Aaron Diehl Trio Playbill 11/10/22

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MODLIN ARTS PRESENTS

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W ELC OM E Welcome back to Modlin Center for the Arts! I am grateful for this opportunity to be together again and thrilled with the season we have put together because I know that every artist can—and will—create unforgettable moments.

Across our 2022-2023 season, you will find artists from a variety of backgrounds and cultures, with an emphasis on BIPOC and women-led companies. And you will discover a range of stories, dance, and music of many different genres—some familiar, others new. Each performance is a unique window into the human experience, which I hope will open new paths for conversation and connection.

As the season continues, I look forward to visiting with you in the lobby and hearing about your experiences at the Modlin Center. We want you to be a part of the Modlin community. The Department of Music Free Concert Series and UR Free Theatre and Dance season add 30+ additional opportunities to see compelling performances. And UR Museums host exhibitions and programs that are free and open to the public. Thank you for being with us.

Paul Brohan, Executive Director

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MODLIN ARTS EVENT CALENDAR

S EP TEM BER FRI. 9

7:30 PM

David Esleck Trio

THU. 15

7:30 PM

Steep Canyon Rangers

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SUN. 18

3:00 PM

Joanne Kong, piano, harpsichord and clavichord

THU. 22

7:30 PM

DeLanna Studi, And So We Walked

FRI. 23

7:30 PM

Family Weekend Concert

WED. 28

7:30 PM

Dreamers' Circus

THU.-FRI 29-30

7:30 PM

Smart People

OCTO BER SAT. 1

7:30 PM

Smart People

SUN. 2

2:00 PM

Smart People

SUN. 2

7:30 PM

Dorrance Dance, SOUNDspace

THU. 6

7:30 PM

Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi

FRI. 14

7:30 PM

Bill Irwin, On Beckett

SUN. 16

2:00 PM

12th Annual Celebration of Dance

FRI. 21

7:30 PM

Step Afrika!, Drumfolk

SUN. 23

3:00 PM

Sonia De Los Santos, Family Arts Day

THU. 27

7:30 PM

Susanna Phillips, soprano

SUN, 30

3:00 PM

UR Schola Cantorum and Women's Chorale

NOVEM BER FRI.-SAT. 4-5

Multiple

Third Practice Music Festival* CANCELED

WED. 9

7:30 PM

UR Jazz & Contemporary Combos

THUR. 10

7:30 PM

Aaron Diehl Trio

SAT. 12

6:30 PM 8:30 PM

Amal Kassir

SUN. 13

3:00 PM

Preservation Hall Jazz Band, 60thAnniversary Celebration

WED. 16

7:30 PM

UR Jazz Ensemble

THU.-SAT. 17-19

7:30 PM

Miss You Like Hell

SUN. 20

2:00 PM

Miss You Like Hell

SUN. 20

3:00 PM

Global Sounds

MON. 21

7:30 PM

UR Wind Ensemble

MON. 28

7:30 PM

UR Chamber Ensembles

WED. 30

7:30 PM

UR Symphony Orchestra

DECE M BER SUN. 4

5:00 PM 8:00 PM

49th Annual Festival of Lessons and Carols

*Visit thirpractice.org for a full schedule of events.

JANUARY

SAT. 21

7:30 PM

Kronos Quartet, At War With Ourselves

FRI. 27

7:30 PM

Mark Morris Dance Group, The Look of Love

WED. 1

7:30 PM

Richard Becker, piano

FE BRUARY

FRI. 3

7:30 PM

Fred Hersch and esperanza spalding

SUN. 5

3:00 PM

Anthony McGill, clarinet, and Gloria Chien, piano

FRI. 10

7:30 PM

Rosanne Cash

WED. 15

7:30 PM

Joshua Redman, 3x3

SUN. 19

3:00 PM

Third Coast Percussion and Flutronix

WED. 22

7:30 PM

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

THU.-SAT. 24-26

7:30 PM

University Dancers 38th Annual Concert

SUN. 26

3:00 PM

Kayhan Kalhor, kamancheh

WED. 1

7:30 PM

Ashwini Ramaswamy, Let the Crows Come

SUN. 19

3:00 PM

Doris Wylee-Becker, piano

MON. 20

7:30 PM

Neumann Lecture on Music, Dr. Sherry D. Lee, Professor of Musicology

MON. 27

7:30 PM

Bruce Stevens, organ

FRI. 31

7:30 PM

Christian McBride’s New Jawn

WED. 5

7:30 PM

UR Symphony Orchestra

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THUR. 6

7:30 PM

UR Jazz & Contemporary Combos

MON. 10

7:30 PM

UR Wind Ensemble

WED. 12

7:30 PM

Leyla McCalla

THU.-SAT. 13-15

7:30 PM

The Rivals

SAT. 15

3:00 PM

Global Sounds

SUN, 16

3:00 PM

UR Schola Cantorum and Women's Chorale

SUN. 16

2:00 PM

The Rivals

MON. 17

7:30 PM

UR Chamber Ensembles

THU. 20

7:30 PM

Cuban Spectacular

MAY SAT. 13

11:00 AM 3:00 PM

Compagnia TPO, Farfalle

SUN. 14

1:00 PM 3:00 PM

Compagnia TPO, Farfalle

MODLIN ARTS PRESENTS AARON DIEHL TRIO Musicians: Aaron Diehl, piano

David Wong, bass

Aaron Kimmel, drums

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Tonight’s program will be announced from the stage. The performance run time is approximately 75-90 minutes, with no intermission.

Since his debut release on Mack Avenue Records in 2013, pianist-composer Aaron Diehl has mystified listeners with his layered artistry. He reaches into expansion. At once temporal and ethereal — deliberate in touch and texture — his expression transforms the piano into an orchestral vessel in the spirit of beloved predecessors Ahmad Jamal, Erroll Garner, Art Tatum, and Jelly Roll Morton. Moment to moment, he considers what instrument he’s moved to evoke. “This is a singular voice here, but maybe this section is a saxophone solo, or this piece here are high winds or low brass in the bass,” says the Steinway artist, describing his concept on the bandstand.

Following three critically-acclaimed leader albums, the American Pianist Association’s 2011 Cole Porter fellow now focuses his attention on what it means to be authentic, to be present within himself. His most recent release on Mack Avenue, The Vagabond, reveals his breadth as who The New York Times calls “a composer worth watching.” Across nine original tracks and

works by Philip Glass and Sergei Prokofiev, Aaron leans into imagination and exploration. His forthcoming solo record promises an expansion of that search in a setting at once unbound and intimate.

In his sound, Aaron finds evolving meaning in the briefest phrases. He conjures three-dimensional expansion of melody, counterpoint and movement through time. Rather than choose one sound or another, one genre or another — one identity or another — Aaron invites listeners into the chambered whole of his artistry. His approach reflects varied ancestral lineages and cultural expressions. And he remains committed to independence and self-discovery.

Born in Columbus, Ohio, a young Aaron flourished among family members supportive of his artistic inclinations. His grandfather, piano and trombone player Arthur Baskerville, inspired him to pursue music and nurtured his talent. In 2003, Aaron traveled to New York; following his success as a finalist in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 2002 Essentially Ellington competition and a subsequent European tour with Wynton Marsalis, he began studying under mentors Kenny Barron, Eric Reed and Oxana Yablonskaya, earning his Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies at the Juilliard School. His love affair with

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rub and tension prompted a years-long immersion in seemingly disparate sound palettes he found to be similar in depth, resonance and impulse to explore, from Monk and Ravel to Gershwin and William Grant Still. Among other towering figures, Still in particular inspires Aaron’s ongoing curation of Black American composers in his own performance programming, unveiled this past fall at 92nd St. Y. This ongoing project, along with his recent and widely lauded trio interpretations of Glass’ iconic repertoire, has propelled Aaron into the next phase of self-actualizing. He embraces the challenge of drawing on other artists’ visions and expressions, then interpreting those within the framework of his own personal aesthetic.

As thoroughly a collaborator as he is a leader, Aaron has appeared at such celebrated international venues as The Barbican, Ronnie Scott’s, Elbphilharmonie and Philharmonie de Paris, as well as domestic mainstays Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, The Village Vanguard and Walt Disney Hall. Jazz Festival appearances comprise performances at Detroit, Newport, Atlanta and Monterey, for which he received the 2014 festival commission. Orchestral performances include hits at New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Aaron’s appetite for expansion has afforded him passing and extended associations with some of the music’s most fascinating and enduring figures including Wynton Marsalis, Benny Golson, Jimmy Heath, Buster Williams, Branford Marsalis, Wycliffe Gordon and Philip Glass. His formative association with multi-GRAMMY award-winning artist Cecile McLorin Salvant only enhanced his study and deeply personal delivery of the American Songbook. Recent highlights have included appearing at the New York premiere of Philip Glass’ complete Etudes at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, collaborating with flamenco guitarist Dani De Morón in Flamenco Meets Jazz (produced by Savannah Music Festival and Flamenco Festival) and performing with the New York Philharmonic and the Cleveland Orchestra as featured soloist on George Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F. The New York Times lauded the “brilliance” of his performance: “The roomy freedom of [his] playing in bluesy episodes was especially affecting. He folded short improvised sections into the score, and it’s hard to imagine that Gershwin would not have been impressed.”

A licensed pilot with commercial single- and multi-engine certificates, when he’s not at the studio or on the road, he’s likely in the air. Follow his earthbound and aerial exploits at www.instagram.com/aaronjdiehl.

Bassist David Wong was born and raised in New York City. In 2004, he graduated from the Juilliard School in classical music. He has studied with Orin O’Brien (New York Philharmonic), and Ron Carter. He is currently a member of Roy Haynes’ “Fountain of Youth” band, the Charles Mcpherson Quintet and The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. He was also the last bass player in the Heath Brother’s Quartet led

by Jimmy Heath and Albert “Tootie” Heath as well as Hank Jones’ “Great Jazz Trio” and is featured on the piano master’s last recording.

David is on faculty at Temple University, Purchase College, The New School, and The City College of New York.

Drummer Aaron Kimmel is a native of Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. He holds a bachelor of music degree from The Juilliard School, where he studied with Kenny Washington and Billy Drummond, and he is now a freelance drummer living in New York City.

He frequently appears at Smalls and Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, performing as a sideman with the Benny Green trio, Aaron Diehl, among others. He has also played with such jazz luminaries as Harry Allen, Ken Peplowski, Eric Alexander, Joe Magnarelli, Grant Stewart, Terell Stafford, Ryan Kisor, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Brian Lynch, Ann Hampton Callaway, Mary Stallings and Jon Faddis.

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AMAL KASSIR

Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022 6:30 PM Cousins Studio Theatre Amal Kassir turns her lived experience as an American- born Muslim of Syrian heritage into fiery spoken word poetry and storytelling activism.

PRESERVATIONS HALL JAZZ BAND 60TH ANNIVERSARY Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022 3:00 PM Camp Concert Hall

Founded to preserve the musical heritage of New Orleans while providing veteran musicians a place to play, Preservation Hall has devoted six decades to delighting audiences at home and around the world.

KRONOS QUARTET, AT WAR WITH OURSELVES Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023 7:30 PM Camp Concert Hall

This powerful new work explores race relations, social justice, and civil rights in 21st century America. Finney says the work is addressed to “...both enslaved and free... We were then and now, At War With Ourselves. All of us, one human battlefield.”

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