MCG Jazz Spring 2019 Program

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NANCY WILSON 1937–2018 All of us at MCG Jazz are saddened by the loss of our dear friend Nancy Wilson.

We feel so very blessed to have been able to experience Miss Nancy on so many occasions over the past 20-plus years and create what turned out to be her last three solo albums in her 60-plus album career. It was a joy and a privilege to get to know, love, and work with her.

Her music and elegance has touched generations of fans and fellow musicians.

Miss Nancy will live on in our hearts and ears forever.

Manchester Bidwell Corporation’s Board of Directors is proud to support MCG Jazz’ 32nd Season Gregory B. Jordan, Chair Amy Atkinson, Secretary Vincent V. Sands, CFA, Treasurer Brian D. Aiello Byron J. Bardy William C. Byham, Ph.D Kevin L. Jenkins, L.S.W. Chereé Johnson Mark A. Nordenberg Lisa B. Peters Dorothy L. Raizman, Esq. David S. Rzepecki, Susan Baker Shipley Nicholas D. Varischetti, Esq. Lauren Weddell, CPA Ex Officio William E. Strickland Jr. Jeffrey P. Teasdale

STAFF MARTY ASHBY Executive Producer RENÉE GOVANUCCI Director MARK JACKOVIC Education and Archives Manager DAVID SYKUT Production Manager NICK PESANKA Patron Services and Sales Specialist NATALIE LARSEN Administrative Assistant Senior Level KEN QUINN Front House Coordinator Find us on social media @mcgjazz

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KIRK WHALUM Saturday, January 19, 2019

6:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.

Soulful, passionate, stirring—these are the words most often used to describe Kirk Whalum’s music. Forged from his Memphis, TN gospel roots and his 1980s initiation into the thriving Houston, TX nightclub scene, Whalum’s big, rich tenor sound is unmistakably his.

The ‘80s were highlighted by Whalum’s stepping out of his sideman role and forming his own band. It was in Houston where jazz pianist Bob James discovered him and brought him on tour leading to five successful albums with Columbia Records including “Cache,” his first No. 1 album.

After moving to Los Angeles, CA, Whalum became an in-demand session player for top artists including Barbara Streisand, Al Jarreau, Luther Vandross, Quincy Jones, and Whitney Houston. It’s his saxophone heard on the mega-hit “I Will Always Love You.” Whalum soon followed that career high point with his phenomenal hit album “For You.” Other recordings include his eclectic and much lauded “Gospel According to Jazz” series. In addition to his many solo projects, Whalum was also a member of the popular soul/jazz group BWB, which includes Rick Braun on trumpet and Norman Brown on guitar.

Whalum’s awards and acknowledgments include three Dove Award nominations, an NAACP Image Award nomination, and two Stellar Awards. A 12-time GRAMMY® Award nominee, Whalum won his first GRAMMY® Award in 2011 for best gospel song with “It’s What I Do” featuring Lalah Hathaway alongside life-long friend and songwriter Jerry Peters.

In a career spanning decades, Whalum has a sound that is uniquely his; it is a sound that leaves an indelible imprint on the listener.

ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ & PEDRITO MARTINEZ DUO Saturday, February 2, 2019

6:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.

Painted in the broadest of strokes, the stories of Alfredo Rodriguez and Pedrito Martinez may seem similar. Both started life in Havana, Cuba, discovered their gifts and passions for music, and headed to the States where they melded the music of their homeland with a wide variety of influences—each in his own deeply personal way.

Zoom in a little and the two paths differ considerably. Rodriguez was born into a musical family, his father is a popular singer and TV host.

A child prodigy, he studied classical piano at the prestigious Conservatorio Amadeo Roldán and Instituto Superior de Arte while playing popular music in his father’s orchestra by night. While performing at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 2006 he was discovered by his future mentor and producer, the legendary Quincy Jones.

Martinez, on the other hand, honed his craft on the streets of Havana learning the deeply-rooted percussion and vocal style of Afro-Cuban folkloric and religious music. Nearly a decade Rodriguez’ senior, the master percussionist and vocalist arrived in the U.S. in 1998, was soon awarded First Place at the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz International Afro-Latin Hand Drum Competition, and appeared in the documentary film, “Calle 54.” He then co-founded a Latin fusion group, Yerba Buena, with which he toured extensively and recorded several successful albums. Martinez has performed or recorded with Wynton Marsalis, Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, Angelique Kidjo, Chucho Valdés, and James Taylor. He has been leader of his own quartet since 2005 with a GRAMMY® Award-nominated album released in 2013 on Motéma Music.

As a result of their differences, Rodriguez and Martinez share a natural chemistry that makes for a galvanizing musical experience when they come together. Their first duo outing, “Duologue,” finds the pair exploring a range of moods and influences, from Cuban classics to collaborative original compositions to a number of unexpected favorites.

EDMAR CASTANEDA & GRÉGOIRE MARET: HARP VS. HARP

Saturday, February 2, 2019

6:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.

Colombian-born harp virtuoso Edmar Castaneda’s wide-ranging career has been remarkable for discovering a brilliant role for the harp in jazz.

Ushered into the jazz community by Paquito D’Rivera, his latest album, “Live in Montreal,” features the latest in an ever-growing history of thrilling partnerships with the electrifying Japanese pianist Hiromi.

Born in 1978 in the city of Bogotá, Colombia, Castaneda took up the harp as a teenager to play the folkloric music of his homeland. He discovered jazz shortly after moving to New York City to join his father in 1994. With no real precedent for the harp in the jazz world, Castaneda studied trumpet by day while trying out his newfound knowledge on the harp at a restaurant gig by night.

D’Rivera has called Castaneda “an enormous talent… [Edmar] has the versatility and the enchanting charisma of a musician who has taken his harp out of the shadow to become one of the most original musicians from the Big Apple.”

The subject of the documentary “Sideman;” performing among musicians including Youssou N’Dour, Pete Seeger, Herbie Hancock, and George Benson; and winning a GRAMMY ® Award with the Pat Metheny Group, Grégoire Maret is one of the most sought after harmonica players in the world—often compared to legends Toots Thielemans and Stevie Wonder.

Following his time with Herbie Hancock, he co-led the jazz trio Gaïa with pianist Federico Gonzales Peña and drummer Gene Lake. He also recorded an album, “Scenarios,” with Andy Milne in 2007. In 2010, Maret played at The Concert for the Rainforest with Elton John and Sting.

Maret released his first album as a leader in 2012. The eponymous album features such notable guests as vocalist Cassandra Wilson, bassist Marcus Miller, guitarist Raul Midón, Mark Kibble and Alvin Chea of Take 6, and legendary harmonica player Toots Thielemans.

THE HOT SARDINES Saturday, February 16, 2019 7:30 p.m.

Fueled by the belief that classic jazz feeds the heart and soul, The Hot Sardines are on a mission to make old sounds new again and prove that joyful music can bring people together in a disconnected world.

The Hot Sardines have been featured at the Newport Jazz Festival and the Montreal Jazz Festival, have sold out New York City venues from Joe’s Pub to Bowery Ballroom and performed more than 150 tour dates from Chicago to London. They have released two albums on Universal Music Classics to critical raves and a No. 1 slot on the iTunes jazz chart in the U.S. and internationally.

In the talented hands of the New York-based ensemble, music first made famous decades ago comes alive through their brassy horn arrangements, rollicking piano melodies, and vocals from a chanteuse who transports listeners to a different era with the mere lilt of her voice. On their latest release, “French Fries & Champagne,” the jazz collective broadens its already impressive palette by combining covers and originals.

Bandleader Evan Palazzo and lead singer Elizabeth Bougerol met in 2007 at a jazz jam session. The unlikely pair—she a travel writer who grew up in France, Canada, and the Ivory Coast, and he a New York City born-and-raised actor—bonded over their love for Fats Waller. They began playing open-mic nights and small gigs and by 2011 they headlined Midsummer Night Swing at New York’s Lincoln Center.

DownBeat Magazine called The Hot Sardines “one of the most delightfully energetic bands on New York’s ‘hot’ music scene,” while The Times of London praised their “crisp musicianship” and “immaculate and witty showmanship” and declaring them “simply phenomenal.”

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EQT is proud to support MCG Jazz in its mission to preserve, present and promote jazz, while contributing to cultural and artistic diversity and transforming the lives of student musicians.

We look forward to a magical 2018-2019 season with many memorable performances!

RENÉ MARIE

Saturday, February 23, 2019

6:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.

In a span of two decades, 11 recordings, and countless stage performances, vocalist René Marie has cemented her reputation as not only a singer but also a composer, arranger, theatrical performer, and teacher. Guided and tempered by powerful life lessons and rooted in jazz traditions laid down by leading ladies of past generations, she borrows various elements of folk, rhythm and blues, and even classical and country to create a captivating hybrid style.

Perhaps more than most artists, Marie understands music’s capacity to heal and inspire. Not only has she herself been the beneficiary of it, but she has made every effort along the way to extend those same benefits to others.

Delfeayo Marsalis is one of the top trombonists, composers and producers in jazz today. In January 2011, Delfeayo and the Marsalis family earned the nation’s highest jazz honor: a National Endowment

DELFEAYO MARSALIS

for the Arts Jazz Masters Award. Born in New Orleans on July 28, 1965, Marsalis was destined to a life in music.

Marsalis is an exceptional trombonist who has toured internationally with his own groups, as well as those led by Art Blakey, Abdullah Ibrahim, Slide Hampton, Max Roach, and Elvin Jones.

In 2010 his album “Sweet Thunder,� a modern makeover of the Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn suite, earned a place on numerous top CDs of the year lists and wide critical acclaim.

Aside from his six albums and performance history, Marsalis has inspired New Orleans youth through arts education with the foundation of the Uptown Music Theatre. In addition, he has composed over 80 songs that help introduce kids to jazz through musical theater and has reached over 5,000 students nationally with his Swinging with the Cool School.

FOUNDATION PRESENTS

TAKE 6

Saturday, March 16, 2019

6:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.

TAKE 6 is the most awarded vocal group in history with 10 GRAMMY® Awards, 10 Dove Awards, Best Jazz Vocal Group honors for seven consecutive years in DownBeat’s Int’l Critics Poll, a Soul Train Music Award, BRE (Black Radio Exclusive) Vocal Group of the Year, two NAACP Image Award nominations, induction into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, and countless other musical and humanitarian citations.

Most recently, TAKE 6 had the honor of being the first American vocal group to perform in Cuba since diplomatic relations were restored.

TAKE 6 has come a long way from their days at Oakwood College in Huntsville, AL where Claude McKnight formed the group as The Gentleman’s Estate Quartet in 1980. When tenor Mark Kibble heard the group rehearsing in the dorm bathroom, he joined in the harmonies

and performed on stage with them that night. When they signed to Reprise Records/Warner Bros. in 1987, they found that there was another group with the same name as the second incarnation of the group, Alliance, so they became TAKE 6.

“TAKE 6 was all about a democratic process of throwing a couple of hundred names at each other and TAKE 6 was the one that got the most yay votes,” said McKnight. “It pretty much was a play on the Take 5 jazz standard and the fact that there are six of us in the group.”

Their self-titled debut album won over jazz and pop critics, scored two 1988 GRAMMY® Awards, landed in the Top Ten Billboard Contemporary Jazz and Contemporary Christian Charts, and over 25 years later they are in even greater demand. They earned performances on Saturday Night Live, the Oscars, the GRAMMY® Awards, have had the honor of performing for four sitting U.S. Presidents, and at the Democratic National Convention.

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Duquesne Uptown Jazz Series: Giants of Jazz FEATURING: DU Jazz Faculty

Monday, Feb. 18 Woody Shaw/Wayne Shorter

Monday, Mar. 18 Bill Evans/Joe Henderson

Monday, Apr. 8 Herbie Hancock/Chick Corea All Uptown Jazz Series concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. and take place in the Genesius eater at Duquesne University. tic General admission tickets are $10 and are available at duq.edu/UptownJazz.

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The ‘80s Thursday, Mar. 28 | 7:30 p.m.

DU Jazz Ensemble Charles J. Dougherty Ballroom Power Center Duquesne University $10 General Admission (at the door)

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ALLAN HARRIS:

THE GENIUS OF EDDIE JEFFERSON

Friday, April 5, 2019

7:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

The outstanding and internationally renowned vocalist, guitarist, and composer Allan Harris sums up his personal perspective on music in clear and straightforward terms. “There is nothing that I have found that defines and gives credence to my place in this wild and mysterious universe than this thing called music.”

On his new album, “The Genius of Eddie Jefferson,” Harris pays homage to Eddie Jefferson, the godfather of vocalese. Jefferson was a melodious crooning poet of what Jack Kerouac called bop prosody—a bebop devoted verse-writer and performer possessed of a lyrical gift for conversational storytelling and high-flying narration based in the jazz life and jazz talk of his era.

A 12-time GRAMMY® Award-nominee, Fred Hersch has regularly garnered jazz’ most prestigious awards, including recent

FRED HERSCH TRIO

distinctions as a 2016 Doris Duke Artist, 2016 and 2018 Jazz Pianist of the Year from the Jazz Journalists Association, and the 2017 Prix Honorem de Jazz from L’Acádemie Charles Cros for the totality of his career.

The trio, in which Hersch is joined by bassist John Hébert and drummer Eric McPherson for the last decade, was voted second in the jazz group category in the 2018 DownBeat Int’l Critics Poll. His latest album with his long-standing trio, 2018’s “Live In Europe” (Palmetto), documents one remarkable evening in Brussels and has been hailed as its best to date. Its previous two Palmetto releases, “Sunday Night at the Vanguard” and “Floating,” were both nominated for GRAMMY® Awards.

A committed educator, Hersch is currently a Visiting Artist at Rutgers University. His colleague Jason Moran has said, “Fred at the piano is like LeBron James on the basketball court. He’s perfection.”

PRESENTS

LATIN JAZZ FESTIVAL featuring CHUCHITO VALDÉS, DIEGO FIGUEIREDO, AND EMILIO SOLLA

Friday, April 26 and Saturday, April 27, 2019

7:30 p.m.

Chuchito Valdés, following in the footsteps of his famed father Chucho Valdés and grandfather Bebo Valdés, continues the legacy of great piano players from Cuba. With influences of Caribbean rhythms and jazz, Valdés creates an exciting and energetic blend of spicy music that drives audiences wild. Valdés has recorded and performed piano with the world renown Cuban band Irakere, which he led for two years. He has also performed at festivals, clubs, and concerts throughout the world.

A new star of the guitar world Diego Figueiredo is only 35 and has released 23 albums, three DVDs, and he has played in more than 60 countries around the world. Born in Franca, Brazil in 1980, at the age of four Figueiredo used to strike poses carrying his small guitar, and at 15 he conquered theaters and nightclubs in many different Brazilian states playing solo or with renowned musicians. He has received awards twice at the Montreux Jazz Festival as one of the greatest guitarists in the world. Figueiredo performs an amazing concert— uniting technique and emotion in a fusion of Brazilian music and jazz.

GRAMMY® Award nominated, Argentina-born pianist and composer Emilio Solla is considered to be one of the most outstanding and personal voices in tango-jazz. With seven albums as bandleader and more than 40 as arranger/producer, Solla has worked with Paquito D’Rivera, Arturo O’Farrill, Edmar Castañeda, Pablo Aslan, Cristina Pato, and many others besides performing with his quintet Bien Sur! His quintet’s first album, “Bien Sur!” (Fresh Sound, 2010), with special guest Billy Hart, was included in the Best of 2010 by DownBeat Magazine.

BOOKER T. JONES Friday, May 10, 2019

7:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Booker T. Jones set the cast for modern soul music and is largely responsible for its rise and enduring popularity. On classic Stax hits like “Green Onions,” “Hang ‘Em High,” “Time Is Tight,” and “Melting Pot” the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Musicians Hall of Fame inductee, and GRAMMY@ Lifetime Achievement Award recipient pushed the genre’s boundaries, refined it to its essence, and then injected it into the nation’s bloodstream.

“Sound the Alarm,” the new album from Jones, finds the Hammond B3 organ-master looking ahead yet again, laying down his distinctive bedrock grooves amid a succession of sparkling collaborations with some of contemporary rhythm and blues’ most gifted young voices.

Creatively, this album is another bold, new step in a career that has witnessed a striking resurgence in recent years. Jones took home best pop instrumental album GRAMMY® Award for both 2010’s “Potato Hole,” and 2012’s “The Road From Memphis.”

He is not resting on those laurels. For “Sound the Alarm,” Jones shares production chores with brothers Bobby Ross Avila and Issiah “IZ” Avila. The highly sought after siblings have worked with such top acts as Usher, Janet Jackson, Mary J. Blige, Missy Elliot, Chaka Khan, and Earth, Wind & Fire. “Sound the Alarm” is an exciting reconnection to the Stax Records tradition.

“That legacy is my heart and my life,” said Jones. “That’s where I come from. I have music inside me, and I’m looking forward to the future. I’m very excited about making some things happen.”

Thank you to MCG Jazz for preserving the jazz culture, presenting exceptional performances, and promoting artistic talent in the Pittsburgh community.

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Latecomers will be seated at the first convenient pause in the program.

• House management and ushers will not open the doors after the lights are dimmed or during the artist’s performance. Management accepts no responsibility for this inconvenience.

CAMERAS AND RECORDING DEVICES • Recording devices are not permitted in the concert hall.

• Please turn off all cell phones and other electronic devices before entering the hall.

MATION & FAQS SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS • Wheelchair seating is available and can be requested when buying tickets.

If you have any other needs please bring them to the attention of the box office when purchasing tickets or to an usher upon arrival at the concert hall.

RESTROOMS • Restrooms are located just beyond the Connie Kerr Gallery.

LOST & FOUND • Please call the box office at 412-322-0800 Monday through Friday from 9 a.m.–4 p.m.

SMOKING • Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild is a non-smoking facility.

CONCEALED WEAPONS • Concealed weapons are not permitted on the property.

COATS & BAGS • A coat rack is provided for your convenience. Please do not carry large bags, strollers, or other disruptive items into the concert hall. Management accepts no responsibility for items left at the coat rack.

DRESS CODE • MCG Jazz does not enforce any type of dress code. Many patrons dress “business casual” or “evening casual,” but please wear whatever makes you most comfortable.

REFRESHMENTS • Refreshments can be purchased at the bar in the lobby.

• Food and drink of any kind are not permitted in the concert hall.

• Management reserves the right to refuse service and admission to any person whose conduct is deemed inappropriate or disruptive to the audience or performers.

FIRE EXIT • The concert hall fire exit is located at the front right-hand side. If the fire alarm is activated, please follow the directions of MCG staff and ushers to safely leave the hall.

CONCIERGE SERVICE • If you need assistance with finding transportation, an usher or staff member would be happy to help you.

• Cab service and ACCESS will pick up and let off directly in front of the concert hall entrance.

MEETING OF MINDS Bob Mintzer Big Band New York Voices

EPILOGUE Frank Cunimondo

32FOR YOU CONTEMPORARY SHOWS NEW RECORDINGS

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ENGAGING COMMUNITIES. ENRICHING LIVES.

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