gershwin.)

A TRIBUTE TO ELLA & BASIE

“Dinah dared me to go up on stage and sing after

I had proclaimed that I was, in fact, a singer. And I said, ‘Okay.’

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ROOTS OF FUSION

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n the early 1970s, jazz underwent a dramatic upheaval as the popularity of rock began to influence the music with electric instruments at the fore. Miles Davis is most famously championed as the instigator of fusion with his groundbreaking 1970 album Bitches Brew. In its wake came several rock-meets-jazz groups, many of them spawned by Miles’ experiments.

Multi-Grammy-Award-winning legendary keyboardist Chick Corea and fusion pioneer electric guitarist John McLaughlin both played with Miles and went on to form two of the most influential bands of the 1970s: Corea’s Return to Forever and McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra. Both virtuosos revisited the fusion years with new vigor as Corea and McLaughlin lead the all-star five peace band featuring jazz saxophonist Kenny Garrett (another Miles alum), bassist Christian McBride, and drummer Brian Blade.

ROOTS OF FUSION

CHICK COREA

CHICK COREA

“I remember being interested in experimental chamber music, too. Music that was made by dropping chains on the floor and

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stuff like that.

CHICK COREA, JOHN McLAUGHLIN, CHRISTIAN McBRIDE

SONNY ROLLINS

BRIAN BLADE

CHRISTIAN McBRIDE

BRIAN BLADE

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STRAIGHT AHEAD

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here is nothing straight ahead about Sonny Rollins’ journey. One of the great all-time tenor saxophonists, a multiple Grammy Award winner and an NEA Jazz Master, Rollins’ life story teems with twists and turns in his search for meaning through his horn.

He took two sabbaticals from music to strengthen his delivery as well as nurture his spiritual health and has managed to outlive most of his peers to stand tall as one of the few remaining jazz titans. Known as the Jazz Colossus and nicknamed Newk, the living jazz legend started his recording career in 1951 with Miles Davis and two years later recorded with Thelonious Monk while on his way to a career of recording dozens of jazz classics. Today, he continues to be a marquee concert attraction. Rollins once said about his fellow jazz greats who have passed that he represents them: “I’m one of the last guys left, so I feel a holy obligation to evoke these people.”

Rollins no longer has to deliver overwhelmingly colossal statements, as he did when he was coming of age in the ‘50s and ‘60s. Today, all Rollins has to do is breathe deep and sing on his tenor saxophone with his singular voice.

STRAIGHT STRAIGHT AHEAD AHEAD

SONNY ROLLINS

“So the “Freedom Suite” was a very natural thing for me to do.

It was a protest, but I’d been protesting all my life, really.

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SONNY ROLLINS, LARRY ROSEN, MARKUS HOWELL

THE END THE END OF SEASON THEONE END

JAZZ ROOTS SERIES 2009-2010 THE BLUES “Without the blues, there is no jazz!”

Featuring : Buddy Guy & Dr John AN EVENING WITH DAVE GRUSIN “Broadway scores performed live by an all-star cast of jazz greats!”

Featuring: Dave Grusin, John Secada, Patti Austin, Gary Burton, Arturo Sandoval, Nestor Torres and Sammy Figueroa VOCALESE “A singing, swinging evening of jazz favorites!”

Featuring: Manhattan Transfer, New York Voices, and John Hendricks JAZZ & SOUL “Celebrating Black History Month with two renowned stars and music born out of African - American experience!”

Featuring: Al Jarreau and Ramsey Lewis A TRIBUTE TO FRANK SINATRA Sinatra’s greatest hits reimagined by today’s finest interpreters of the repertoire!

Featuring: Michael Feinstein and John Pizzarelli PIANO LATINO Three of the greatest Latin Jazz Pianists on one programme.

Featuring: Eddie Palmieri, Michael Camilo, Alfredo Rodriguez

The JAZZ ROOTS series in 2009-2010 continued its groundbreaking, sold-out concert series in Miami at the Adrianne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. It is the latest city to present the growing JAZZ ROOTS concert and educational series.

The JAZZ ROOTS 2009-2010 series featured over twenty world class Grammy winning artists in 6 concert presentations: THE BLUES – Buddy Guy and Dr. John, AN EVENING with DAVE GRUSIN – Jon Secada, Patti Austin, Monica Mancini, Gray Burton, Arturo Sandoval, Nestor Torres, Sammy Figueroa, VOCALESE – Manhattan Transfer, New York Voices, and Jon Hendricks, JAZZ and SOUL – Al Jarreau and Ramsey Lewis, A TRIBUTE to FRANK SINATRA – John Pizzarelli and Tony DeSare, PIANO LATINO – Eddie Palmieri, Michel Camilo, and Alfredo Rodriquez. All has been captured in photographic excellence by Daniel Azoulay.

The JAZZ ROOTS series continues its association with Miami based radio station WLRN-FM in creating and producing interview programs with many of the JAZZ ROOTS artists. These interviews are included in this book to enhance the history and legacy of jazz and the amazing artists who create this body of music today.

THE BLUES

“The Blues.” Simply stated, without the blues, there is no jazz. Nor, for that matter, so

much of the popular music that America has exported to the world, from R&B, rock “n” roll and funk, to soul, hip hop and rap. With this show, we celebrate the roots of American popular music in America.

Buddy Guy is a five-time Grammy winning blues legend, whose unique, wailing electric guitar sound has influenced virtually every major blues and rock guitarist, from Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton to Stevie Ray Vaughan. While his music originated in the Chicago blues school, Buddy’s playing has transcended that genre, creating a style that defies categorization.

Dr. John and his band The Lower 911 open the concert performing their patented version of blues, gospel, funk and jazz. In addition to his unique fusion style, Dr. John is universally recognized for his original blues interpretations of traditional forms of jazz and American classic songs, as well as his elaborate stage shows.

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THE BLUES Buddy Guy

BUDDY GUY

“I learned how to pick cotton and corn, and I didn’t know what running water was until I grew into teen age.”

THE BLUES Dr. John

“That was the music of the race, the black race. This was not white people’s music. This was a very segregated world, which it still is.”

AN EVENING WITH DAVE GRUSIN Grusin, and guests: Jon Secada, Patti Austin, Monica Mancini, Gary Burton, Dave Arturo Sandoval, Nestor Torres, Sammy Figueroa, the Henry Mancini Institute Or-

chestra.

“Tootsie” …. “On Golden Pond” “The Fabulous Baker Boys” “The Milagro Beanfield Wars.” Dave Grusin, composer, arranger, virtuoso pianist, recording artist and multiple Grammy and Academy Award winner - has given us some the most memorable and moving film scores of all time. In “An Evening with Dave Grusin,” Dave and a host of special guests, backed by the Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra, will bring to life these well-loved soundtracks.

The evening will feature Dave Grusin and his guest stars, performing Grusin’s music, and the music of George Gershwin, Henry Mancini, and a rare live performance of Grusin’s classic contemporary jazz score for Leonard Bernstein’s Broadway hit, WEST SIDE STORY. This will be a magical evening.

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AN EVENING WITH DAVE GRUSIN

DAVE GRUSIN

“If it sounds like I’m only interested in tribute albums, it’s sort of true.”

PATTI AUSTIN

JON SECADA

NESTOR TORRES

SAMMY FIGUEROA

MONICA MANCINI

ARTURO SANDOVAL

GARY BURTON

VOCALESE some of the best-known, most complex and sophisticated instrumental solos in jazz, T ake treat them as melodies and add swinging, poetic lyrics: the result is Vocalese, one of the

most technically difficult and musically rewarding singing styles in jazz. As the 88-year-old jazz great Jon Hendricks, perhaps the greatest Vocalese master of all, once put it: “We do what librettists do for opera … we lyricize all the musical action that’s going on. “ This show brings together for the first time living legend Hendricks with two of the finest Vocalese singing groups on the planet.

Manhattan Transfer, the eight-time Grammy-winning jazz/pop harmony vocal group, has been releasing stellar albums and drawing rave concert reviews for over three decades with their sparkling song stylizations and prodigious vocal talents. Their #1 platinum hit record “Birdland” is the quintessential vocalese recording that has taken this unique style to the world.

The New York Voices, a Grammy-winning vocal ensemble is acclaimed for their excellence in jazz and the art of group singing. They have performed at every major jazz festival in the world, and their GRP recordings are among the most important group vocal recordings in jazz.

Jon Hendricks, a NEA Jazz Master, Grammy winner, French Legion of Honor awardee, and “Poet Laureate of Jazz”, is the founder of the legendary Lambert, Hendricks and Ross vocal group, who are considered one of the originators of the vocalese technique. Hendricks is recognized as one of the best jazz singers of all time.

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VOCALESE

JON HENDRICKS

“Well, why don’t you write words to ten Basie arrangements, and we’ll sing ‘em. Then at least, when we die, we’re leaving something that

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maybe people will appreciate.

MANHATTAN TRANSFER

TIM HAUSER

CHERYL BENTYNE

JANIS SIEGEL

ALAN PAUL

NEW YORK VOICES

PETER ELDRIDGE

LAUREN KINHAN

KIM NAZARIAN

DARMON MEADER

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JAZZ and SOUL honor of Black History Month, JAZZ ROOTS presents an evening of music born out of the I nAfrican-American experience. We celebrate the blend of jazz, blues, gospel and R&B that, along with cultural, political and stylistic elements from our American history, create the music we call Soul. JAZZ and SOUL spotlights two celebrated stars who took jazz, merged it with soul and made the result their own signature sounds.

Al Jarreau pairs a voice that’s recognized as one of the world’s most precious treasures with his unique and innovative musical expressions. This combination has made him one of the most exciting and critically acclaimed performers of our time. Jarreau’s achievements include five Grammys, scores of international music awards, and numerous hit records.

Ramsey Lewis, NEA Jazz Master, multiple Grammy awardee, host of LEGENDS OF JAZZ, the acclaimed PBS TV series, is a true legend of jazz. A pianist and composer, he is often referred to as “the great performer,” a title reflecting his performance style rooted in his early gospel roots and classical training. His recording of “The In Crowd” is a jazz and soul classic.

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JAZZ AND SOUL

AL JARREAU and DEBBIE DAVIS

RAMSEY LEWIS

“That was in the last days of when people danced to jazz. To this day, I really wish that there had been a way where we could maintain this connection to the

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audience who loved to dance to this music.

A TRIBUTE TO FRANK SINATRA many around the world, the sound of American music is the sound of Frank Sinatra.

ToMore than any popular musical artist in American history, Sinatra became not only a

cultural icon and a face of America to the world, but an artist who defined his generation. By altering the lines between jazz and pop and redefining what it means to speak a lyric, Sinatra forever changed both popular song and American pop culture.

Tony DeSare, hailed by critics as the modern day Frank Sinatra, just finished a one year run off Broadway staring in the hit show “My Sinatra”. Tony’s good looks and exciting interpretations of the Sinatra classics are entertaining audiences around the world.

John Pizzarelli has had a multi-faceted career as a jazz guitarist, vocalist and bandleader. Internationally known for his interpretations of classic standards and late-night ballads, the easy humor and prodigious technique he brings to his performances creates the perfect mood for an evening celebrating the king of cool. John is accompanied by top 18 piece big band utilizing many of Sinatra classic arrangements. To add to excitement, John and Tony will sing together with the big band to close out this magic evening.

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A TRIBUTE TO FRANK SINATRA

JOHN PIZZARELLI

I was making my living playing with my father, and then on the weekends I’d play on my rock band. And my father said:

“You’re the only guy who plays jazz to support his rock n’ roll habit.”

TONY DE SARE

PIANO LATINO

Three of the greatest living Latin Jazz pianist on one program!

Eddie Palmieri thrills audiences throughout the world with the unique style, charismatic power and bold innovative drive.

Michel Camilo, the Dominican-born winner of a Grammy for Best Latin Jazz Album, is a virtouso pianist with technique to spare, who flavors his tunes with the spice of Caribbean rhythms and jazz harmonies.

Alfredo Rodriguez, the Cuban born 23 year old, is a Quincy Jones discovery. His amazing improvisational skills and beautiful artistic soul represents a new generation of world-class artists.

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PIANO LATINO

“Look, the Palladium Ballroom brought the greatest dancers from really all over. It was just insane. And the orchestras were going one-on-one with the dancers. The reason you went to

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the Palladium was to dance.

EDDIE PALMIERI

MICHEL CAMILO

“We have all these beautiful beaches, beautiful women, beautiful palm trees. And all of that is in the music. So if you really wanna be Latino, you also have to understand

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there’s another side to it. It’s not just the rhythm; it’s also the love of live.

ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank the many people who have made this book possible. As a photographer, my inspiration comes not just from what happens on stage but especially from what happens behind the scenes, in the guts of the performing arts center.

I am grateful to everyone who generously offered me access to the many aspects of these magical performances, allowing me to document the JAZZ ROOTS series.

That group includes the brilliant musicians themselves, of course, as well as Larry Rosen and the JAZZ ROOTS committee members, patrons, and audiences; the talented, hard-working staff at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of MiamiDade County; Carl and Toni Randolph; Hazel Rosen; Gorgette Azoulay; and, of course, my own wonderful staff at the Daniel Azoulay Studio in Miami.

Daniel Azoulay Larry Rosen Productions Larry Rosen, Creator and Producer Carl Griffin, Co-Producer Audrey De La Rosa, Executive Assistant Leslie Jose Zigel, Esq. Steve Dupler, Writer Hazel Rosen, Inspiration Š 2010 LARRY ROSEN PRODUCTIONS, INC. JAZZ ROOTS: A Larry Rosen Jazz Series are owned and controlled by Larry Rosen Productions, Inc. For more information on JAZZ ROOTS and JAZZ ROOTS products please visit: www.jazzroots.net JAZZ ROOTS Committee Carl Randolph, Chairman Shelly Berg Lilia Garcia Carl Griffin John Richard Larry Rosen Scott Shiller Alberto Slezynger Leslie Jose Zigel Capsule Media Pascal Jacquelin Rick Cikowski Brandon Dumla

Adrienne Arsht Performing Center For The Performing Arts Ricky Ariola, Chairmen John Richard, President CEO Scott Shiller, Executive VP Andrew Goldberg, VP Marketing Kathryn Garcia, Director of Programming Louis Tertocha, General Counsel Sarah Evans, Programming Coordinator Jeanne Marie-Fisichella, Engagement Manager Melissa Messulam, Artist Coordinator Deanna Costa, Director of Education Daniel Alzuri, Director of Productions Andres Puigbo, Technical Director Fred Schwendel, Head Carpenter Tony Tur, Head Electrician Michael Feldman, Head Audio Suzette Espinosa Fuentes, Media and Public Relations Luis Palomares, Creative Services Director Raul Vilaboa, Designer

91.3 WLRN-FM W. Theodore Eldredge, Station Manager Peter J. Maerz, Programming and Operations Manager Alicia Zuckerman, JAZZ ROOTS on WLRN Series Producer The producers would like to thank the following people for their unending support.

Carl and Toni Randolph Lin Arison Woody and Judy Weiser Daniel and Georgette Azoulay Carole Ann Taylor Richard and Ruth Shack Larry Wilker Leslie Jose and Natalie Zigel Quincy Jones Dave Brubeck Phil Ramone 88.9 FM WDNA "Serious Jazz" WPBT Channel 2 Our Fisher Island Friends The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County

JAZZ BACKSTAGE I.N.C. STAFF Photographer: Daniel Azoulay Photo assistant: Natasha Nesic Color specialist: Randy Mitchel Layout and design: Daniel Azoulay Studio: Natasha Nesic, Laura Massa Equipment: Canon and Profoto Audio Transcription and editing: Romina Linnell & Josh Malina Website design: Developing Zone.inc Publisher: Daniel Azoulay www.jazzbackstage.com info@jazzbackstage.com Copyright Š 2009 by the photographer and author of JAZZ BACKSTAGE, INC., Daniel Azoulay.

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